APPENDIX. ALTERNATIVE PROMPTS
Can't quite figure out what to say? Here are a few more questions that might get you thinking! Hope they're useful! Remember, if you're having trouble or have questions for us, don't hesitate to ask!

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1. Do you remember the first time you told someone you were a bottom? What was that like?

2. How does getting fucked satisfy you sexually? If you have topped, what's different about that kind of pleasure than the kind of pleasure you've gotten from topping?

3. Has anyone ever reacted negatively to you telling them you were a bottom? If so, what was that like?

4. If you were to write a profile on Manhunt or Adam4Adam today, what would it say?

5. What's a power bottom?

6. If you're HIV-positive, has seroconversion changed your experience of bottoming? If so, how?

7. What's the best sex you've ever had?

8. Do your friends know you're a bottom? Are they bottoms too?

9. Does your top's serostatus (poz/neg/unsure) affect your sense of pleasure? How so?

10. Has anyone ever pressured you into having a kind of sex that you weren't into (e.g. bareback, forms of kink, roleplay, etc)? Have you ever pressured someone?

11. Does the kind of sex you have with someone depend on how hot or not the guy is?

12. Do you want your tops to cum? Do they want you to cum? Do you want to cum?

 13. Who do you believe is in control during sex? What do you consider control?

14. Were you ever top or versatile-identified before identifying as a bottom? If so, why the change?

15. Is it important for you to stay hard  when you're getting fucked? How so?

16. As a bottom, how do you define and experience orgasm?

17. How would you compare the orgasm for tops and orgasm for bottoms?

18. Do you have any anxieties about getting fucked? (e.g. risk, shit, pain, control, etc)

19. Do you think there is such a thing as bottom-dar? (e.g. gaydar)

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