Women & men's butts
• Gender Studies
I think male butts are mighty nice. An article suggests one reason women are portrayed as admiring them strongly is popular culture's fear of admitting that women also enjoy what is up front. The assumption being that straight men are spooked by the idea of women thinking about their penis. Given the wealth accumulated by some penis spammers I guess there's at least a little truth to that.
"The media just doesn't know the true nature of women's sexuality and, frankly, many women are still afraid to be up front about it," says Helen Fisher an anthropologist and expert in human sexuality with Rutgers University.
Fisher says it is safer for society to see women as fixated on the male behind. But studies have shown it is the other side of the male anatomy, the penis, that many women are really interested in, she says.
"Women do think about what is up front. But it is not safe to says so (because women fear they will) look slutty," she says.
Robin Harvey, Toronto Star: Men's butts no big deal

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Posted by: Jack | March 16, 2004 04:08 PM
Posted by: mookie | July 12, 2004 08:10 PM