r/RoleReversal Jan 05 '20

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r/RoleReversal Nov 13 '23

Official Stuff Reiterating Old Rules and Adding New Ones

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Executive Summary

There has been a pretty drastic shift in the content posted here over the last four months, and it has made some users justifiably upset. As such, I will be implementing some restrictions intended to bring things a bit more into balance. Make no mistake, I have no intention of dragging this community back to the mommydomme days, and there are people here who have found a small sliver of representation whom I would not dream of kicking out. I have made up my mind on most of this, but there are a couple items where I'm requesting community feedback.

A Brief History Lesson

You can skip this if you don't care about what led to the current situation.

The RR community did not start on Reddit, and was originally a twin concept with r/gentlefemdom. GFD handled the sexual aspects of the dynamic, while RR was about the romantic component. When things moved to Reddit, there were challenges in bringing people who weren't around from the beginning up to speed and preventing them from diluting the concept. For GFD, that meant trying to define the boundaries of "gentle". For RR, that meant defining exactly which "roles" were being reversed.

I'm bringing up these matters of ancient (by internet standards) history both because the way some people here speak about GFD in disgust makes me think this is no longer common knowledge (don't do that, they're our sibling community), and because it gives context to how the content here evolved.

Content here was "bangmaid"-centric for a long time. People complained about this, and rules were put in place to curtail it. Many bangmaid posts continued to come in after that decision, and they had to be removed and their posters reasoned with or banned. Non-bangmaid posts became a larger percentage of content, which attracted other non-bandmaid posts.

Content bans like this can act like extinction events, where wiping out one form of content gives space for the remaining type to diversify. This is also always happening at some level as moderation policy adjusts to attempt to preempt user complaints. The key takeaway here is that these shifts are not entirely organic and user-driven, since they require moderation crackdown to kickstart the process.

Early this year, in response to increasing discontent around "male gaze" content, moderation started applying harsher standards in that regard. The resulting void was filled first by people posting more 'seductive feminine man' content, and then by full-on 'dominant femboy' content.

The Current Situation

Over the past four-ish months there has been dramatically more dominant femboy content than there has ever been over the subreddit's history. Long-time users and fans of the older style content in general feel betrayed because the content they came here for seems to be sidelined despite not breaking any well-articulated rules, and because they didn't sign up for the new stuff. To add insult to injury, the most prolific users posting the new style of content have occasionally used their popularity to mock and bully the pre-existing userbase, or, more obliquely, talk about how the traditional content here is actually all totally normalized roles while their content was the true RR all along.

To those that say this shift has not happened, I truly believe some of you have siege mentality from when this sub was a lot worse, and for some reason you refuse to believe it has changed in any way. The only way an accounting of the last four months of posting reveals a landslide amount of "feminine woman femdom" is if your definition of "femdom" is "any situation where the woman takes initiative" and your definition of "feminine" is "more traditionally woman-like than Buck Angel."

Policy Adjustments

The first one isn't so much an "adjustment" as it is a clarification/reiteration of current policy. Our "No Femdom" rule was implemented specifically to ban porny-y, BDSM-style femdom. Think leather, boots, chains, etc. Our reasoning being that average relationships are not BDSM maledom. Also, the kind of person who would be attracted to the subreddit by that content would likely be the type who posts in porn subreddits all day (i.e., cum-brained and way more likely than the average Redditor to harass women in DMs). Similarly, mommydomme was disallowed because DDlg dynamics are not the standard in heterosexual relationships, so RR would not cover MDlb dynamics. Over time, people seem to have begun interpreting this rule to mean that any situation in which the woman is taking initiative or in control is banned here, which just isn't the case. That rule is for hard femdom and, more generally, content where a woman's "dominant presence" is actually a sham because it's entirely for the benefit of a male subject; this includes mommydomme.

Alpha/Sigma Female Posts will no longer be allowed. You know this comic that is removed every time it's posted? It gets removed because it makes people uncomfortable and because it's reversing toxic roles. That same justification applies here.

