There do seem to be some cute women look for so that someone like David Beckham can pose nearly naked and still look manly. He has a masculine look, he has a career in a masculine sport, he is married and has sired children.”

You’re right, he does have a strong masculine look and presence which is why he can get away with his modeling without seeming girly or “gay”. The ironic thing is if you ever hear him talk in an interview, he has a softer, well not high pitched but “higher pitch” tone for a guy. It’s not girly sounding, but almost doesn’t match to his masculine look. Whereas, Chris hemsworth, a big guy like I said, very masculine look, his voice is quite deep so aligns with his look. Conscious or sub conscious I think we see deep voices with sign of masculinity because of high testosterone for a man possibly? Actually this made me think of a famous actor, and I think was kept secret in hollywood for a very long time because of the time period he lived in and acted. And related to male movie stars who were seen as very good looking. Since this was before my time, I only remember famous actor Marlon Brando in like The God father and such movies as an old man.

The old, chubby marlon, like in the God father, one would have never guessed that he was a very handsome man when he was in his early 20s as a young man. I read he was bisexual or had secret affairs with men. I don’t know how it came up on youtube, but there was an old casting video of him as a young man where he looked like he was 21, and he looked like he could have been a model if he wanted to based on his looks. I brought that up one time to my mother, how I didn’t know marlon was once a handsome guy when he was young. And she said, yeah he was a very good looking guy when he was young.

So I saw the movie Top Gun Maverick last week. I don’t know if you’ve seen it or not, or you go to movies or not. I haven’t in a long time, but the movie was good. Anyway, we talk about magic mike and such. I believe many women watched that movie because of the actors, not because the stripping was a turn on for them. Yes that’s true for Top gun also, good actors, good story and movie. But what I found interesting and made me think the reason why male stripping isn’t sexy or a turn on to women. You mentioned it also, it kind of puts men in a feminine light or women internalize women to be the one’s flaunting, stripping, dancing and trying to seduce that way. Therefore male stripping throws women off. Yes men aren’t sexualized and women aren’t visual like men, but lust can be spark for women visually at times.

And the movie made me think of the component, where women are less visual but the context or things combined with visual can spark visual lust for women regarding men’s bodies. Just like the volleyball scene in original top gun, there was the throw back scene to connect like the old one, but this time touch football on the beach with crew. The dudes were shirtless, there were two women playing but mostly guys of course. Tom cruise set it up to help let the crew where some were not working as a team, to connect and have a team bond from the game. But on social media I see how this was a fan favorite for women at the movie theaters with the hot shirtless guys in the football scene. Some calling it a “thirst trap” scene, women saying they couldn’t help but keep watching the scene on youtube.

But I think it’s because stuff like this, the men aren’t showing off, they aren’t trying to be sexy. They are just out having fun, so I think it’s also that emotional component conveyed which we say is big for women. They were being funny, and goofing around. Also masculinity was displayed too. It made me find that interesting too, if it’s not that women don’t get lusty for men’s bodies but trying to be sexy doesn’t work. It seems when a man’s body is shown and like displayed through “action” if that makes sense. Like playing sports or like fixing or working on something, has a good physique, and shirtless seems to draw more attention from women, than a dude showing off his body or dancing to seduce.

Based on the responses from the majority of the women surveyed in this blog, it is apparent that there is an obvious accepted objectification of women in society instead of men. It was interesting to hear that a lot of women felt weirded out or embarrassed by the picture of Magic Mike that was shown to them. Most the responses reflect the lack of sexual exposure that men have received in media. Women’s bodies, however, have been objectified and used as a tool for revenue. Next time that you go on YouTube pay close attention to the pictures in the thumbnails of each video. Sometimes there will be sexual pictures of girls displayed, but when you click on the video it is something completely unrelated and doesn’t even include the picture displayed. Women in society often have to face the expectation of being the one who has to appear more “sexy” to appeal to men, whereas men are not given as many expectations on appearance. I feel like if the same picture was shown to guys, there would be an even larger majority that rejected the sexual objectification of Magic Mike. But, if you showed the same guys a sexually enticing picture of a women, they would be in agreement that it was “hot” or normal. This is an evident discrimination that we see every day in advertisements, tv, movies, and magazines; yet we fail to address it and pass it off as something that is normal in society.

I think this is a good survey. It also made me aware of some of my own problems.
When I looked at the first photo, it did not make me feel that I had too much discomfort, just simply thought the men in the picture were well-formed and looked strong.
But when I saw the second picture, I did not feel very comfortable. Probably because he was too naked to wear and made me feel a bit unwell. However, if it is replaced by a woman wearing this, I seem to really feel a little accepted. It seems that I still exist some unfair ideas in my heart.
About Gay porno, I know some of my female friends who they particularly like to see, in fact, I do not understand the specific psychology, but I am personally not interested.

I think it that making surveys like this is interesting because some would assume the opposite response of what most of the female students said. I’ve seen the movie and when I saw the picture it didn’t really bother me because I sort of expected. Of course, there were some parts where I found discomfort because it is weird that male take the sexy roles when usually women do the part. Most movies today have had so much nudity, such as Fifty Shades of Grey, Where the female lead is one that is most exposed than the male. I know others have different opinions because I can definitely see how discomforting it can be watching this, but I think it is normal in some way where male are being exposed. One thing that I noticed about this was that the movie used male actors who were very good looking which makes me wonder if they were not only trying to target one gender, but both. Overall, I found this very interesting to read.

I remember when the Magic Mike movie came out and many of my friends felt uncomfortable or found it disgusting that a man was stripping in a thong. Men aren’t usually a sex object in the media so I can definitely understand the discomfort for some. I personally don’t find it disgusting or anything like that. I personally wasn’t attracted to the actor but if it were someone else I would definitely find it eye-catching and attractive. I would never walk into a strip club whether it was to see a woman or a man. I agree that a lot of women do say that they find female strippers to be more appealing to them. Society has overly sexualized women so it understandable why.

Something that I have noticed is that women have different taste in men. I have heard some women saying that they don’t like Beckham or even Brad Pitt. So perhaps you should show a variety of photos of male models. That way you would see women’s reactions about men showing skin and you could also get some data about how different taste women have. For instance some women may not like Henry Cavill but others really like him

I can see how this makes people feel uncomfortable. As a society, we don’t consider this as the norm. Men aren’t usually seen as a sex object. Women are the ones that have been associated with the body and nature. Men are shown to be masculine, not seductive and or in a sexual manner. The depiction of a woman is still more frequent, and nudity and the erotic depiction of woman participants prevail. This is probably because men are conditioned to objectify women and not the other way around.

As I’ve matured images like this doesn’t bother me. In the past, it did but now I can appreciate the human body for what it is. I’ve seen both movies and enjoyed it. Not just because the men are “hot” but because of the dancing, the storyline, and the music. Don’t get me wrong you definitely won’t catch me at a strip club, however, I did like the movie.

I wonder if it’s context that makes the difference, as a dude wearing a thong does seem gay to me and unsightly though I’m a guy so there will be a bias. But I remember a ton of female co workers talking about the movie and how they went to it when it came out and how sexy Channing was. They said they despite the fact he probably wore a thong at some point of the movie. And these same women otherwise probably don’t like or find male strippers sexy or men in thongs sexy and same feelings as your female students. But like they can be an exception if it’s so and so actor or actors.

So I’m surprised more of your female students didn’t like it because it seemed like a large US female population saw the movie and found the men in it sexy, and either didn’t mind these men wore a thong, found it sexy or looked past it because the dance and men overall were sexy. I’d thought more of your female students would have seen the movie too, given how popular it was