tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post8415093119656649713..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: Horray for boobies... But where the hell is my man candy?katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-8549906502638204252008-08-06T12:36:00.000+12:002008-08-06T12:36:00.000+12:00This touches upon something that I've pondered for...This touches upon something that I've pondered for a long time: as a guy who is generally sexually-attracted to women - I say this because as a general rule I don't really believe in sexual labels. i.e. I think we're attracted to people not necessarily genders - what is it about breasts that turns me on? Is it simply social construction: I'm told I should like them; therefore I do? It's a fascinating area and I'm sure those more knowledgeable than myself will have some thoughts. No doubt the French feminists and post-structuralists have a whole canon of work devoted to this very kind of idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-45406225027064739762008-08-05T23:35:00.000+12:002008-08-05T23:35:00.000+12:00Playgirl is successful. Maybe not as successful a...Playgirl is successful. Maybe not as successful as Playboy, but it's definitely not going out of business any time soon. But interestingly, most of the audience are homosexual men not heterosexual women. Which seems to imply that that male objectification isn't necessarily restricted to women.DPF:TLDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06372937855256319716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-27230957616582578922008-08-05T18:03:00.000+12:002008-08-05T18:03:00.000+12:00I think the problem is not that some people find s...I think the problem is not that some people find some women's breasts a bit of a turn-on. I've had this response to some women from my early teens - it's nothing rational. The problem is that the BoB is displaying women as nothing but boobs, and often in ways that exaggerate the size of that body part unnaturally.<BR/><BR/>And from what I've seen, some pretty unattractive men drive the bikes, leaving the boob displaying women with little control.<BR/><BR/>I think when women find men's bodies attractive, they don't focus obsessively on one body part.As far as I can see it's more about the appeal of the total man e.g. Daniel Carter in his undies.<BR/><BR/>I prefer the Sydney Mardi Gras Dykes on Bikes. What you get there is a diverse range of women and looks: various sizes, some displaying their boobs, some driving, etc. The focus is on the diversity of women, who presumably each are attractive to someone.<BR/><BR/>BoB creates a very narrow definition of largely anonymous female sexuality, and reduces it to one body part, separate from the woman as a whole. And yes, they don't seem to be feel any need to provide attractive men to drive the bikes.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11140142800525092834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-85236047301633269292008-08-05T17:17:00.000+12:002008-08-05T17:17:00.000+12:00I think a lot of straight women probably do get of...I think a lot of straight women probably do get off on looking at women's bodies. I've always thought in this culture women's bodies *are* sex and hence women are taught to get off on the thrill of being an object of desire. It's not a big leap from getting turned on by some guy's appreciation of your body (objectifying yourself) to getting turned on by another women's body (Objectifying another women). For some reason, the leap to objectifying men doesn't seem to happen as much. And when magazines were made that were centred on objectifying men(I'm thinking Playgirl here) I don't think they were that commercially successful. Whether that points to intrinsic gender differences or social conditioning or both, who can say?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com