Bottom in gay relationship
While this explanation is intuitively appealing, the reality is that things are far more complex. Increasingly, scientific research suggests there are multiple factors that might contribute to homosexual orientation—and they're very different from one person to the next.
The end result of all this variability is that different "kinds" or "types" of homosexuality probably exist. In other words, being gay isn't just one thing, and not everyone who is gay is gay for the same reasons. This study focused specifically on exploring the potential origins of male homosexuality, but did so in a way that was very different from almost all previous studies on this topic. Whereas most research in this area has treated gay men as a homogeneous group, the researchers leading this study instead looked at subgroups of gay men who differed based on their preferred anal sex role: Preferred anal sex role has been linked to gay men's degree of gender non-conformity: This is by no means a universal difference—there are certainly feminine tops and masculine bottoms in the world.
The point here is simply that there's a correlation between preferred sexual role and gender non-conformity.
What the researchers leading this study wanted to look at was how preferred anal sex role and gender non-conformity are linked to one specific biological factor previously shown to be associated with elevated rates of homosexuality in general: Study after study has found that homosexuality—as well as gender non-conformity—are linked to being non-right handed. This has been taken as evidence in favor of a biological basis for homosexuality, given that handedness is something that is determined in the womb by biological factors.
As such, scientists have concluded that whatever it is that's affecting handedness is also affecting sexual orientation. In this study, men some gay, some straight were recruited online and at a Canadian Pride festival to complete a survey. They were asked about their sexual orientation, their recalled degree of gender non-conformity in childhood, the extent to which their right vs.
Overall, 43 percent of these gay men said they preferred bottoming, 31 percent reported being versatile, and 26 percent preferred topping.
A new study explores the potential origins of male homosexuality.
The bottom and versatile men were grouped together for analyses because it turned out they were extremely similar to one another in handedness and gender non-conformity. The results replicated previous studies in that gay men demonstrated more non-right handedness and reported higher levels of childhood gender non-conformity than straight men. Tops were still more gender non-conforming on average than straight men, though. This is where things get really interesting: Unfortunately I fell into the trap of thinking that this was somehow my destiny. I realize now that, just as you suggest, this narrowminded view of my own self was the product of a more restrictive time and place that stopped me from realizing all of my possibilities.
A side note: Although this receptive tendency is supposed to stretch across all aspects of both our sexual and our nonsexual lives, I never particularly liked giving head. But I also never had trouble finding tops who enjoyed going down on me. Now I am 51 and live in Latin America.
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For the first time I find myself attracting and being attracted to younger men who want me to be the top or active activo , at least part of the time. Screw what the studies say and screw what I thought about myself for so many years. I am going to have really great sex in my new position.
And finally be All that I can be. Sorry I am a bottom or preferably so when indulging in same sex so explain that. Covered in Tattoos, shaved head, work out, work on cars and Construction by trade….. I gotta say I think stereotypes are for the birds.
Hi Robert — I just read your comment on the original post and it was a real breath of fresh air. Gay stereotypes exist for a reason. Most feminine gay guys have gender identity disorder but were shamed from wearing womens clothes or doing feminine things as a kid. Without the shame the rest of them will end up Male to Female trans. The rest of the gays had some sort of sexual abuse in early childhood.
Todd K Autman. I think Id be considered a power bottom. Doc Hogan. Sweetie Fernandes. Mary Melendez.
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Juan Sebastian Bottazzini. Proves my point gays are absolutely devoid of substance. Josh Whitfield. Giggle Snork. Michael Cooney. Steve K. Efraim Kristal. Joe Conley. Top and bottom, how heteronormative. Good for you. Most gay males end up where you are right now. Too bad it takes some so much time.
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