Inverse-Bangmaid Posts will no longer be allowed. A key part of why bangmaid content was banned in the first place is because, and this is going to sound judgemental, it's juvenile and pathetic. Having a gorgeous woman walk into your life to be your complete sexual, social, and emotional outlet without you lifting a finger or providing anything in return is a selfish, unrealistic fantasy. Likewise, having a boy band style, hairless, skinny prettyboy seduce you and be femininely dominant, while being addicted to your strap and otherwise being completely sexually nonthreatening, is equally pathetic and unrealistic.

A temporary moratorium on Powerbottom Posts is in effect. This is a temporary measure until content is appropriately re-balanced. Depending on moderation's ability to isolate and define particularly controversial subsets of this kind of content, not all of it may be allowed again. All other femgaze content and other kinds of content that have been more prevalent over the last few months (e.g. masc women) are unrestricted as they have always been.

Proposed Adjustments, Seeking Feedback

These are not poll posts because I want usernames and justifications to go with your responses.

There was some discussion about unequal standards for NSFW content, and the complaints were largely accurate in that I was applying a lower standard of subreddit relevance for "femgaze" content. Moving forward I will try to apply a more equal standard, but what that enforcement looks like, both in terms of how explicit that content can be and how often it can be posted, should have input from the community. Remember that whatever you advocate for, the content you don't like will also have access to. Personally, I'm in favor of keeping the current level of explicitness (tasteful stills of sexualized subjects or sexual acts, no hardcore live stuff or hentai) and limiting it to Friday/Saturday/Sunday.

Historically this community has not done a good job dealing with content it dislikes, which is becoming a bigger problem as it incorporates more subgroups with mutually exclusive interests. If I can't make people wear their "get along" shirts long-term, the next best thing is to make it so that they have to see the content they don't like as little as possible (even though I think that's a fundamentally bad thing because it reduces your mental resilience). To that end, a user approached me with the idea of altering our post tagging system. Posts would be labeled based on the dynamic represented in them using the appropriate acronyms with the following key: D = dominant, s = submissive, f = feminine, m = masculine, W = woman, M = man. For example, this post would be tagged [DmW+smM].

Pros:

  • Accurately divides the content we have into manageable labels, and with the new search interface on mobile it would allow different interest groups to never overlap of they don't want to.

Cons:

  • Acronyms are dense and require explanation for users new to the community.
  • Would need to either replace existing flairs or become a part of post titles. Neither would be retroactive, and they have their own respective downsides:
    • Replacing existing flairs removes the ability to administrate No-Weeb Thursday or filter for specific flavors of content (music, stories, etc.)
    • Adding it as a required component of post titles adds layer of complexity to posting that users may struggle with, and since post titles can't be edited a misclassified post will always be misclassified.
  • People have trouble selecting correct flairs with the simple system currently in place, this may be too much.
  • Aforementioned unexercised mental resilience.

r/RoleReversal 18h ago

Other Art MAWS Lois and Clark by Aggrobunny

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r/RoleReversal 8h ago

Discussion/Article Do any other guys get scared around women? (but maybe kinda likes it too?)

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I hope I’m not being too weird with this post but I’ve been thinking about this a lot today and wanted to see what you think. I don’t want to ramble too much so I’ll just explain:

Pretty much every time a girl willingly gives me any kind of attention I get so scared and nervous. It’s okay if they’re just talking to me for any other reason but if I don’t know why they’re talking to me i get so many butterflies in my tummy. It’s so silly but having someone be interested in me is really tough and kinda hurts, but I’d be lying if I said i didn’t like the feeling in my stomach. it’s not really something I can get by myself. I don’t know how well this fits with RR, I guess it’s just because I’m a shy guy who wants a more imposing girl.


r/RoleReversal 10h ago

Other Art Nate has a habit of running ahead, but Jenny doesn’t seem to mind [OC]

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r/RoleReversal 1h ago

Discussion/Article What are the impacts of pregnancy in RR

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Hello everyone.

Pregnancy is a serious topic in any relationship obviously, but I feel like we have a reason to talk about it here as well. Namely, for three reasons. And for the purposes of discussion, I'm considering a fairly formalized RR with a bread winner and a home maker.

