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When the authors want to [[Casual Kink|include some BDSM]] into the plot, they might need to have some context and nuance to avoid having the audience [[Abuse Mistake|mistake it for abuse]]. But what if there's no room for nuances, or they think [[Viewers are Morons]] anyway? Simple! [[All Abusers Are Male]], right? And [[Useful Notes/BDSM|BDSM is gender neutral]], so the solution is simple: Make sure that it's never a woman being topped by a man.
If you want to know what we're talking about then, quick, think of the last time you saw BDSM portrayed in someway on popular television. What position was the man in? He was wearing a ball-gag and being dragged around by a collar and chain, you say? Well then, you've just encountered this trope. [[All Women Are Prudes|Only slightly less common]] are women in BDSM, and without even checking you can't deny that ''they're'' never the ones tied to a bedpost and being whipped. Well, not unless it's an outright porno. If there was a woman involved, she was a dominatrix, without exception. Men might be in a dominant role, but only if they are dominating another man because [[All Men Are Perverts]] and because [[Double Standard Rape (Male On Male)|rape isn't nearly as stigmatized when it's male on male]].
Actually, you might say you've only really encountered this trope when you notice that this is the only acceptable portrayal of BDSM on TV. If you want to know why, then try to imagine the opposite. The general populace tolerates the BDSM subculture on their televisions only when it can be [[Played for Laughs]] and no matter what you do, you can't play a man tying up and flogging a woman for laughs. [[Double Standard|You just can't]]. Besides, women look much hotter in Latex and holding riding crops than men in the same. It's funny when a woman dominates a man [[Men Act, Women Are|because]] [[Sarcasm Mode|women are weak ineffectual creatures (rendering the action inoffensive) and men are supposed to be strong and dominant, thus any man in the role of sub deserves to be ridiculed and by no means sympathized with, even if he's being forced into it.]]
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This trope is also most common in television and movies. The more private nature of printed works often prevents them having to appeal to such a wide and public audience, the facilitation of which is the main function of this trope.
Obviously a [[Double Standard]]. Compare to [[Double Standard Rape (Female On Male)]], [[Double Standard Rape (Male On Male)]], and [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]] (which this overlaps with far more than it should), as well as [[Bondage Is Bad]] (one of the reasons for the overlap) and [[Aggressive
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== [[Web Comic]] ==
* Pretty much the case in ''[[Collar 6]]'': most of the Doms we've seen so far were female. Exceptions include the unnamed Epic Mustache Guy who appeared in two strips, a male dom seen in a flashback, and the unseen but plot-relevant character Michael Kappel. [[Improbably
* In ''[[Shiniez]]'', the main couple of the comic are Allison and Lisa, who are in a dom/sub relationship. The other couple, however, inverts this trope, with Alan, Allison's friend, as a dom and Anne as his sub.
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