Sexual orientation and same sex spanking

Referring specifically to my experiences, and wondering if others can relate. I have been spanked (when I was young) by both gay men, and straight men. What I liked about the three or four different straight men who spanked me, is that while they enjoyed spanking me, and some of them admitted to getting turned on, there was no sex. Which was good. As I got older I had four fantastic encounters spanking straight guys (younger than me,). Both as a receiver and giver, were truly exciting, but did not lead to sex, again, which was good. Anyone experience similar??

This topic is only about adults, so it will not be ok to post about childhood spankings here.

I'm a straight-ish (not quite sure anymore) guy who has recently become very interested in male/male spanking. I've nearly always been interested in getting spanked by or spanking women, but I think at some point I'd like to try being spanked by a guy.

My primary kink is spanking. I am a hard wired spanko.

I am straight and spanking is not a sexual thing for me. It's about the power exchange. What matters far more than the sex of the person punishing me is the authenticity and credibility of the person dealing with me. They have to be able to administer a proper punishment and do so in an authoritative way. The reality is, most of the beatings I've received have been from males and I've no hang-ups about that beyond the fact that it hurts a lot!