Male dominance (BDSM)

Male dominance in public at Cologne Pride, Germany (left) and a dominant male spanks a female's buttocks (right).

Male dominance, or maledom is a BDSM practice where the dominant partner is male. A sexually dominant male in BDSM practices is also known as a maledom.[1][2][3] Maledoms can be professional as well as non-professional. The term ProDom is used for a professional male dominant who earns money by working as a professional dominant as part of the sex industry.[4] A maledom who role-plays a paternal figure is also known as Daddy Dom.[5][6]

Practices of domination common to many BDSM and other various sexual relationships are also prevalent, such as various forms of body worship including cock and ball worship, ass worship and foot worship, fellatio, tease and denial, corporal punishment including spanking, caning and whipping, breast torture, pussy torture, orgasm denial, and as well as verbal humiliation, face slapping, hair pulling, wax play, spitting, golden showers, forced orgasm, "forced" chastity, and irrumatio.[7][8] Male dominance may also take place in the form of clothed male, naked female.[9]

Male dominants are often referred to as dom, master, owner, sir, taskmaster, corporalist, boss or top. For some people, male dominance is only used in sexual and intimate scenarios, but for others male dominance can be included in 24/7 BDSM relationships.[10][11]

A 1995 study indicated that 71% of heterosexual males preferred a dominant-initiator role,[12] but a more recent study in Germany from 2015 indicates that 29.5% of men who are active in BDSM express a preference for a dominant role, 24% consider themselves to be switches and 46.6% of men prefer the submissive role.[13] Another survey in Colorado from 2017, challenges these conclusions, and indicates that men tend to self-identify as Dominant, Master, Top, or Sadist (DMTS) and always perform dominant roles.[14]

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  12. ^ Ernulf, Kurt E.; Innala, Sune M. (1995-12-01). "Sexual bondage: A review and unobtrusive investigation". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 24 (6): 631–654. doi:10.1007/BF01542185. ISSN 1573-2800. PMID 8572912. S2CID 6495515.
  13. ^ Silva, Andrea Duarte (2015). "Through Pain, More Gain? - A Survey into the Psychosocial Benefits of Sadomasochism": 41. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ^ Martinez, Katherine (2018). "BDSM Role Fluidity: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Investigating Switches Within Dominant/Submissive Binaries". Journal of Homosexuality. 65 (10): 1299–1324. doi:10.1080/00918369.2017.1374062. ISSN 1540-3602. PMID 28854056. S2CID 23833868.