portrayal in art

Some art by men for men. It's funny, looking at the way people identify depending on how they seem themselves. In art, gay men tend toward the muscular, be they submissive or dominant. And they're almost always naked.

In art, straight submissive men are almost always nude or mostly nude, usually trim or young looking, but the straight dominant men in art can be any shape or size, but generally are only naked if they're going to be penetrating their sub. I've seen big and small, but almost no short ones.

With women, when they're gay, they're generally portrayed as butch or femme. Either end of the spectrum can be dominant, but if it's a butch/femme couple, I'll go out on a limb and say the butch will usually be in charge. We're still talking art here, not real people. With straight women in art, the submissive women are usually smaller than their partners, well endowed, the ideal woman sort of idea. With dominant straight women, they're usually very tall, the same sort of ideal woman, but amazon. Or, though less commonly, very large, for those with face-sitting fetishes for the most part.

I don't think I've ever seen art of an overweight submissive straight female. The only time I see differently shaped straight male submissives is when they're being humiliated by their (usually) female dominant. Actually, to be honest, I've never seen art of a gay couple doing humiliation play. Obviously the population tends towards heterosexuality and therefore I have a much wider range of heterosexual art to pick from. But it's still pretty fascinating.

The trends are interesting to look at. It shows us how some of a large group of people see themselves and their partners.

Art by Sean.