Bobasaur opened this issue on Feb 23, 2006 ยท 9 posts
lmckenzie posted Fri, 24 February 2006 at 12:31 AM
"...men are far more visually oriented than women." That's the conventional wisdom at least. I have to wonder how much of that is cultural though. Perhaps Chippendales, "beefcake" calendars, etc. are an abberation, but I think that as women have become increasingly "liberated," some of them at least, are quite happy to see nekkid guys. I don't doubt that men still hold the lead but I suspect that the notion of women's indifference is at least partially a product of sexism and male insecurity. Most guys would jsut as soon not think that their little honey is checking out every hunk that walks by. Remember the idea that "proper" women didn't enjoy sex? Of course, I think that a lot of it is simply unconscious gay anxiety on the part of men--who after all make most of the decisions on what gets shown. Poser actually has it kind of backwards with neutered Vicki and fully equipped Mike. In the RW, it's the guy's naughty bits that are usually verboten. I think Brad Pitt (the buzz cut version) is better looking than Angelina but I'd much rather see her naked, and, I'd rather see Madonna tongue kissing Britney than either half of Brangelina clothed or nude :-)
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