Sex has its own variations and to be honest they tend to increase rather than decrease. This is related to the human instinct to evolve and “discover something new”. After all, it is often instinct that is the cause of those variations. Variety makes sex more interesting and variety is what differentiates humans from animals. Animals do not have variety in sex because they have sex solely for reproductive purposes.
BDSM is one of the popular variations of sex and it is related to a person’s fantasy of dominating or being dominated. Some people like dominating or being dominated and knowing that they are in control or being controlled contributes to increased arousal.
There have been several studies done to find out more about BDSM and a 2016 study revealed that roughly 50-60% of men and women fantasize about domination, with a larger proportion of men. The study also found that BDSM is more prevalent in the LGBTQ community although it is not generally associated with sex preference, gender, age, and ethnic background. It’s basically a generalized fantasy.
In general, many sex experts divide the “severity of BDSM” and usually all BDSM fantasies start from the “mild level”. This means acts of domination that don’t hurt too much, such as pulling hair, wearing handcuffs, light spanking, pretending to be cops and criminals, and many more. The next level of BDSM is a more “hard” development, which can even cause injury at some point (not recommended).
Dom and Sub
Those are two terms relating to a pair of humans in the context of a sexual relationship where one person dominates and one person is dominated. Some people refer to the relationship between the two as a top/bottom dynamic. A Dom takes on the role of “roughing it”, commanding, asserting, and things like that, whereas a Sub accepts those actions. Both will be equally satisfied. In a BDSM sex relationship, there are no two Doms and no two Subs. Each person has to take on a different role. Both complement each other.
Japan’s Influence on Global Hentai
Hentai is basically sexually charged animation, and it is very much tied to Japanese culture where most of their sexual themes are about young girls who are ready to be fucked or sexually pleased. As one of the countries with the largest production of sex anime in the world, Japan has the greatest influence on how the content of anime sex videos is presented. Today, Japan is the biggest contributor of hentai clips in the world.
BDSM in Hentai
As one of the most popular fantasies, BDSM is definitely accommodated by Hentai and in fact, BDSM Hentai content is the most popular, and takes the most search results among other Hentai content. The most favored Hentai topic is men dominating school-age girls who are submissive and willing to be treated as anything. This is in line with Japanese culture where girls are usually indirectly made to obey men, no matter how absurd the request. However, dominant women are not forgotten at all.
Femdom in Hentai
Femdom is a term where the woman is the dominant party and although it is not very popular in Hentai, it has its fans. However, there are some surveys that mention that there seems to be an increasing demand for Hentai Femdom content in recent years. It seems that imagining a dominant teacher or lecturer torturing her students is quite arousing for Hentai fans.
A popularity that is likely to continue
Yes, you read that right. The popularity of Femdom themes in the Hentai industry is likely to continue for at least the next few years. The BDSM trend in Hentai has changed a bit, and while the mainstream continues to favor Maledom, Femdom is more or less starting to take more of a role.
Why is Femdom favored?
Because it offers something new. Amidst the Maledom in Hentai, there is always a sense of boredom and people want something new, which Femdom seems to capture well. Femdom offers a different sensation and targets Sub men who have been around but seem to be “overshadowed” by Dom men.
Sub-men are men with hidden fantasies of being abused by women and are usually profiled as “weak men” who in their daily lives tend to be dominated by others (both men and women). They tend to be timid and unable to make decisions quickly or in other words “not assertive”. These weak men eventually become comfortable with their condition and can’t seem to escape it.
They have an appetite for sex, of course, and to some extent it is fueled by their “acceptance” of the situations they face in their daily lives. In many ways, they are dominated by others and when it comes to sexual matters, they want strong dominance over them. In real sex life, not all of them are able to realize their “Sub-desires” and Hentai in many ways helps them do so.
They can play, run characters, overcome challenges, and so on in anonymized situations. There are quite a few of them and while they have had to settle for the usual Hentai content, now they have an outlet for their fantasies. That is why it seems that in a short period of time (just a few years), Femdom content has become more and more sought after and thus more popular.
Basically, it’s not that Femdom fans are increasing (they may be but not significantly), but those who have female-dominated desires are now starting to “surface” and it’s as if Femdom fans are increasing. Yes, of course, there is an increase but most of them are actually those who have been “camouflaged”.
Ultimately Hentai is about fantasy through animation. Whatever the theme it always has its fans. Femdom, Maledom, and so on are some of Hentai’s favorite themes which are basically humanity’s most popular sex fantasies. Remember, more than 50% of men and women have BDSM fantasies that vary in levels.