I am writing in regard to Peter Christensen’s letter to the editor regarding whether married men should go to strip clubs [Letters, January]. I agree that the human body is a thing of beauty. But what about male nudity? It seems that it is always about women. Are men not comfortable with baring their bodies? Men have gorgeous bodies, and I personally would like to see more of them. Christensen writes “you don’t see men decrying the ‘exploitation’ of male dancers who strut their goods…” Where are these male strip clubs? I can’t find them anywhere. There are tons of commercials, TV shows, magazines, and movies exposing women’s bodies, but what about the men? I remember a couple of TV commercials advertising men’s underwear, and the male models were dancing seductively. But the commercials were pulled immediately because it was too shocking to show men in revealing clothing. Give me a break. What about the controversy surrounding Abercrombie & Fitch? They have the only catalog I know of that features naked men as well as naked women. But it was pulled because of the backlash. If it was just another catalog with naked women, no one would have blinked. Yes, nudity is a thing of beauty. So let’s drop the puritan attitude about men’s bodies and start showing them as well.
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