Men and Male Nudity (NO ACTUAL NUDITY IN THIS THREAD)

[Ion Kenshin]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT IN THE TITLE:

**THERE IS NO NUDITY IN THIS THREAD*

I have had an issue with something for a while now and I thought I would get some thoughts from other people's prespectives. This was brought on when I went to go see Watchmen for the 2nd time. Anytime they showed Dr.Manhattan naked or any other male character naked for that matter,t here were guys in the general area that would just freak out or make ewww gross comments like a pre-teen girl who thinks she just got cooties from the boy who just kissed her. It's wasn't just the Watchmen film either. I see or hear this all the time and I just don't get it. Why the need to freak out. Have you never seen that part of the male anatomy. YOU HAVE ONE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. Do you look down at yours and cry eww gross or freak out? I don't think I have ever seen girls have this reaction to a naked girl. So I want to know why the need to freak out and act like a child. Are you one of the people who do this? Are you worried that the second you see a male reproductive organ you are going to be automatically gay? Perhaps you are worried you may not measure up. Whatever. I am just curious to know why males (and I don't mean this to include all males but a large majority) have this reaction to another naked man. I really don't see the issue. Thoughts.......

 

[Warhammer]

It's all about maturity.

I'll admit, the first time I saw Dr. Manhattan's junk hanging all out, I snickered for a second (and I am sure anyone who hadn't read the graphic novel and/or weren't expecting it did as well), but that's about it. It's just not PC to have a blue penis all on the screen. However, it's not like I don't see my own dick everyday. It wasn't a big deal at all. It was ignorant when people (specifically dudes) couldn't handle it. The whole Dr. Manhattan fiasco just shows that some people weren't mature enough and couldn't take a second to actually listen and realize why Dr. Manhattan didn't wear any clothes (He's a god. Why does he care if he has clothes on or not?).

 

[Johnny Drama]

Full frontal male nudity doesn't bother me. It isn't my bread and butter but I don't understand why so many guys were grossed out over Watchmen. I mean, my buddy Vinny has an extensive porn collection but kept sucking his teeth whenever manhattens big apple was on screen. I don't know. I am indifferent. Not my thing but not enough to get my panties in a bunch. You see one dick and you have seen them all...

 

[Ion Kenshin]

It's all about maturity.

I'll admit, the first time I saw Dr. Manhattan's junk hanging all out, I snickered for a second (and I am sure anyone who hadn't read the graphic novel and/or weren't expecting it did as well), but that's about it. It's just not PC to have a blue penis all on the screen. However, it's not like I don't see my own dick everyday. It wasn't a big deal at all. It was ignorant when people (specifically dudes) couldn't handle it. The whole Dr. Manhattan fiasco just shows that some people weren't mature enough and couldn't take a second to actually listen and realize why Dr. Manhattan didn't wear any clothes (He's a god. Why does he care if he has clothes on or not?).

Exactly. I can't tell you how many people I had to explain this to.

 

[squeekness]

I think it is a gender thing. As a woman I am subject to a constant barrage of bewbs and high and tight behinds all the time. It is a big time rarity that I get to see full frontal of the other half and then it is almost always not in the same sort of intimate situation --

28 Days later, naked dude wakes up in a hosptial bed
Eastern Promises, naked dude getting attacked and trying to defend himself for pete's sake!
Sideways, naked FAT dude running down the street jiggling all over the place. Gross!
Forgetting Sara Marchall, ugly FAT dude AGAIN just standing there! Gross again!

Where is my full frontal cutie pie? I ain't seen 'im.

 

[Lighthouse]

I don't mind it, but I did wince a bit while watching the steam room scene in Eastern Promises.

 

[Warhammer]

During that Eastern Promises fight scene, I was thinking ".........damn........" a few times.

 

[Marx]

In my opinion, it's an attempt to 'reinforce' your heterosexuality to your male friends. In reality, it just proves how incredibly childish you are.

Gotta prove you're a man! *beats fists on chest like King Kong*

 

[Ion Kenshin]

I think it is a gender thing. As a woman I am subject to a constant barrage of bewbs and high and tight behinds all the time. It is a big time rarity that I get to see full frontal of the other half and then it is almost always not in the same sort of intimate situation --

28 Days later, naked dude wakes up in a hosptial bed
Eastern Promises, naked dude getting attacked and trying to defend himself for pete's sake!
Sideways, naked FAT dude running down the street jiggling all over the place. Gross!
Forgetting Sara Marchall, ugly FAT dude AGAIN just standing there! Gross again!

