How many wives will go see this, or have already? What did your husbands think about you going?
The reason I ask is because there are often women complaining about men watching porn or going to Hooters, but then this film comes along, and women are literally drooling over it. (At least on the interwebs) I get the idea that women enjoy "turning the tables" but doesn't that seem like hypocrisy? I can recall decades ago when Showgirls came out there were protests by feminists.
Also, I notice a difference in motivation. While men can indeed be quite lecherous and deeply enjoy seeing naked women, they enjoy it for its own sake. It's not a way to get back at women or make their wives jealous. Indeed, jealous wives are an unintended consequence men would be happier to not have.
In contrast, it seems like many women get off more feeling naughty, talking loudly about how hot the guys are, and trying to tease or make their men jealous. It just seems like rather than getting off by looking at guys, many women get off more in the act of going to see it, talking about before and after, and giggling with their friends, hooting and hollering in the theater etc.
I could definitely see some guys feeling like this is not a win-win, but a win-lose scenario that makes them look bad. The ad seems to entice women to come just to make fun of their guy.
So what gives -- do women really get aroused looking at the film or do they just like teasing men and being "empowered"?
Personally I have nothing against women enjoying some eye candy, but am not big on double standards.
I have absolutely no interest in seeing this movie. I had a couple of girl friends say I was the only woman on the planet who felt this way. Whatever.
I told my husband it doesn't interest me at all. I like Channing Tatum in other movies. Same with Matthew McConaughey. But this movie just repulses me...as well as my sisters. And, FTR, my husband doesn't have any porn/view any/etc. So, it's no great loss regardless. I find actors attractive (actresses as well), but not to the point that I am salivating at the prospect of seeing them naked, or nearly naked. What's the point? I have a man at home who does it for me.
Anyway, as I said... no desire to see it. Not now, not ever.
I haven't seen the movie, but I think that you are reading waay too much into the motivation of women watching a male stripper. True, the trailer is provocative, but then trailers try to catch your attention with outrageous statements so that your interest will be piqued, and you will want to see the movie.
The women are not giggling because they want to humiliate their husbands; they are laughing because it is fun to see a man be an object of lecherous attention the way that women have been for centuries. Women love the idea of switching roles with men and being able to stuff money in a guy's pants, and to see him gyrate for women's pleasure. Men have always done this, and payback is fair play.
I don't think that anyone in a good marriage would compare their husbands with these guys on the screen. It is fantasy fun, and no one would want to humiliate their man with a comparison to a movie actor. Everyone likes opposite sex eye candy, but that doesn't mean that you are denigrating your man and wishing that he was like the actor on the screen.
Guys have done this forever, now it's our turn, is the reason for the laughter and teasing that you are hearing from women.
If my wife wanted to see this movie... I'd have to look VERY hard for a f u c k to give... I'll Try google...
*2 seconds later
Nope... google came up blank. I'll see about getting this on a carton of milk...
"Missing: Accipiter777's F U C K pertaining to if he cares if his wife see's 'Magic Mike'!"
My wife has no concern over if I'm lookin at porn... just as I have no concern if she wanted to see this movie, watch porn herself, or even read 50 shades.
Here's the thing. I can't even count how many action movies of my husband's I've sat through with so much pointless and gratuitous T&A. Long panning shots of women half clothed, sweaty glistening bodies, slow motion bouncing, whas of tever. SO MUCH. I'm looking through his collection right now and I'm like "oh, I saw her boobs. Boobs and bush. Just boobs. Lots of boobs in this one." Even looking through my sci-fi and foreign film collection "boobs. boobs and bush and lots of butt. boobs."
It's not that big of a deal, the movies are appropriately rated and have whatever level of enjoyment but it's really clear the ones that are agressively male marketed have tons of scantily clad women with shots made to tittilate the male audience.
I don't mind, I appreciate a great pair of boobs...but it really nice for those of us who are more straight inclined to have a movie that tittilates our minds too. Women like mens bodies. We like watching you guys a whole lot. When me and my friends went, the theater was not really that full, but mostly women and gay dudes who had a ball hooting and hollering at the screen because holy crap, a movie focused on what straight women (and gay men) find attractive instead of a movie pandering to our *~emotions~* or a film full of male gaze-y T&A
just straight up man meat.
