A recent Reddit thread titled “TopsAndBottoms” boldly asks:
Why are there more tops than bottoms? I’m basing this off social media (instagram, facebook, etc.) that the running joke is most gays are bottoms.
Hmmm. We weren’t aware that there were more tops than bottoms in the world, but apparently there are. And it all depends on the region in which a person lives. At least, according to several other Reddit users.
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“In my experience the ratio is about 2:1 with bottoms in the lead,” one person says.
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How exactly does he know this?
“Go look at sex ads in various cities,” he explains. “I know in most of the CA Bay Area, you’ll actually find a ratio more like 3:1. Up where I live now it’s closer to 4:1.”
Four bottoms for every one top? Sounds exhausting.
“It’s regional,” someone else says.
To which another person asks, “I wonder why that is?”
And a third person answers, “Climate.”
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“I think pretty much anyone can enjoy it from a physical perspective, but a lot of people are closed off to it, especially so in rural areas,” someone else opines. The reason for this, he explains, is that urban centers are more “sex friendly” than rural areas and therefore “create more bottoms.”
Another guy takes this theory one step further by saying it has to do with gay men in the country who “pass” as straight.
“Most guys who are tops tend to be able to pass,” he writes. “The ones who are bottoms can’t or won’t pass so they move to safe havens in the cities.”
Oh, brother.
At least one person has semi-reasonable response. He recalls a Chinese man he met at a bar years ago who walked up and casually asked “if I wanted to fuck him.”
“We had great sex,” the man remembers, “and then we discovered we were both versatile … I have fond memories of the times we had in bed. If you really want to have the most fun, try being versatile. It adds a new dimension to sex. And a fun one too.”
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Ksb1978
Why is the picture of a het couple,though?
bottom250
I am a proud fabulous bottom. Sweethearts, I am now accepting tops.
Billy Budd
This article is complete and utter bullshit from beginning to end.
yoni
@Ksb1978: …diversity? lol
1898
@Ksb1978: The person who chose the pic was too busy staring at the guy’s butt to even notice the gender of the other person. 😉
Scribe38
I use to get annoyed at the number of tops in Detroit. Lol
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
@bottom250: Oh! Now the name makes sense ?
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
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Dave Downunder
There are way more bottoms than tops in just about any city I have visited around the world and I have to say that in more recent years with the increased popularity of drugs like meth that the ratio of bottoms to tops has increased. More guys have become bottoms simply because they can’t stay hard long enough to f@ck any more.
bottom250
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: Ohhh honey I am advertising. lol
Aromaeus
I live in the rural south and can definitely vouch for the 4:1 bottom to top ratio. Versatility is where it’s at though.
Hussain-TheCanadian
Is there even such a thing as “top exclusive” or a “bottom exclusive”??
Ari Gold
What exactly are these ratios bases on? The number of guys found on Grindr and Jack’d? #completebullshit