The foundation of my project is an exploration of the pornographic subcategory ‘FEMDOM’ (female domination). This genre initially sparked my interest due to pornography’s widely acknowledged reputation for being exploitative and degrading toward women. Female domination presents a patriarchal inversion—subverting ingrained ideas of how men and women are expected to interact sexually. The very act of a man relinquishing his perceived power becomes a kink in itself, disrupting the dominant narrative of male control.

To give up sexual power to men is to play against female liberation—it reasserts outdated notions of male ownership over the female body, used for their gratification. Society has long normalised the idea of women surrendering control, with submission often portrayed as an expected role within heterosexual dynamics. When this expectation is reversed—when men are the ones restrained, exposed, and used in the way women typically are—it becomes almost taboo.

This discomfort reveals the depth of our societal conditioning. For a woman to submit is seen as ordinary; for a man, it’s unsettling. This imbalance reflects the enduring gender hierarchy that still places men in positions of dominance. Within the porn industry, this narrative is relentlessly repeated, shaping how we see gendered power dynamics, even outside of sexual spaces. When a man is seen in a sexually vulnerable or submissive position, it challenges the norm to such an extent that it’s often met with derision or shock.

My work seeks to probe these reactions—exploring why female-dominant sexual imagery is still so frowned upon, and how that stigma mirrors our broader cultural discomfort with female power. Through visual experimentation, I aim to invert these roles and provoke discomfort intentionally—to highlight the double standard, to disrupt the norm, and to reveal how deeply the gender divide remains embedded in our understanding of sex, power, and identity. By placing men in the traditionally ‘female’ position, I want to challenge the viewer to confront their own biases and rethink what is considered ‘normal.’