The movie, plot-wise by the way? Pretty much non-existant. We walked out of the theater and asked: "So...what was the point?" Naked men is the answer.
What makes me wonder if women are getting off more on the role reversal and making their husbands jealous -- payback perhaps for their guy's typical interest in looking at women and them feeling jealous -- is just the fact that male strip industry and porn for women in general is pretty much a failure. Playgirl shut down. Male strip shows are mostly not established clubs, like female strip shows. And a big chunk of female oriented sex industry is actually consumed by gay males.
It just seems like few women have the desire to actually pay to see naked men enough to make it a viable industry. So if women really got turned on and sexually aroused by watching naked men, there should be lots of businesses serving their needs. But there aren't. So I wonder -- are the number of women who are truly aroused at looking at naked men just very small? Is it merely pleasing to look at or a little naughty fun, in contrast to the compulsive nature of men's desire to see naked women.
I'm really curious -- if women are really as excited about Magic Mike as they claim, why is there almost no industry to serve their interests? It makes me doubt that women are really truly getting off to the extent that men do. Not being a woman, I am left wondering.
I saw it too- it was cool, nothing too crazy!
Not much of a plot, but I figured as much. I did not get horny, lol! It's just for the fun of it.
There is SOOOO much T& A everywhere in movies, etc.. when I got invited to go with a group I figured, hell why not- it's totally harmless- no frontal nudity, just bare asses anyway.
(It does not even come close to the stuff my H has watched in movies, porn, strip joints, etc..)
I have to say that it's interesting to see how the men in our lives react to it- like finally they get a tiny hint of how we feel when you (our men) feast your eyes on naked women regularly.
(although I realize that it doesn't affect certain men in the slightest
But it's true, there is no big market for things like this because women generally need so much more to turn us on deeply.
A great body dancing around is definitely hot, but it takes way more to actually capture women's..or maybe just my, true desire.
We aren't that easy, surprise, surprise!
So yep, just silly fun. Posted via Mobile Device
I saw it too- it was cool, nothing too crazy!
Not much of a plot, but I figured as much. I did not get horny, lol! It's just for the fun of it.
There is SOOOO much T& A everywhere in movies, etc.. when I got invited to go with a group I figured, hell why not- it's totally harmless- no frontal nudity, just bare asses anyway.
(It does not even come close to the stuff my H has watched in movies, porn, strip joints, etc..)
I have to say that it's interesting to see how the men in our lives react to it- like finally they get a tiny hint of how we feel when you (our men) feast your eyes on naked women regularly.
(although I realize that it doesn't affect certain men in the slightest
But it's true, there is no big market for things like this because women generally need so much more to turn us on deeply.
A great body dancing around is definitely hot, but it takes way more to actually capture women's..or maybe just my, true desire.
We aren't that easy, surprise, surprise!
So yep, just silly fun. Posted via Mobile Device
That's a good explanation and kind of what I suspected. That many women enjoy eye candy, but that alone is not sufficient.
(And compare the paucity of visual thrills for women with the enormous and thriving erotica / romance novel industry. It might be the only sex industry for women that is successful. Interestingly it's very hard for men to get into stories. )
I also understand that women are constantly shown unrealistic images of women. Not all of these are from men -- Cosmo seems to have an airbrushed bikini babe on every cover. So women might find it fun to turn the tables and objectify men.
That's one thing. But what is with the taunting aspect? I couldn't image an ad for Showgirls or Hooters that mentioned your "girlfriend looking fatter". I've never heard any kind of taunt like that by men. They just like to look, no harm intended, and the jealousy it provokes is unintentional and much to their own dismay. Most guys wish their ladies were more understanding in fact.
So why would taunting men and making your guy look "inadequate" be fun for women???
To me it is silly. I do think men and women are visual, but it seems because no one is expected to hold themselves and their behaviour in relationships to a high standard any more, that lots of women will behave just as men have been doing, and make justifications for it.
If men want respect, they need to treat women with respect, stop treating them like sexual objects and acting like it is a birthright to be a perv. If they did so then I can bet most women would also do the same.
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