Friday, August 22, 2008

Musin'

I wonder: does lesbian imagery seem as weird to most women as the male equivalent does to me?

I recall reading a funny article -- it was something like A Guide to Life For the Clueless Guy -- and one of the notes was that regardless of what various porn sites may say, women don't normally take kindly to being propositioned on the street, and people on chat rooms with names like TiteBodyBlonde are very likely to be none of the above. When I read that, I thought well, heck, who doesn't know that? Maybe more than I think. Same thing for this, I expect. The idea that women are more in touch with their sensuality, as rule, might make it more likely that they'd find the imagery stimulating, but I would bet its not all that common. My guess is, most women would think that its a little strange.

Same thing with me and the male equivilent. Can't quite see that. Just seems weird. I remember looking at Playgirl when it first came out, thinking Thats good looking? Man, I SERIOUSLY have no chance with women -- I'm not even close to looking like that. I don't know if the preferred body types have changed, and maybe they're different depending on the target audience. Don't know. That way lies madness, I think. Ditto wondering what's attractive about male erotica. Some things, I'm likely better off not knowing.

I think I'll just stick with what I've got, thank you very much. Sorry, TiteBodyBlonde.

4 comments:

Lone Chatelaine said...

Don't worry, Bill. No one reads Playgirl anymore except for gay men. Women didn't think it was very attractive either. Just a little too cheesy ;-)

Cerulean Bill said...

I know, they didn't read it then, either, they just looked at the pictures. Is it even possible to have a magazine like that which isn't cheesy?

Unknown said...

On the whole I think in our culture we (meaning both men and women) are supposed to be more ok with lesbian (or woman on woman) than gay imagery.
Personally it is not my cup of tea, nor is Playgirl.
I think females tend to lean towards romantic novels anyway.

Cerulean Bill said...

I can't comment about the romantic part, but the first, yes, I'd believe that. Odd, isn't it?