# Male submission

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{{Short description|Sexual activities with male submissive partner}}
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[[File:ErosPyramide20091024 352.jpg|thumb|A [dominatrix](/source/dominatrix) and a male-sub at a [sex show](/source/sex_show) in Austria]]
'''Male submission''' or '''malesub'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malesub |title=malesub |publisher=English [Wiktionary](/source/Wiktionary) |language=en |access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> is a situation in [BDSM](/source/BDSM) and other [sexual activities](/source/Human_sexual_activity) in which the [submissive](/source/Submissive_(BDSM)) partner is male.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201206/dominant-or-submissive-paradox-power-in-sexual-relations |title=Dominant or Submissive? Paradox of Power in Sexual Relations |website=[Psychology Today](/source/Psychology_Today) |language=en |access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref>  A 2015 study indicates that 46.6% of men who are active in BDSM expressed a preference for a submissive role, 24% consider themselves to be switches and 29.5% prefer the dominant role.<ref>{{cite web |doi= |title=Through Pain, More Gain?: A Survey into the Psychosocial Benefits of Sadomasochism |year=2015 |last=Silva |first=Andrea Duarte |publisher=[University of Oslo](/source/University_of_Oslo) |volume= |issue= |page=41 |url=https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/48652}}</ref>

Male submission in BDSM can take many different forms and include a variety of activities, including [cock and ball torture](/source/cock_and_ball_torture), [forced feminization](/source/forced_feminization), [chastity](/source/chastity), [cuckold](/source/cuckold)ry, [erotic humiliation](/source/erotic_humiliation), [facesitting](/source/facesitting), [golden showers](/source/Golden_shower_(urolagnia)), [pegging](/source/pegging_(sexual_practice)), [foot fetishism](/source/foot_fetishism), and clothed female, naked male.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/magnetic-partners/201412/sexually-dominant-women-and-the-men-who-desire-them-part-iii |title=Sexually Dominant Women and the Men Who Desire Them Part III |website=Psychology Today |language=en |access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201206/dominant-or-submissive-paradox-power-in-sexual-relations |title=Dominant or Submissive? Paradox of Power in Sexual Relations |website=Psychology Today |language=en |access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/31/a-beginners-guide-to-foot-fetish-some-foot-play-ideas-you-can-both-enjoy-6629006/ |title=A beginner's guide to foot fetish |date=2017-05-31 |work=Metro |access-date=2018-04-30 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

During the 18th century, some European brothels began specializing in restraint, and flagellation, as well as other activities which involved female domination and male submission.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201206/loving-introduction-bdsm |title=A Loving Introduction to BDSM |website=Psychology Today |language=en-US |access-date=2018-06-17}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [Chastity belt (BDSM)](/source/Chastity_belt_(BDSM))
* [Dominance and submission](/source/Dominance_and_submission)
* [Erotic spanking](/source/Erotic_spanking)
* [Female-led relationship](/source/Female-led_relationship)
* [Female submission](/source/Female_submission)
* [Financial domination](/source/Financial_domination)
* [Male dominance (BDSM)](/source/Male_dominance_(BDSM))

== References ==
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