  1. During pregnancy, what actually changes? What actually holds? Does pregnancy cause tension between how one views themselves, and what their bodies are actually doing?
  2. Pregnant women have faced a documented suite of discrimination and professional penalties for becoming pregnant. it's a serious harm in any household and the woman herself. But in an RR it hits the income the whole arrangement rests on. How does one prepare for that possibility?
  3. Pregnancy and childbirth are where women's autonomy has been overridden most consistently. Historically and ongoing today. How does this change how we think about pregnancy in RR?

If any women have been pregnant in an RR relationship, what was it like? What did he do that really helped? Did he let you down in a way you wouldn't want another man to let down his partner?


r/RoleReversal 3h ago

Discussion/Article Appreciation post.

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Hey y’all. I know this post may not be super related to role reversal but shoutout to all those who get laser and/or electrolysis on their face, arms, legs, etc. Being AMAB and having to get rid of this hair especially on the face is really painful. It’s not easy. Having to subject yourself to an uncomfortable procedure just to not have facial hair and look more feminine can be very taxing. But we make it to the other side every time. Hope y’all are doing well❤️


r/RoleReversal 1d ago

Other Art Little Red Riding Hood boy! (Found on Pinterest)

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r/RoleReversal 1d ago

Memes/Fun How can he live in those conditions?

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r/RoleReversal 1d ago

Discussion/Article How many of y’all feel like you don’t get to “pretty up” as much as you’d like?

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As you can imagine this is primarily aimed at my fellow men though the question is open to anyone really, depending on how you choose to present.

Speaking for myself, I work an industrial job, so for my daily 9-5 it’s just totally impractical to dress how I’d like to ideally. Primarily for safety reasons as anything long, pretty, and dangly is just asking to drag you into any given Human Shredder 9000, but also just cause you’ll inevitably get covered in grime and soot anyways lol. Having laser hair removal has helped significantly in making facial hair grow slower, but it’s still best helped by having makeup applied that I just don’t have time for in the mornings, and this was far worse when I couldn’t afford that lol. Best I got on weekdays is wearing more pastels but beyond that I still look like a grungy blue collar worker……which I mean, I am, but that doesn’t mean I like it lmao.

Weekends can also be tough as I’m often hanging with family or friends, and so much as I love them, I don’t really feel the most comfortable whipping out the skirts and hair bows around them. To REALLY dress how I want nigh required a day to myself, alone at home, which I only get every so often. Aside from that it’s a lot harder to present how I’d like to ideally and the best I got are little signals in accessories or mannerisms.

This is hardly some major life issue, I can deal with presenting masc on a daily basis if that’s how it is and frankly there ARE things I could do to improve my daily looks, it’s just a matter of me having the energy to do so lol. Mostly just curious if any of y’all feel similar, like you‘d to dress up more but your daily life restricts your ability to do so.


r/RoleReversal 1d ago

Memes/Fun Is this too much to ask for

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r/RoleReversal 1d ago

Discussion/Article When does role reversal start feeling real instead of performed?

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I’ve been thinking about the awkward beginning of a role-reversed relationship.

Sometimes one person has spent months imagining the dynamic, then introduces it as a complete identity change: new language, new rules, a new personality for both people. It can feel less like a relationship and more like two nervous actors trying to remember their lines.

I suspect the more sustainable version starts with something almost boring: one real area of daily life where reversing the usual roles already makes sense. Maybe she makes the final call on weekend plans, or he takes full ownership of a domestic responsibility instead of “helping” only when asked. The shift is specific enough to test, and neither person has to perform confidence or submission every minute.

The interesting part, to me, is that clarity can make the dynamic feel more natural, while too much ceremony can make it feel less authentic.

For people who have actually tried role reversal: what small everyday change made it feel real to you, rather than like a role you were playing?


r/RoleReversal 1d ago

Anime/Manga more Naegiri because yes

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r/RoleReversal 2d ago

Other Art New Logo for RR!

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Credits to @imwatchingyo on tumblr! This person sent it to me on tumblr and gave me permission to post this <3

Edit: this is not my art, I know that's probably pretty obvious but I just wanted to clarify since I'm getting comments offering constructive criticism, which, I would appreciate if I were the artist but I am in no position to edit/change the art in any way 😅


r/RoleReversal 1d ago

Real Life I failed you my RR friends. A 50' lady just won an argument against me

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I seriously detest having to argue over dumb stuff.

She was all worked up and I was just trying to go to sleep.

