Editing Male dominance (BDSM)

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[[File:Jef Kratochvil und nude woman.jpg|thumb|Artistic portrayal of a male dominant embracing a nude female submissive.]]
'''Male dominance''', or '''maledom''' is a [[BDSM]] practice where the [[dominant (BDSM)|dominant]] partner is male. A sexually dominant male in BDSM practices is also known as a maledom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=maledom - Dictionary of sexual terms |url=https://www.sex-lexis.com/-dictionary/maledom |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.sex-lexis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=maledom — definition, examples, related words and more at Wordnik |url=https://www.wordnik.com/words/maledom |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Wordnik.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What does maledom mean? |url=https://www.definitions.net/definition/maledom |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.definitions.net}}</ref> Maledoms can be professional as well as non-professional. The term '''ProDom''' is used for a professional male dominant who earns money by working as a professional dominant as part of the sex industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a ProDom? - Definition from Kinkly |url=http://www.kinkly.com/definition/6270/prodom |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=Kinkly.com |language=en}}</ref> A maledom who role-plays a paternal figure is also known as '''Daddy Dom.'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lords |first=Kayla |date=2015-06-04 |title=The Definition of a Daddy Dom • A Sexual Being |url=https://kaylalords.com/2015/06/the-definition-of-a-daddy-dom-spanka2z-adultsexedmonth/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=A Sexual Being |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Megatron |first=Sunny |date=2012-07-05 |title=7 Fundamental Characteristics of A Daddy Dominant |url=https://sunnymegatron.com/7-fundamental-characteristics-of-a-daddy-dominant/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Sunny Megatron - Sex Educator |language=en-US}}</ref>

Practices of domination common to many [[BDSM]] and various other sexual relationships are also prevalent, such as various forms of [[body worship]] including cock and ball worship, ass worship and [[foot worship]], [[fellatio]], [[tease and denial]], corporal punishment including [[erotic spanking|spanking]], [[caning]] and [[whipping]], [[breast torture]], pussy torture, [[orgasm denial]],  [[Erotic humiliation#Means of humiliation|verbal humiliation]], face slapping, hair pulling, [[wax play]], spitting, [[Urolagnia|golden showers]], [[forced orgasm]], [[chastity belt (BDSM)|"forced" chastity]], and [[irrumatio]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is Male Dominance (Maledom)? - Definition from Kinkly |url=http://www.kinkly.com/definition/1182/male-dominance-maledom |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=Kinkly.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-05 |title=My Training Rules for Submissives & Babygirls |url=https://dominantsoul.wordpress.com/sensual-domination/my-training-rules-for-subs-babygirls/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=DominantSoul |language=en}}</ref> Male dominance may also take place in the form of clothed male, naked female.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is Clothed Male, Naked Female (CMNF)? - Definition from Kinkly |url=http://www.kinkly.com/definition/643/clothed-male-naked-female-cmnf |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Kinkly.com |language=en}}</ref>

Male dominants are often referred to as dom, master, owner, sir, taskmaster, corporalist, boss or top. For some people, male dominance is only used in sexual and intimate scenarios, but for others male dominance can be included in 24/7 BDSM relationships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is Male Dominance (Maledom)? - Definition from Kinkly |url=http://www.kinkly.com/definition/1182/male-dominance-maledom |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Kinkly.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Thomas E. (Thomas Edward) |url=http://archive.org/details/languageofsadoma00unse |title=The language of sadomasochism : a glossary and linguistic analysis |date=1989 |publisher=New York : Greenwood Press |others=Better World Books |isbn=978-0-313-38783-8 |pages=93}}</ref>

A 1995 study indicated that 71% of [[heterosexual]] males preferred a dominant-initiator role,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ernulf |first1=Kurt E. |last2=Innala |first2=Sune M. |date=1995-12-01 |title=Sexual bondage: A review and unobtrusive investigation |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01542185 |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |language=en |volume=24 |issue=6 |pages=631–654 |doi=10.1007/BF01542185 |pmid=8572912 |s2cid=6495515 |issn=1573-2800}}</ref> but a more recent study in Germany from 2015 indicates that 29.5% of men who are active in BDSM express a preference for a dominant role, 24% consider themselves to be switches and 46.6% of men prefer the submissive role.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Silva |first1=Andrea Duarte |year=2015 |title=Through Pain, More Gain? - A Survey into the Psychosocial Benefits of Sadomasochism |url=https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/48652 |journal=Universitetet i Oslo |volume= |issue= |pages=41 |doi=}}</ref> Another survey in Colorado from 2017, challenges these conclusions, and indicates that men tend to self-identify as Dominant, Master, Top, or Sadist (DMTS) and always perform dominant roles.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Martinez |first=Katherine |date=2018 |title=BDSM Role Fluidity: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Investigating Switches Within Dominant/Submissive Binaries |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28854056/ |journal=Journal of Homosexuality |volume=65 |issue=10 |pages=1299–1324 |doi=10.1080/00918369.2017.1374062 |issn=1540-3602 |pmid=28854056|s2cid=23833868 }}</ref>

==Popular culture==
[[File:BDSM slaves.jpg |thumb|350px|Male dominance in public at [[Folsom Street Fair]], USA]]

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 and Masochism|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]].

The [[Fifty Shades (novel series)|''Fifty Shades'' novel series]] by [[E. L. James]] is associated with the cultural mainstreaming and normalising of BDSM. The books achieved great commercial success, with the first volume selling over 100 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdyIEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT66|title=Sex For Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and Erotic Dancing|first=Ronald|last= Weitzer|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=2022|isbn=9781000643435|page=66}}</ref>

Other works include:
*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==
*[[Cuckquean]]
*[[Dominance and submission]]
*[[Dominatrix]]
*[[Female submission]]
*[[Gender role]]
*[[Male submission]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Maledom}}
{{BDSM}}
{{Sex fetish}}

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