Sex Passively
12/April/2026 in Tokyo
Sex always leaves me some obscure feelings afterwards
And recently I’ve been wondering;
"If sex happens passively, sex might be more acceptable to me"
In a context of a male-female heterosexual relationship
The norm is "Man makes the first move"
I’m not particularly against that
But when it comes to sex,
it causes a subtle yet quite unsettling confusion inside me
Since I’m the one who initiates sex,
it feels as if "I wanted sex"
But the question that often comes afterwards is;
"Did I really want sex then?"
Like many other men (& women) in today’s world,
I feel a certain pressure
There is a role called "Male" and
countless descriptions of my "tasks" are already written there
"Initiating sex" is one of them
As a result, even when I’m not particularly feeling like having sex in that moment,
I feel a "pressure" to act as if "I want"
But after sex and I finally become alone,
— or sometimes a few months/years later —,
I find myself wondering;
"Did I really want sex back then?"
And the answer always seems "Yes"
Because I was the one who initiated
Even if that initiation was driven by "societal (external) pressure",
still I was the one who took the action
And it feels only natural to conclude;
"I wanted sex, that’s why I initiated and had sex"
But I’m not sure
And now I'm wondering,
if sex happens passively, the aftertaste would feel very different