Indeed, gay men who bottom and straight women are often referred to as “bitches” and other like terms. To be a bottom is to play “the woman” in the relationship, and being the woman is a bad thing ...

Across the LGBTQ+ community, jokes about ‘top energy’ and ‘bottom energy’ are rife. For lesbians and queer women in particular, we often hear talk of ‘pillow princesses’ and ‘doms ...