Petikkan artikel dari Jantancun, pengirimnya Najhan Mazwan [geehaa2002@y...]
Gay & The City
Top? Bottom? Flex? Which one are you? I would assume that by now, all
gays cruising this site might be too familiar with these terms. These
are some of the many gay vocabularies that came out from the
ingenious initiative of the gay society. The question is, how far
does this 'labelling' system effects our lives? Is this system used
explicitly for sexual relationships? Does it effect your 'out of bed'
relationship in any way?Are we forever bound with this label for the
rest of our lives?
Talking about this system, one cannot help but wonder, how, when or
even who came up with this labelling system? What is the basis of
this system? Does it aim at generalizing thus classifying gay
individuals into a new gender system? If that is so, why is there
even a need for such categorization? Does a 'bottom' equates a woman
or a 'top' a man in the normal society? Then, who does a flex equates
to?
A bottom is seen as having most of the feminine qualities in a gay
society, a quality collectively known as the 'ala-ala' features. They
are the experts in fashion, cosmetics, some in cooking & some in
designing .Most of them know every single thing a woman knows about
being a woman, & the suprising thing is, they are even better at
certain things than women themselves. We even see women coming to see
them for advice. Simply saying, the bottom gays can do almost every
single thing a woman can do except for giving birth, due to the fact
that they are born without a uterus.
A top being equated with a man has all the manly qualities a normal
man has, except that they are gifted with the gift of being attracted
to relationships of the 'non-opposite attraction' type. Publicly, the
tops must display every single manly qualities & even the slightest
indication of them having any of the 'ala-ala' features, would
instantly turn them into a bottom & labeled as a 'Siti Coverina',
which is worse than having labeled as a 'ponden' by a normal
individual. These individuals (the Siti Coverinas) are loathed by the
bottoms because they are thought as traitors to their own kind.
The flex are the most confusing group in the gay society. Who should
we call a flex? Is a flex the same as a bottom who is not 'so
bottom' ?, meaning that they feel bottom inside, but outside in the
society, they look every single bit a 'man'. This group can even fool
a bottom into falling in love with them, except of course, when they
open up their mouth to talk, which in most instances would reveal
their bottom side. Or is a flex a top who befriends a bottom &
behaves like one but when he is around his top friends, he is every
single bit a man, thereby making him a top again ? Some even have
bottom lovers & in bed they can be both depending on who they are
sleeping with? Is there a really good grading system to classify the
gay society into this new 'gender' system?
Most people using this sytem, relates it to mainly sexual
relationship? The top & bottom position in bed is equated with the
usual position of a man & a woman having sex. Therefore, the bottom
is always the one getting fucked while the top mainly do the fucking.
My friend once said that a bottom must never have their cock sucked.
This is just something that a bottom don't do. They suck but never
get sucked. A bottom that got their cock sucked is therefore a flex.
At least that is from my friend's point of view. I truly believe that
a blow job is an act of intimacy & is part of fourplay & it really
doesn't matter who get their cock sucked. I do believe however, that
a true bottom would never fuck anyone whether he is a bottom or a
top. My friend's friend who is a top once got fucked by a 'nyah'.
Now, what does that makes him? A bottom? A flex? Is a bottom always a
bottom & a top always a top?
When you fall in love, do you choose who you should fall in love
with, based on this system? Most bottoms would never fall in love
with another bottom for the fear of being labeled 'lesbos', the
equivalent of lesbians. A friend of mine who is a bottom has a
boyfriend (who we consider as the top in their relationship) who
cooks for him everytime he visits & from his description has some of
the ala-ala features most bottom has. Does that make them lesbos? If
you are so in love with someone, would you really care whether he is
a bottom or a top? Would you still fall for a 'Tom Cruise' if along
the course of your relationship you somehow found out that he is more
a bottom than a top? If a bottom can give great sex even better than
a top ever gave you, would you decline his invitation to bed just
because you're afraid that he might be a bottom just like you? Are
you willing to convert from a bottom to a top or vice versa for the
sake of love? Are you comfortable enough changing roles when you're
in bed? Is a bottom-bottom relationship so wrong that it could never
be accepted by the gay society based on this system?
A top-top relationship is something quite common among gays. In this
relationship, one of the tops would resume the role of a bottom when
they are together either in or out of bed. However, when they are out
in the open, no one would expect that they are actually a couple
since both seems too manly to be a couple to the other. This kind of
relationship is never seen as wrong. So, why is it that the bottoms
still has fear for a bottom-bottom relationship? If we stick with
this 'dogma' that the worst sin a bottom can commit is having a
relationship with another bottom, what will happen one day when all
the tops prefer tops as their couple? Would bottoms then reconsider
bottom-bottom relationship or better known as 'lesbos'? As you get
older, would you consider taking an 'anak ikan' as your couple &
resume the role of a top?
So, after saying all that, I leave the choice in your hands. Be a
bottom, a top or a flex, your identity is what you choose to be & the
relationship you have chosen to be in, is your choice & not anyone
else's. You determine your own happiness. Be proud of what you
are.