Do men get sexualized?

TintelFroot · 2021-07-09T11:00:27+00:00

Just like women the conventionally attractive are.

Just look at those trashy romance novel covers.

Lipshitz3 · 2021-07-09T11:05:26+00:00

Of course they do. They get objectified and give off unrealistic body images, same as women. The issue is, there's really only a problem with objectifying women. Body acceptance is fine as long as it's fat chicks you're accepting. Fat guys are pretty much cast offs.

ILoveBigBoobsYesIDo · 2021-07-09T11:49:43+00:00

Are you trolling or what????

LOOK AT ALL THOSE SUPERHEROES. Look at your average TV ads, look at your local billboards etc. Whether you're a man or a woman, look at how differently people react with attractive men. And how most women will check out good looking guys either covertly or some times with obvious sexual hints.

Concerning-entity · 2021-07-09T10:52:55+00:00

Yeah, very likely. Though most people don't really care and I believe most men don't really care either.

International_Crew89 · 2021-07-09T22:53:13+00:00

I see a lot of you missing the idea that sexualization doesn't necessarily mean positive sexualization like we're used to hearing about with women. Men are sexualized constantly, but the vast majority of it is negative sexualization; instead of "oh he's so hot, I should smile at him and maybe strike up a conversation" it's almost always "ewww, I hope that guy doesn't come near me".

MrElderwood · 2021-07-09T13:24:17+00:00

Diet Coke? - "Same time tomorrow?"

More recently, Daniel Craig coming out of the sea as Bond, you know the one I mean!

Langland88 · 2021-07-10T11:12:34+00:00

Of course men are sexualized. You can't tell me that seeing shirtless men with 6 pack abs in fitness magazines and some clothing ads aren't for sexualization. The difference is that most men don't necessarily cave in to body image issues as much when we see those images. Sure we aspire to look like them but I know we aren't feeling pressured into trying everything we can to look like them most of the time. But this is just from my experience. I know when I was in high school, we did workout a lot in our weight room for sports like American football, wrestling, and baseball but that was moreso for the sports. We didn't really idolize the men with the fitness magazines or in Calvin Klein ads. To us they were just models who got paid to look that way. But then again I went to smaller high school where we didn't really think about that stuff in that way. At most I know we gave the girls some flack when had pictures of male models who were shirtless because they gave us men flack for having pictures of girls in bikinis or lingerie.

james_true · 2021-07-09T11:13:44+00:00

Yes, they are. There are so many articles and lists from places like BuzzFeed about "Top 10 Abs You'd Love To Lick Whipped Cream Off Of" or other stuff like that. "I've heard [insert actor] is back on the market, ladies." It makes my skin crawl a little.

Of course, men don't face it as much, but famous men certainly do. If a woman is at least a little close to the beauty standard, it's probable she will be harassed. I, as an afab person, have been friends with many girls growing up and lusting over boys was a topic frequently discussed, be they that brunet from the upper grade of Draco Malfoy.

Men get harassed by women but society frames it as a blessing because "a girl wanted you, so you won." Masculinity is seen as a competition and if a girl likes you, it's like you won; no matter what your feelings are.

YesAmAThrowaway · 2021-07-09T12:06:30+00:00

Rom-Coms, Superman, Batman, nearly every time a guy goes shirtless on screen

Of course men are being sexualised. People like hot men and people like hot women (and tend to like hot actors as a result) and there is nothing wrong with that. What's problematic is if a person is erased in favour of their looks.

Deadlocked02 · 2021-07-09T11:23:28+00:00

Not all men, but some of them definitely do. I think it’s important to distinguish the realm of pornography from the realm of entertainment. When it comes to pornography, women are still the vast majority of objects of sexualization, even though women watch porn too. When it comes to entertainment such as literature, movies, TV shows, things are much, much more blurred.

The trend I have noticed is that men usually separate their entertainment from their pornography. I just can’t see a product managing to keep a captive male audience based purely on the looks of its actresses. When it does have an appeal like that, it’s usually only a bonus, not the main selling point. I think producers have noticed that they can keep a faithful female audience simply by the looks of its male actors, though, and they take advantage of that. I mean, how many millions have the Twilight saga earned due to Taylor Lautner’s abs? I remember the whole hysteria those movies caused very well, as my mother and female friends basically dragged me to the theaters. When I go to library’s, it’s not really sexualized women I see all over the place, but semi nude men with defined muscles in the covers of books that are targeted at females. When I see a Facebook add with an attractive woman, well, that’s just another day, people scroll down as usual, but I do notice more and more sexual comments from women and gay men when the model is an attractive man.

