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[โ€“] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Topping" means taking an active role in sex, whereas "bottoming" is a passive role.

[โ€“] Enkrod@feddit.de 19 points 5 months ago

Nyeah... partly.

If that were entirely true, a "power bottom" would make no sense.

The terms sexual usage originated in gay circles where it only delineates who penetrates and who gets penetrated. Traditional views on sex ascribe a submissive or passive role to the bottom and an active or dominating role to the top, but you can totally have a power bottom who takes control and an active role in the intercourse but is the one getting penetrated.