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Der Morgen Nach Der Feier — The Morning After the Celebration (1853)
— by Ludwig Knaus
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male-object · 4 months
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People treat submissive men as if they're all inherently into masochism, degradation, and forced-fem. There is never any love for men who are service subs and find dignity and fulfillment and masculine gender euphoria in it, and aren't at all into degradation.
Like, there's absolutely nothing wrong with masochism, degradation, and forced-fem if the dude is actually into that, but I know a lot of submissive men who get a lot of assumptions made about their interests based entirely on the idea of "submission=degradation." They get treated like they're all the same archetype of masochistic pay-pig who needs a leather-and-latex Dominatrix to put him in a frilly apron, when that is only one possible form of submission.
Men can be submissive in so many other ways. "Submission is inherently degrading for a man" feels like a bad philosophy to have. Submission is not inherently degrading in any gender, and treating submission like it's the exact same thing as humiliation is honestly pretty fucked.
I'll degrade a man in a scene if that's what we're both feeling up for, but where's the love for submissive men who want gentleness, praise, and rewards for loving service? Maybe I'm just a disabled fag with a caretaker who has a butler kink, IDK, but I want to see more love for submissive men who see their submission and service as dignified and honorable instead of inherently shameful.
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male-object · 5 months
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Bound Man by John Singer Sargent, c. 1917-21
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male-object · 6 months
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William Etty (1787-1849) “Male Nude, with Arms Up-Stretched” (1828) Oil on board Located in the York Gallery, York, England
Professor Jason Edwards of the University of York suggested that this image may have been intended to be hung horizon­tally with the model on his back, but it is more likely to be a study for a Descent from the Cross.
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male-object · 9 months
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A short comic I’ve done for @ibenkrutt
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male-object · 11 months
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[ID: A statue of a person lying on a very plush looking pillow-bed; the sculpture is nude with back to the camera, face turned to the side, lying on a dramatic drapery, with one foot gently raised.]
This is an incredibly compelling work in person for a number of reasons -- to begin with, the raised foot isn't done justice by the photograph, but it's really funny and very human in person. It looked ancient enough, but also whimsical enough, that I was surprised I hadn't seen it in the records yet, so I checked out the placard, which put the date at around 100 CE. I must have just missed it while paging through the records. I'm sorry I did, because it's a gorgeous sculpture. (Its history is complicated but it appears the figure and draperies are ancient while the bed itself is 17th century.)
And it's called the Sleeping Hermaphroditus, because...
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[ID: The statue as seen from the side; head still turned away, the torso is visible, and shows both the generous curve of a breast and also a penis and testicles resting on the drapery on which the figure reclines.]
In ancient history, Hermaphroditus was the child of Aphrodite and Hermes, originally male, who was merged with a naiad who was obsessed with him and became both male and female. He's generally represented as a very feminine-looking person (hair in the female style of the time, prominent breasts, female clothing, rounded hips) with male genitalia, often coyly on display. The history is complicated; we don't have good sourcing for the story and we don't truly know how Hermaphroditus was viewed in the ancient world, as far as I know (classicists feel free to correct me on this). Hermaphroditus, generally referred to with male pronouns even after developing a female appearance, may have represented trans women, intersex people, or some spiritual concept that had little to do with human gender expression at all.
Regardless of the complication surrounding the narrative, the sculpture itself is beautiful, and well worth sharing, I think.
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male-object · 11 months
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John Koch (1909-1978) The Sculptor, 1964.
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male-object · 1 year
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fealty
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male-object · 1 year
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saw a tweet about transmasc leather daddy ed in a skirt and was simply possessed
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male-object · 1 year
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male-object · 1 year
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A Male Nude Study from Behind. Francesco Maria Carrafa Italian 1580-1642. sanguine and chalk on paper.    http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
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male-object · 2 years
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A friend of mine sent me this pic with caption "male caryatyd. hawt af". I was like hmm nice one. And then... still I can't unsee it. Blackbeard.
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1) oh definitely 2) I need Ed in a braid. Asap. Looks like there may also be flowers tucked into it which is absolutely as it should be.
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Yes?
(A very inaccurate take on 18th Century Stays and the inherent intimacy of dressing)
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male-object · 2 years
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Les Amants Constantin Somov
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CORDELIA Dir. Adrian Shergold (2019)
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