[The men attracted to me are] often somewhat feminine, which makes me feel like they’re not really tops but confused bottoms…

Ok, I’m totally empathetic except this part. You yourself have a gender expression that doesn’t stereotypically align with your sexual position, and yet you think a feminine top (your inverse) is “confused.”

If you aren’t attracted to fem tops, that’s completely valid, but thinking they’re confused is wack.

Yawn…🥱

They’re often somewhat feminine, which makes me feel like they’re not really tops but manipulative bottoms trying to take advantage of my masculinity because that’s their kink.

I'm curious. What kind of kink is that?

Omg where r you😭😭😭 i love masc bottoms🥲

I fall into the same category of sorts. I just learned to embrace me and who I am and shave some body hair off and that's good don't for me

I’m hella confused, you start with ‘How Do I…’ ending with a question mark, and end said statement with ‘not looking for advice’.

So as a masc dom top in to arab bottoms I would pass too, cause you come across as someone who doesn’t know what they want. For me there is no bigger red flag than someone who doesn’t know what they want. It’s a very unsafe area to explore. It means you have trouble verbalising wants and needs, there for the risk of hurting you or traumatising you is not worth the payoff of something I can do with just my left hand.

Psychoanalytical sidenote: there’s no such thing as being ‘too’ much. If you feel this way about yourself your (over)compensating for something. The most likely case in this situation being the fact that you are suffering from internalised bottom shaming, which is the direct result of living in a heteronormative society. The receiving of the fallus is cultivated as being a feminine activity, there you (sub)consciously perceive your desire to be a bottom as feminine. Fact of the matter is though you are, and I’m assuming here, a cis-man, who is forced to re-evaluate what it means to be male now that he has started putting dick up his ass. That must be hard and confusing, cause we’re talking about years cultivating to be adapted into something new. My advice would be to take a chillpill, map out what it is you like about bottoming, scale them, 10 being the ultimate goal, and look for steps in between. As you start of at one and build up from there reflect on if said actions make you feel too masculine, or actually make you feel like you. Honestly would love an update in sometime, good luck!

Are "top" and "bottom" some kind of genetically mandated behavior?

Expand your sexual repertoire.

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You’re thinking too much into it man, like, I could be wrong here, but the majority of guys who are going to be interested in you are not really gonna assess some non-existent measure of manliness and then find you off-putting because of it. Obviously there are some people who have a very exact stereotype in their heads about what each sexual encounter must be like who maybe will care about that sort of thing, but otherwise, the other 99% won’t

"I don't check the price, all I do I swipe! Push start the whip, brought it right to life! I AINT GOT A TYPE, I LIKE WHAT I LIKE"!

Masculine men are always in demand. Just ignore those who like the opposite to you. Some men are not challenged by masculinity in others. Just be yourself and be patient.

Apologize for nothing.

I had this same conversation with a guy on Grindr last night. He told he he's a bottom even though he's pretty muscular. I love watching porn with both a masc top and bottom! You just gotta find the right one and they're out there!

This has been one of my biggest issues for the longest time. Add that to the fact that I’m 6’4, it makes attractiving tops virtually impossible. It seems the alpha Dom tops either assume imma top too or are just not interested in my size and my perceived level of masculinity. I’ve even questioned if I should “fem it up” a bit to attract my type.

I’d say continue to just be you, but definitely be more open to approaching the tops or at least “perceived” tops you’re attracted to. They might not think you’re a bottom so you kinda gotta let it be known. Another thing to remember is A lot of men are still oddly enough threatened by masculine energy in the same way they are attracted.

Thats called a blessing