It’s my impersonal understanding that the ratio of male submissives to female dominants is way worse than the ratio of female submissives to male dominants—both kinds of submissives will have trouble finding a dominant counterpart, but the heterosexual males have it way worse.
That’s why I said the desire to be a follower is more gender-balanced than the desire to be a leader. I also used “leader” and “follower” because “dominant” and “submissive” carry more sexual overtone than is actually relevant to my point… but also because it’s way easier for men to find socially “leading” partners than sexually leading ones.
Also, to make things more complex… there are plenty of people who like to go both ways… and there are people who want to be sexually dominant but socially submissive or vice versa… if you’ve actually met and spoken with enough real people (without the self-selection bias that occurs when people with identical kinks get together), it quickly cures you of any idea that you can just say, “This Is The One True Way Relationships Should Be.”
(My wife owns a lingerie and adult toy/video store, and we’ve socialized with a lot of kinky and swinger folk, including gay, transgendered, etc. -- for a fairly broad definition of “etc.”)
It’s my impersonal understanding that the ratio of male submissives to female dominants is way worse than the ratio of female submissives to male dominants—both kinds of submissives will have trouble finding a dominant counterpart, but the heterosexual males have it way worse.
That’s why I said the desire to be a follower is more gender-balanced than the desire to be a leader. I also used “leader” and “follower” because “dominant” and “submissive” carry more sexual overtone than is actually relevant to my point… but also because it’s way easier for men to find socially “leading” partners than sexually leading ones.
Also, to make things more complex… there are plenty of people who like to go both ways… and there are people who want to be sexually dominant but socially submissive or vice versa… if you’ve actually met and spoken with enough real people (without the self-selection bias that occurs when people with identical kinks get together), it quickly cures you of any idea that you can just say, “This Is The One True Way Relationships Should Be.”
(My wife owns a lingerie and adult toy/video store, and we’ve socialized with a lot of kinky and swinger folk, including gay, transgendered, etc. -- for a fairly broad definition of “etc.”)
This is very much my impression also—as a switch, I’m topping a lot more than would be my natural inclination because that’s where the demand is.