Just go for a walk through town and look at the advertisements on billboards, in bus stops, anywhere. Count how often you see a picture of an almost naked man, and compare it with the ammount of advertisements with images of half naked women. If you even you see one, isn’t the image of the male body less explicit or partially hidden?
Now switch on the TV and zap a bit: almost or totally naked women are common to see, even in commercials. You get time to watch them too. The man’s naked body on the other hand, if you are lucky to spot one, is usually limited to everything above the waist. If his ass is shown, you maybe have a full second (woah!) to look at it. And legs are not shown that often either. Not to mention the cock of course. In computer games it is the same story.
Let’s take a love scene from any regular movie: how often isn’t there a bed sheet lying over the male’s buttocks, while the woman’s breasts, ass and vagina are shown without any covering? In the article ‘Male frontal nudity in the movies uncovers an old debate’ in USA Today, the writers say: “While penises are not yet as prevalent as female breasts, they are becoming more accepted”. They mention a couple of movies in which the male actor is seen naked. I dare say the quantity of those scenes is a lot less though in comparison with naked female scenes. And the time you get to watch and admire the actor’s body, is less too. So unfair, don’t you think?
In my opinion, our male-dominated society is the main reason why naked men are hardly shown ‘out in the open’. In general, people seem to think the male body is shocking and pornographic. The female body on the other hand, is considered to be more aesthetic, sensual and elegant. It is a matter of what we are used to: for centuries and centuries, women were described, painted, sculptured, and later photographed and filmed, mostly by male artists. Before the 20th century, female artists had a very hard time to get accepted and acknowledged. If they would have had equal chances back then, we probably would have seen the (naked) man as a subject in art a lot more. But even today, the explicit naked male body in art or film is seen as unconventional and provocative. Not to mention that there are quite some men who perceive it to be gay or a sign of weakness for a man to expose himself naked. Imagine: there are countries, also in Western society, where it is forbidden by law to show a fully erect cock on TV. Tits and pussies are perfectly normal though. Of course, the film industry is also dominated by men. No surprise here.
I sometimes catch myself thinking that by keeping their pants on, men subconsciously try to keep women under their thumb. It is a fact that women are not given equal chances, job positions or wages. We try to catch up though. Maybe that’s why men don’t show their sexy goodies, like they are saying: ‘you can get my job and maybe, someday, even receive the same payment for it, but you won’t get my cock.’
If we want this to change, we women have to be a lot more straightforward about our sexuality and what we want than we are today. Because no matter what people claim about the positive development of female sexuality and emancipation in the last couple of decades, people generally still think in the old fashioned way: a woman is not supposed to be sexually agressive or take initiative, because that makes her a whore. Women do not like porn, women do not masturbate, women do not fart or belch, etc., etc. Bla, bla, bla.
So let us finish what we have started, right here and now, and say: we want to see more naked men! On billboards, in movies, on TV, in commercials, in games, in magazines, everywhere. Men have beautiful, erotic bodies that appeal to us, fascinate us and turn us on. You get to see us; now we want our fair share!



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October 10, 2009 at 10:18 pm
steve
You must be kidding, have you seen Forgatting Sarah Marshall or countless other films that show full frontale male nudity.
Tell me of one american picture other than Basic Instinct that showed a ladies pussy. All you ever see is pubic hair never bare vaginal lips.
When I was a kid the movie standard was as simple as you could not show anyone’s genitals male or female. Since a females genitals could be covered with pubic hair and weren’t visible female frontal nudity was allowed then and only then. Tell me were and when it has changed for females it seems to have changed for males.
November 15, 2009 at 1:11 am
Beaupetitzizi
I quote
‘I sometimes catch myself thinking that by keeping their pants on, men subconsciously try to keep women under their thumb. It is a fact that women are not given equal chances, job positions or wages. We try to catch up though. Maybe that’s why men don’t show their sexy goodies, like they are saying: ‘you can get my job and maybe, someday, even receive the same payment for it, but you won’t get my cock.’’
(…) ‘So let us finish what we have started, right here and now, and say: we want to see more naked men! On billboards, in movies, on TV, in commercials, in games, in magazines, everywhere. Men have beautiful, erotic bodies that appeal to us, fascinate us and turn us on. You get to see us; now we want our fair share!’
Well, popular culture is one thing, but if you want to change society as you implicitly mean it, so may be it is also the guy next door to get naked.
I must confess it is a big turn on for me (CFNM) and I would not say no to any girl/woman asking me to get nude if she plays by the rules. It would be a pleasure and a privilege, Miss!
I truly think it would change a lot of things if we, men, had to get naked in front of our female colleagues and friends time to time -but always in a confortable atmosphere. The urban legend about job interviews in the nude, in front of future female employees, for men who want to get a job and eventually become their boss, sounds absolutly unlikely, BUT may be it would be a very good thing and get the winner be a better boss (as long as the men are not chosen because of the beauty of their body then…)
November 16, 2009 at 10:58 am
eric
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a vagina in a mainstream movie. I’ve seen plenty of penises. What with the abnormally large gay population in hollywood and all. Plenty of pubes, but actual female genitalia? No way. If I have to see a penis, then I want to see labia. Not hair.
November 16, 2009 at 8:32 pm
essiegabi
It’s about time I reply to the first and the last comment here.
I think some of you did not catch my drift. I am not talking about close up’s of the penis or the vagina. Close up’s we can see in porno’s, of both male and female sex organs. That is not the point.
What I am talking about, is what we see of the female body in films, TV series, commercials and advertisements, magazines, and even art, compaired to what we see of the male body. There are many naked women to be seen in regular TV series, like Californication, or the Sopranos, or True Blood. No, no close up’s, but yes, the whole body. Do we see that of the male actors? No. Unfair, and stupid.
If I have the time for it, I will post movies to prove my point. Good thing though, is that slowly more complete male nudity is being shown. I am thinking of Viggo Mortensen in the fighting scene in the sauna in “Eastern Promises”, or the naked American Football players under the shower in “Any Given Sunday”. Normal scenes – that do not even have any sexual meaning – showing the male body, complete. Huray!
And when it comes to hair and ‘actual’ labia (I almost find it too stupid to even mention it, but okay…): that naturally grows and therefore belongs there…! Having it shaved or not – just like having the male pubic hairs shaved or not – is a matter of taste, not a matter of ‘covering it up’.
January 16, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Ann
I say show it all! I love the male body, I love the pictures on this site, more!
May 4, 2011 at 6:17 am
nina
yes, noticed that too.. and I wonder why?.. so unfair.
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November 14, 2012 at 5:30 am
mamanflo
God Bless you.
I have been dreaming of the day a woman would publicly say this. As a man, I have always fantasized about being desired by women in a similar way to how we men desire women – visually. Clearly men and women are different and that is wonderful, but it is nice to know that we have more similarities than some like to believe.
Thank you
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