I think the problem is that, in the current political climate, I have noticed a substantial decrease in female sexualization that was immediately followed by an increase of male sexualization. My problem here is with the double standards really. Can you really imagine a “progressive” company such as Netflix giving its female actresses the same treatment it gives its male actors? What about the main actor from the Lucifer show being shirtless in the promo of the show for no real reason? What about that bunch of middle aged and married women lusting after Billy, a guy who was barely out of school, in the promo of Stranger Things? Can you imagine they giving Nancy the same treatment? The Marvel Comics Universe is another universal that shows this progression very well. Black Widow was indeed sexualized in her first appearances, but that’s simply unimaginable today. No way they would make jokes about Scarlet Johanson’s ass in the last movie like they did with Chris Evans. No way they would force any of their actresses to sexy scenes like they did with Chris Hemsworth, who was obviously not feeling like in Thor: Ragnarok, but had to do it anyway. Well, it wasn’t really straight men they were targeting when they forced Chris to do yet another shirtless scene. I’d also love to see those actresses like Scarlet Johanson, who complain about sexualization (after profiting millions from it) as its an exclusively female burden, undergoing the same workout schedule as guys like Chris Hemsworth and Henry Cavill. It’s not really a simple diet to control your weight. It’s a religious workout routine, it’s a religious diet, probably steroids for those who aren’t genetically gifted and, worst of all, read about the dehydration process they need to go through in order to film shirtless scenes. Now imagine the fucking outcry if those actresses had to refrain from, you know, drinking fucking water to appeal to the male audience. Oh, and speaking of Henry Cavill, I challenge you to watch any interview of him with any outgoing random female host without cringing hard. They have completely zero regard for his body autonomy and decency. They don’t see him as anything other than a piece of meat who should become public domain. Any male reporter/host who treated a female actresses the same way would get canceled or outright fired. And before any lurker thinks I’m biased, I always like to reiterate that I’m attracted to men when talking about that subject. That doesn’t make me oblivious to the absurd hypocrisy and double standards surrounding the theme, though. I also dislike senseless pandering with no real context (and there’s plenty of that when it comes to sexualized men), but that’s just me.

Fast-Mongoose-4989 · 2021-07-09T21:14:42+00:00

Sadly its more comen then you think man just don't speak up about it and society incorigis it.

FerdinandvonAegir124 · 2021-07-13T05:04:35+00:00

JustSomeOne2100 · 2021-07-11T13:10:05+00:00

Yes they do. I think the trend is only increasing. My observation is that women are a lot more picky about what they find sexually appealing. Most men will find any half decent, fit lady sexually attractive. I had a friend growing up who was very good looking. I used to watch how the women reacted to him. Some of them were literally drooling, it was very funny. The older women were especially objectifying him. However, women are a lot more sneaky and subtle (sometimes not) than men. This is what frustrates me about all the talk of male gaze. I see women doing it as well just they are better at it.

BloomingBrains · 2021-07-09T22:38:01+00:00

Yes but its only a very small minority at the far end of the bell curve. Most of us who are at the top of the curve (average) barely even get our existence acknowledged. Compared to women which have a much more proportional distribution of attention. Meaning overall, yes, women get sexualized more. The difference is I really don't see that as a bad thing. If anything its a privilege.

seraph341 · 2021-07-09T09:30:43+00:00

Not in general and not all types of men.

Could be one of the big reasons plenty of men have self-esteem issues and zero clue on their attractiveness. Society does not celebrate the average male body as it does with women.

Go back to ancient Greece and you will see the evidence of a completely different trend.

CoffeehasSentience · 2021-07-10T04:34:35+00:00

Yes of course. I've heard women talk about some guys asses or backs quite a few times.

alialahmad1997 · 2021-07-09T15:11:29+00:00

Yes but generally much less

ibuildpoop · 2021-07-17T23:39:36+00:00

Not necessarily positive sexualization, but sexualization nonetheless. And I'd argue it's 10 times more harmful. People always assume that we have sex on our minds and treat us like creeps for fucking existing. By assuming that we're always thinking about something sexual, they are sexualixing us.

Blutarg · 2021-07-09T15:53:06+00:00

A lucky few do.

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