Has anyone else felt like there's a phenomenon in popular culture whereby a straight man who is powerful, i.e. an alpha male, can perform sex acts that would be considered "gay" but is not labelled as such because of his overwhelming "straightness" or "maleness"?
I thought of this while playing Grand Theft Auto 5, where one dominant character jokes that a more submissive male character should give him a handjob or suck his dick if he demands it. There's also the similar pop culture concept of one man making another "his bitch" in prison, where the dominant male can engage in anal sex with another man but I'm not sure society would deem him "gay". In fact, it's almost like the male who submits to him is deemed "feminine" while he remains "straight".
I don't put much stock in labels like gay, straight, or bi, or value a male label over a feminine, I just wonder if anyone else has noticed something like this.
I thought of this while playing Grand Theft Auto 5, where one dominant character jokes that a more submissive male character should give him a handjob or suck his dick if he demands it. There's also the similar pop culture concept of one man making another "his bitch" in prison, where the dominant male can engage in anal sex with another man but I'm not sure society would deem him "gay". In fact, it's almost like the male who submits to him is deemed "feminine" while he remains "straight".
I don't put much stock in labels like gay, straight, or bi, or value a male label over a feminine, I just wonder if anyone else has noticed something like this.