Where is my full frontal cutie pie? I ain't seen 'im.

This is also another issue. Why the double standard. We can get hot women naked out the wazoo but we can't get naked good looking men. Is it so the guys watching can feel comfortable???

 

[ShadowBoxing]

No one should blame Dr. Manhattan for shaming 4/5th of the male audience watching.

 

[squeekness]

This is also another issue. Why the double standard. We can get hot women naked out the wazoo but we can't get naked good looking men. Is it so the guys watching can feel comfortable???

There must be more of a stigma attatched to having a small wang as opposed to small boobs. The guys don't want us gals to know they ain't packin' perhaps. Plus Hollywood is run by men.

 

[squeekness]

No one should blame Dr. Manhattan for shaming 4/5th of the male audience watching.

LOL, he was prolly enhanced. CGI is our friend.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

LOL, he was prolly enhanced. CGI is our friend.

Hey whatever it was, even I have to admit the blue man was packin'.

 

[Carcharodon]

 

[lou2099]

I see enough penis in porn, and I don't even like seeing those. I especially don't want to see them in mainstream movies.

 

[The Lizard]

I think that it mostly has to do with the humor inherent in the limp male sexual organ. Regular movies can't show erections of course, so the ugly dangliness of the limp penis is the only option, resulting in laughs.

 

[Carcharodon]

...so the ugly dangliness of the limp penis is the only option...

This is all I read.

 

[Marx]

I think that it mostly has to do with the humor inherent in the limp male sexual organ. Regular movies can't show erections of course, so the ugly dangliness of the limp penis is the only option, resulting in laughs.

There have been non-pornographic movies that have shown an erect penis. I still see the laughter as an attempt to 'reinforce' sexuality to male friends.

 

[Ion Kenshin]

I see enough penis in porn, and I don't even like seeing those. I especially don't want to see them in mainstream movies.

The same can be said for female nudity if that's the case. Do you not want to see that in mainstream films as well?

 

[Ace of Knaves]

"If you want to work here, in this restaurant, then you have to ask yourself one...simple...question..."

No I haven't got a problem with male nudity. But if some strange bloke just came up to me and flopped his old boy out I'd nut him

 

[C. Lee]

Where is my full frontal cutie pie? I ain't seen 'im.

I think you need to look up a couple of old Richard Gere movies.....very few mainstream "nice looking" actors have gone full frontal.

As Warhammer said in the second post....the reaction is mostly due to maturity. Not years wise, but mentally wise.

American society and media has engrained us to more readily accept female nudity than male. And this is because things are predominately ran and controlled by men. Any time a "chick flick" does well....Hollywood and the media are stupified that it happened....they can't concieve of the idea that women may want to see something different than men do.

 

[The Lizard]

There have been non-pornographic movies that have shown an erect penis. I still see the laughter as an attempt to 'reinforce' sexuality to male friends.

I've never seen a mainstream R-rated film that featured a naked erection before. Some independent "arthouse" films like Irreversible or Angels and Insects have done so, but it's still rare.

And while there are obviously some people who protest out of sexual discomfort, the fact remains that not all sexual elements have the same visual effect on audiences. The lab-grown penis on the back of the runaway mouse in South Park for example. Simply stating that jiggling man parts are no different from jiggling woman parts doesn't make it so in the eye of the general public.

External genitalia = funny.

 

[lou2099]

The same can be said for female nudity if that's the case. Do you not want to see that in mainstream films as well?

I wouldn't really care if I never saw female nudity in movies.

 

[Raiden]

I've never seen a mainstream R-rated film that featured a naked erection before. Some independent "arthouse" films like Irreversible or Angels and Insects have done so, but it's still rare.

And while there are obviously some people who protest out of sexual discomfort, the fact remains that not all sexual elements have the same visual effect on audiences. The lab-grown penis on the back of the runaway mouse in South Park for example. Simply stating that jiggling man parts are no different from jiggling woman parts doesn't make it so in the eye of the general public.

External genitalia = funny.

I think nudity is more prevalent in foreign films than from films made by Hollywood, but if you know where to look Netflix has some of them you can check out.

 

[Nirvana]

I never really understood why people freak out about it either. People act so taboo about it yet so many people are sexually active.