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Originally Posted by Harley47
As a guy...lol I'm not really sure how we experience the body either.  I mean, there's a degree of an..."ideal," I guess, but it's just sorta there. I'm not really able to speak much on that, I'm afraid.  I don't think it's calling us "ugly" though...just a substantial difference in emphasis. |
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Originally Posted by growlithing
I still love the male body. I've recently been even more inclusive about the body type. Skinny, chubby, toned, quite fat, muscular, hairy, clean shaven. I love hairy a lot. Idk. I just think they are beautiful.
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This is interesting because my experience has been that pretty much everything about a man is "gross". My experience has been that if a guy doesn't look like Hugh Jackman, then he's inferior in some way or another.
Our hands are rough and clumsy. We have hair where nobody wants it; shoulders, ears, etc. Our skin gets dry and we often have cuts and bruises. And don't even get started about the whole penis thing. Everyone likes to stop short of what happens during sex. That whole ejaculation thingy? Yeah, seems like that must be the most disgusting thing on the planet next to sea cucumbers and Rush Limbaugh.
Then there's the idea that men are idiots and imbeciles. The media portrays us as clueless parents, bumbling dolts and heck, we make up 80% of the Darwin Awards.
So yeah, there's a definite "Ideal" and every male that doesn't meet those physical requirements is gross, inferior and even a little dumb.