The tumblr comment on this picture gets it exactly right when it says it’s an uncommon picture of a male riding the wooden horse. This particular torture device crops up fairly often in both artwork and photographs with female submissives, yet almost never with males. I’m not really sure why that is, given that the device was historically used on men, including soldiers in the US civil war. It does seem particularly common in Japanese erotic artwork, so perhaps modern BDSM has taken its cultural cue from there rather than from Western history.
This is originally from Divine Bitches.
So wait…is something sticking in his crotch or is it just the high angle and inability to put feet on the ground what causes the pain?
I believe the pain is due to the weight of his body pressing his perineum into that sharply angled wood. It’s uncomfortable for a few minutes, incredibly painful for extended periods. Allowing his feet to almost touch the ground makes it into a predicament situation. He can probably relieve some of the pressure by lifting himself with his toes, but that makes his toes hurt. So he moves back and forth between the two pains.
-paltego
At some point his calves are going to cramp up and he’ll have to put his full weight on the horse.
Ouch, that hurts!
so as he bobs up and down, he appears to be riding a horse.