The Myth of the Open Road

I know its a whole day later and I'm completely butting in here so this may not be appreciated but you bring up a point that I just had to weigh in on. You say, and I agree, that the show uses imagery to sexualize female demons by having them interact with male characters on a sexualized level, but then you go on to say that this isn't true of the male demons. I would argue that the male demons are also sexualized in a more subtle way. Azazel, while possessing John is way up in Deans space in an uncomfortably sexual way in Devil's Trap and again, in In The Beginning when he possesses Grandpa Winchester he gets way into Dean's face, even sniffing him. There are definite sexual overtones. Then there's Sam when possessed by Meg in BUABS, he is highly sexualized in his attack on Jo, and there are sexual overtones to his attack of Dean in the end as well. So while I totally agree that the sexual component of a possessed woman is exploited, I don't think you can ignore that it is present in the male victims as well, just maybe more subtly.