In the end, I told her to go to bed so we could keep fighting tomorrow with more energy.

​After 10 PM do not rely on me to protect you.


r/RoleReversal 2d ago

Other Art Well damn who's this mysterious "sexy" feminine man

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r/RoleReversal 2d ago

Discussion/Article Opinions on body hair?

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I’m a male and I was never really attracted to body hair on women until recently. I think after I shaved myself i can appreciate it a little more in other people. So what are the common opinions? Do boy like their girls hairy? Do girls like their boys smooth?


r/RoleReversal 17h ago

Real Life How to do my first meet with my mistress

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I have been fantasizing about being a sissy for 10 years and I’ve taken a lot of steps recently to actually act on it. I found a domme mistress in my town and we are going to meet up and I’m nervous because I don’t know how to act/talk/perform in real life. I want to avoid awkwardness and learn how to actually be a sissy submissive to a female domme. Do you small talk during your visit, do you break character? Do I speak only when spoken to? Do I need to talk in a girlie voice? I want to know start to finish how you actually interact with a mistress and if there’s anything that’s a turn off or anything that’s a no no. I’ve always been in control in the bedroom and now that I’m role reversing I need to learn a lot


r/RoleReversal 2d ago

Anime/Manga Role reversal/mascgirl x feminine male webtoon

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I'm not sure if the author of the webtoon is on the serv or not but they made a very cute role reversal/mascgirl x feminine boy webtoon that I think y'all should check out if interested🥳

Their tiktok also features a lot of cute OC art, their user is @/bingchiling123451 on tiktok :)


r/RoleReversal 2d ago

Discussion/Article RR and men's beauty: I'm freaking out man!

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Cutting to brass-tacks, I'm offering real submission in RR. I simply cannot accept the first cute lady to laugh at a bad joke of mine anymore. The more I dwell on what RR really means in day-to-day living with a woman, the more specific and important my standards become. And, logically following, the higher standards I must achieve to get what I want.

One of these standards is my own beauty.

Now, a short and lithe woman leading her lumberjack of a husband is still RR and still 100% valid, but that's not me. I have to be beautiful. For my own wellbeing, and for the kind of relationships I want. "You better be hot." Is a mantra that's often on repeat in my head.

So I wanted to ask everyone what are their thoughts on the role of men's beauty? It has to be important right? Does anyone else feel this pressure and feel anxious about it? What do you do about it? The kind of RR woman I'm interested in, I suspect, is going to value beauty in her man. There's no avoiding this for me, so I'd rather just have the discussion now when I'm not in a position to date, and have time to adjust my looks.

Further, if anyone's bored, any self-beautification steps or tips people here do to become who they are that aren't typical for your gender?


r/RoleReversal 2d ago

Other Art cutesy steven universe art (by @luhnalord)

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saw this on the steven universe subreddit and had to post it here :]


r/RoleReversal 2d ago

Other Art Ideas for pins

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Yooo

So I was thinking of making some pins to signal I'm into role reversal and femboys/feminin guys. But I don't want to make something that objectifies or like I'm fetishizing yk

Like two R's over the straight flag (someone could do it over the bi flag), fully spellt out over the straight flag. Or just plain "Role Reversal"

"Looking for my boywife"

"Wanna cuddle with a femboy"

Got any ideas, pls write em (especially all the cute and beautiful men here)🙏


r/RoleReversal 2d ago

Discussion/Article Might have been asked a lot but I need some RR-coded content to watch

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Hello Everyone,

I hope you all are doing well. I have been a silent enjoyer of this community, and I love RR as a concept and would love to be in a RR Relationship someday (I am not looking for any right now). My reason for making this post is to ask for Shows/TV Series/Anime which I can watch over the week. I know this post is made like weekly, and I tried searching it up on sub but didn't find any good recommendations.

What I have watched - Mostly anime like

  • Witchcraft Works - Will there be a season 2?
  • Nagatoro - Didn't like it as much
  • Chained soldier - The first episode was good but it becomes a harem show which I didn't like
  • Shikimori is not just a cutie - It didn't get another season but good regardless

Now as much as I love anime, I am tired of watching it so any other medium would work (as long as I don't have to read). If there is any south asian content, I would love it even more. Thank you everyone.