I don't know if this will make sense -- but--- the day there are AS MANY nude male art displays as female ones, is the day I will believe that all nude portraits are "art" and not the objectification of one type of human and not the other.
there should be equal representation, in my view-- in order for it not to be degrading or objectifying. Because the male culture knows how humilating it can feel to see one's sexual likeness hung on the wall for all to stare at and study-- it is not equally represented...... and perhaps also, because women have been-- for centuries, stuck in the home and rearing children-- they have just begun to experience the career freedoms that men have enjoyed for generations-- so maybe... just maybe.... the world will begin to see more male nude portraits as women see fit to depict the male in "art" form. wonder if men will agree that it is still art??? something to ponder as their daughter looks up at a 14 foot painting of a nude man......

mandy