The Sexually Submissive Male
The interplay between our roles in our everyday lives and our roles in the bedroom has always been interesting. Much of our personal identity in our daily lives stems from our sexuality and vice versa. Sexual expression finds its outlets in almost every thing we do, and everything we do also finds a way to creep into the bedroom, more often than not. Our sexuality is a deeply-rooted part of us, it’s our essence and vitality, and it says a lot about a person, what flavor of sex they prefer.
But should it be this way? I personally don’t think so.
In the Latin of the glorious ancient Rome, they didn’t even have words which denoted whether a person was homosexual or heterosexual — it simply didn’t matter which sex a person preferred to indulge in their sexual excursions with. They did, however, have distinct words which would distinguish whether a person was dominant or submissive in the bedroom, and for the Romans, being a “dom” or “sub” was much more than just a role that one filled or preferred in the bedroom, it was a statement about their way of life.
Socially dominant men of higher status in everyday life, with more money, or who were older were typically the dominant player in sexual relationships. They were the ones who received the pleasure while the less socially desirable party were the ones who gave it — and everybody knew about it…
