>>10179 (OP)
Hm, interesting, very similar to my current predicament. Lately I have been partaking in sex with men again, though generally only digital and oral stimulation, only occasionally penetrative anal sex via the penis. Primarily men who observe more feminine patterns than myself, such as shaving, slimmer physiques, etcetera, making them essentially women in my thinking, although sometimes I am involved with larger more masculine presenting men which I will elaborate on shortly. If I chose to, I could be having sex with women, but have yet to find a woman worthy of my full attention or attraction, despite many dates. Women, personally, have disappointed me on the axes of romance and sexuality, though I have made many dear female friends through my attempts to find my female complement. Sex with men is easy to attain and satisfies at least my basic desires, even if I do not believe myself fundamentally aligned to it physiologically or emotionally or intellectually or what have you.
From my understanding and ponderances, I'm not strictly «gay» since I had no father figure growing up, meaning I did not develop any form of attraction to a masculine archetype. There were many many important female figures in my young life, but few men who left any lingering impression on me. However, going back to my earlier utterance about «larger more masculine presenting men»: my mother herself was quite large and imposing, and, for one reason or another, did not indulge in the usual female archetypal behaviours of prettying herself, such as shaving etcetera. This is what I take to be the explanation for my superficially «homosexual» encounters with these masculine types: my internalized notion of the female archetype is aligned to the unconventional femininity of my mother, leading to my attraction to these qualities in the men that I perchance meet. Naturally few women meet these standards, and I do not believe I would want one in so many ways similar to my mother, in spite of my love for her.
From my perusal of this forum, I imagine there must be many here experiencing a similar dilemma. Have any succeeded in, let us call it, «updating» their internalized masculine/feminine archetypes to address these types of sexual issues?
Sincerely,
Anonymous