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America: violence good, male nudity bad

Zombie

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"Nudity in America is a four letter word. Especially when it comes to men. I really do find that pretty silly and ironic at the same time. I was raised in a very Midwestern lifestyle and quite prudish when it comes to sex and nudity. But that is me. What I am not is judgmental. How is it possible in America we can show violence and war... but god save us if we show a nipple in a photo! There is definitely a double standard when it comes to male nudity in America. We can objectify the hell out of women and that is the norm. But a portrait of a man standing naked is obscene. It is so weird to me."

 

Tony Duran, photographer

 

What's going on? Where have the links gone?

 

I had posted several links to ohlalamag.com, an online blog mag, interviewing Tony Duran about his explicit homoerotic photographic work with the French rugby team, Stade Français Paris. The problem is the links contain the photographs of the rugby team. Lots of them. Since 2001 the rugby team has produced an annual calendar called "Dieux du Stade" on sale to the public as well as a lavish book of photographs called "Dieux du Stade: Gods of the Stadium The Book".

 

Now here's the irony. GA has asked me to remove the links because.... they contain male nudity... :lol:

 

The reason for this is that commercial sponsorship of GA to keep it going - and here I'm guessing, but I suspect most likely American sponsors :P - would be put at risk.

 

Which kind of confirms what this blog is about.

 

The good news is if you are now desperate to see these pics :gikkle: although I can't give you the links I can suggest how you might find them

 

First of all copy and paste this into Google...

site:ohlalamag.com

 

...leave a space then type in a search phrase between inverted commas, maybe you could try "Dieux du Stade". Yes, that might work :funny: The "site:" prefix forces google only to show pages on that site and no others - useful to know if you want to search other sites for key words - and the phrase picks all the relevant pages on that site. And there are lots - when do those French rugby players ever get time to play rugby??? :lmao:

 

Any problems just PM me :)

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APL

"But a portrait of a man standing naked is obscene"

 

Yes, unless that naked man is wearing a prosthetic dick in series like "Spartacus" or "Game of Thrones". Then its "OK". :P

 

Seriously though, I do think it's more of a "You can't show dick" issue, than it is a "male nudity issue" per se. Various forms of visual media over the years (film, television, video games) have shown nude males from the backside or from angles (breathy sigh for Nathan Fillion in Firefly). But yeah, it is "weird".

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Zombie

Dammit! I'm at work!

 

good job I put that warning in,eh? :P

On the plus side, you've now got something to look forward to when you get home... :lol:

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Zombie
Seriously though, I do think it's more of a "You can't show dick" issue, than it is a "male nudity issue" per se. Various forms of visual media over the years (film, television, video games) have shown nude males from the backside or from angles (breathy sigh for Nathan Fillion in Firefly). But yeah, it is "weird".

 

Yes, but.... maybe you should read my rewritten opening post... :P

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Graeme
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It's unfortunate that links were removed, but to keep GA running, the site needs the ad revenue, and to keep the ad revenue, we need to keep to certain conditions :( I personally don't see anything wrong with tastefully done nudes (male or female, though I'll admit I have a preference which ones I'd like to see 0:) ) but rules are rules... until there's enough community pressure to change society.

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Zombie

Yes, I don't have a problem with that Graeme. But it is ironic given the subject of this blog... :P Oh, and this is a good example of irony for all those across the pond who have difficulty getting their heads around it! :lol:

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W_L

If I want nude males, I know where to go :D

 

Actually, the gay cruise line ads on here have really skimpy dressed guys in speedos from time to time  too :o

 

However, I also would like to point to the banned German Sprite commercial with the woman suggestively giving a man fellatio. Europe has limits too on how suggestive something can be.

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Daddydavek

Puritanism came from England and took root here in America where there are still strong overtones to this day.   Therefore I blame the Brits!

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Zombie

Fair point, Daddy :) But when Brits got a taste for ooo-la-lah just across the Channel it was all over for the Puritans... :lol:

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paya

what I find incredulous is the fact that at GA you can write a story with depictions of sex in its most depraved versions but you can't post an erotic picture of a male body

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