tallslenderguy(other male)
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3 years ago •
Sep 15, 2021
3 years ago •
Sep 15, 2021
This thread has been around for awhile, and resurfacing again. i noticed that i'd read it, but never responded.
i don't know that age is really much of a factor? i was anal way before i discovered i have a penis. One could argue that's because i'm gay, but there are a lot of gay guys who are not anal and have similar fears and objections to anal as straight guys do. However, many have been culturally conditioned to associate guys doing anal with "gay," so even if it is untrue and irrational, i think the emotional component is imbedded in many.
i appreciate dollMaker's response about anal being "...the purest form of domination," and questioning putting the "body before mind" (though i am not sure they can be truly separated?). And that's where my thoughts go on this topic.
i think most have been conditioned to view anal as a non sexual region at the most basic level, and as something dirty and even shameful at the other end of the spectrum. Somewhere in the middle is the 'ick' factor. So a lot of (most?) people have some negative conditioning about their anus. Add to that, who really knows where the nature/nurture line is drawn? i believe a lot of nature is also a result of past generation 'nurture' that gets passed on genetically, but that is speculative.
The point is, i think most of us have negative conditioning about our anus and more so against anal penetration. Obviously, a fair amount of people have discovered and overcome that conditioning. i discovered my anus at age 7 when a neighborhood boy showed me an enema nozzle and explained with lust in his eyes what it was used for. Nothing further happened between us, but i had a crush on this boy and as soon as i got home, i found the enema nozzle in our bathroom and, following his explanation/description, in it went. i associated it with him and it opened not only my anus, but something psychological in me. In a sense, He penetrated me. But i still had my emotional cultural conditioning, so there were also feelings of embarrasement and shame, it was a secret, something i hid.
Even at my age and experience level, i still have the emotional conditioning that i was raised with, no mater how enlightened my rational brain is. Feelings are feelings. i do not think we control how we feel, even though we can (sometimes) control how we act or respond to what we feel.
i think it is our feelings, our emotional conditioning, that can make anal such a rich area for domination. Sure, there is the physical stuff, but so much of the physical is attached to our psychological wiring, which i think makes it fertile ground for D/s. i think the 'objections' many have are culturally programmed and represent deep potential for D/s dynamic precisely for that reason. But it takes understanding, skill and patience to tap into, influence and manipulate those elements.
i don't think it's black or white. As with all BDSM activity and kink, i think we have to walk with respect. But subs have an intrinsic need to submit and Dom's have an intrinsic need to dominate... the challenge is always finding the conduit through which the two connect and bond. i think the Dom that finds ways overcome the conditioning, and even using it in their sub, is a big part of what D/s relationship is about.
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