(which has summary for laymen in a Vice article), about half of the sample (N=429) identified as versatile, and approximately one quarter as top and respectively bottom, however the self-identification wasn't always concordant with penetrative behavior:Īnyway, the question about gay pornstars' projected image remains. (Emphasis mine.) Is that last sentence the absolute truth as written there or is it an approximation/exaggeration?Īfter a bit more searching, it turned out that the first part of the statement is in even more serious doubt, from 'The influence of physical body traits and masculinity on anal sex roles in gay and bisexual men' Being the bottom is seen as inferior to being the top among gay men-to the point that gay porn stars never identify as a bottom, only as versatile.
Some men go both ways-calling themselves 'versatile'-but this is not as common.
In the book Gay Affirmative Therapy for the Straight Clinician: The Essential Guide (WW Norton 2009), it is stated on p.
