Male dominance (BDSM)

A male spanks a female subject

Male dominance, or maledom, refers to BDSM activities where the dominant partner is male.

Maledom scenarios are common in BDSM fiction, including works such as the Story of O and the works of John Norman and Adrian Hunter. Maledom is a growing adult film genre.

Maledom fiction began with the works of the Marquis de Sade who wrote about sexual scenarios in which men tortured others, primarily women. The term "sadism" is derived from de Sade's name. Since then, the lifestyle around male dominance has grown into a large part of the BDSM scene.

Books

• John Warren, The Loving Dominant, Greenery Press, 2001, ISBN 1-890159-20-4
• Jack Rinella, The Master's Manual: Handbook of Erotic Dominance, Daedalus Publishing, 1997, ISBN 1-881943-03-8

See also

• Dominance and submission
• Female dominance
• Female submission
• Gender role
• Male submission
• Patriarchy

External links

• Taken In Hand, a website focused on consensually male-controlled marriages.
• Male Domination on Wipipedia, the specialist BDSM wiki.
• Alternative Albany The study of BDSM and Gorean lifestyles through the eyes of a dominant male.
• The slavefarm Slavefarm is one of the oldest social networks for the maledom and femsub community.