Heterosexual gender roles are not directly relevant to gay romantic relationships, but gay men often take on different relationship roles depending on their sexual roles. In the present paper, we argue that gay men might draw on sexually explicit media (SEM) featuring men who have sex with men (MSM) to get information about how insertive sexual partners (“tops”) and receptive sexual partners (“bottoms”) typically behave. For this to be the case, however, we would have to reliably observe different behavior in SEM performers acting as tops vs. bottoms. We examined 220 of the most viewed online dyadic MSM SEM videos to determine whether performed verbal and physical intimacy, victimization, and sexual behaviors depended on the sexual role taken. We found that tops and bottoms engaged in similar amounts of intimacy behaviors, but that bottoms were depicted as initiating sexual activity more than tops. Tops enacted physical and psychological victimization more than bottoms, although these behaviors were rare. Tops were shown taking the insertive role across all sexual acts and versatile performers (i.e., those taking both insertive and receptive roles) were rarely depicted. The present study adds to the literature about the complexity of sexual-self-labels, and suggests that MSM SEM depictions of intimacy and sexual decision-making depend on the sexual role taken.

异性恋性别角色与同性恋浪漫关系没有直接关系，但男同性恋者经常根据他们的性别角色扮演不同的关系角色。在本论文中，我们认为男同性恋者可能会利用以男男性行为者 (MSM) 为特色的色情媒体 (SEM) 来获取有关插入性伴侣（“顶部”）和接受性伴侣（“底部” ) 通常表现。然而，要做到这一点，我们必须可靠地观察 SEM 执行者作为顶部与底部的不同行为。我们检查了 220 个观看次数最多的在线二元 MSM SEM 视频，以确定所进行的口头和身体亲密、受害和性行为是否取决于所扮演的性角色。我们发现上装和下装的亲密行为数量相似，但是，下装被描述为比上装更能引发性行为。上层比下层更容易造成身体和心理上的伤害，尽管这些行为很少见。上衣在所有性行为中都扮演插入角色，而多才多艺的表演者（即同时扮演插入和接受角色的人）很少被描绘。本研究增加了关于性自我标签复杂性的文献，并表明 MSM SEM 对亲密关系和性决策的描述取决于所扮演的性角色。那些同时扮演插入和接受角色的人）很少被描绘出来。本研究增加了关于性自我标签复杂性的文献，并表明 MSM SEM 对亲密关系和性决策的描述取决于所扮演的性角色。那些同时扮演插入和接受角色的人）很少被描绘出来。本研究增加了关于性自我标签复杂性的文献，并表明 MSM SEM 对亲密关系和性决策的描述取决于所扮演的性角色。