Why don't male actors do nudity but actresses do? NSFW?

@chelle21689: “Why don’t male actors do nudity but actresses do?”

Because that would be disgusting. Next question….

A woman’s genitals are hidden, while a man wears his private parts up front and on the outside of his body.

This little bit of biology has some profound affects on indecent exposure laws. In many jurisdictions, a woman can be bottomless in public, yet not be convicted of a criminal offense, because she isn’t exposing her genitals. Not so for a man.

Is that really the only reason why? lol In Europe it is fine, do you think one day it will be for America?

There is pah-lenty of frontal male nudity available.
You’re just not watching the right kind of movies to see it.

It has gradually been changing, but I think it’s still a matter of the double standard – women are sexual objects, and men are actors. (Much like the ratio of roles for older male actors vs. roles for older female actors.)

@syz Agreed

Who wants to look at a hairy butt? Yuk!

@LuckyGuy Some people pay extra for that.

My guess is there’s no market for it. I’m willing to stick my neck out and guess that most women don’t want to see a limp penis on the screen (many being uncomfortable), and if he’s fully erect, then your movie starts to seriously teeter on the boundary of film vs. pornography. Whereas showing a quick flash of bush avoids the issue of film vs. pornography, unless she’s opening the labia majora or there’s some obvious graphic component to it. But showing the bush will probably get a significant increase in sales from the male viewers.

If you want to talk about double standards, how about men being exploited for their pectorals completely uncensored?

@LuckyGuy Thought we were talking about full frontal nudity??

Male actors do do nudity.

(I won’t give any examples here…..just wanted to say ‘do do’.....)

I think that it’s simply because a nude female has cleaner lines and is more aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

There is a reason they refer to the penis as a dork.

Actors, I believe, are perfectly happy acting nude.

It is the movie makers, and especially the TV broadcasters, that have penophobia. I think they believe that people in real life have never seen male sex organs. (Bad assumption!)

Oh, but they do

It’s less frequent because, I’m assuming here, you don’t actually see a woman’s nether lips on screen unless you’re watching porn. You see the dick right there in your face.

It is slowly becoming more common, though. I remember getting a big ol’ view of dick on at least one episode of Boardwalk Empire.

I think nudity in films is there to attract male viewers. Men are more likely to go see a movie for the chance to see Megan Fox’s bush and boobs than a woman would be to pay to see Brad Pitt’s flaccid penis (it would have to be soft, or it would be considered pornographic).

Obviously, most women aren’t like me. I’d totally pay $10 to see a movie featuring a hot actor’s penis.

@LuckyGuy I can definitely look past a little hair if it’s a nice ass. :)

Zen buddy??? You okay???

Women aren’t as visual so less demand. I wouldn’t care much either way, we all have the same stuff.

You’ve never seen a man topless in a film? Weird.

@glacial The OP is talking about full frontal nudity. Aka penis shot. The male chest is hardly the same as female breasts. If it were, we’d see topless women in PG movies.

@livelaughlove21 “The male chest is hardly the same as female breasts. If it were, we’d see topless women in PG movies.”

That’s kind of my point – why isn’t it?

I would not compare a “penis shot” to a shot of a woman’s breasts – I would compare it to a shot of her pubis. This question reminds me of this one from today which compares amputating a penis to amputating a breast. Whoa. Not a good analogy. At all.

@glacial I was under the impression that we were comparing full frontal female nudity to male. As in, vagina (not necessarily breasts) to penis, which is certainly a valid comparison. I’ve seen quite a few bushes in movies. No penises, though; not for longer than a split second.

@livelaughlove21 Well, the details highlight women being topless, so that’s what I was responding to.

I really should watch A Room with a View again; it’s been too long.

@glacial You’re right, the OP did say, “topless.” I agree that a breast is not equivalent to a penis.

I was surprised at how much male nudity was in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I’m not sure if they showed his penis, but if not, they showed everything but.

If anyone is really interested in full frontal male nudity, Queer as Folk did a bang-up job of showing flaccid penises. Most of them attached to beautiful men with fantastic bodies, at that.

@livelaughlove21 ” Queer as Folk did a bang-up job of showing flaccid penises.”

Except for hard-core pornography, aren’t they always shown as flaccid? Has any non-porno movie or TV ever shown an angry one?

@SadieMartinPaul. No. Like I stated in a prior answer, it would be considered pornographic if the penis is hard.

A few years ago, Rockstar released some DLC for Grand Theft Auto 4 that had full frontal male nudity. It was seen as controversial and Rockstar took some heat for it.

There’s actually a rule, quite literally, when it comes to the state of an exposed penis on TV or in films.
It has to do with the degree of angle which has a threshold that must not be breached.
So it’s perfectly okay to show a bloke with a semi, but if it starts to compromise the perpen-dick-ular, then it’s considered porn.

What was that Wine movie that came out a few years ago that everyone raved over (I thought it was totally stupid.) the only thing I can remember is a middle aged guy comming running towards a car (and the camera) totally naked with his junk flying all over the place. It kind of made me want to vomit.

@Judi Sideways?

@janbb If only.

@judi’s response raises all sorts of questions – but mostly about Judi.

For example, why does she call men’s equipment “junk”? There are a dozen other, less pejorative terms that could have been used. Why “junk”?

Second, would it have been more acceptable if he had been walking slowly and his penis had been demurely hanging? Was it the action and swinging that was bothersome, or the mere appearance?

Finally, and most importantly, why would a male member cause a visceral reaction like vomiting? Many people would turn their heads (or change channels). What is it about a male that makes a person puke?

@janbb, YES!
Did you see Sideways @elbanditoroso? Just watch and all your questions will be answered. Absolutely nothing attractive about that scene and I wasn’t the only person in the theater to scream in disgust.

@janbb I agree. Sideways was overrated garbage.

@elbanditoroso Junk works for me. The female body is beautiful, but the male body is horrid. Women will admire the female form, but hetrosexual men just get grossed out looking at another man’s dick.
Of course, I will give exception to Brad Pitt in Fight Club. Incredible body, and we don’t see his dick.

So men that aren’t repulsed at the sight of another man’s body are what? Gay? I thought we left that logic behind in elementary school. Not all straight men are so insecure that they can’t take the sight of the male form without cringing. If women can do it, there’s no reason men can’t.

Oh, and the male body is anything but horrid. This is a beautiful thing. (WARNING: While there is no “junk” in the aforementioned photo, immature heterosexual men may take offense to seeing a body they’ll probably never be able to attain. Be jealous.)

@livelaughlove21 Obviously men are not as evolved as women.

why was i not at the vote that gave @filmfann the right to speak for all men?

@Blondesjon Because you’re not even evolved enough to have a vote.

fair enough

@livelaughlove21 – I’m male and heterosexual, and I am not repulsed by a male organ. It doesn’t turn me on, I have no desire for it, but I don’t go puking to the bathroom either.

Sex organs are a perfect example of “it is what it is” – we all have them, we all know that everyone has them, and big deal.