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	<title>Comments on: Sexy and the Gender Binary</title>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/10/07/satirizing-sitcoms/comment-page-2/#comment-537956</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is because what is considered sexy for women is not for men. Unfortunately being attractive for women is to act in an infantile and vulnerable way. Hence the innocent and coy look that looks silly on men. Men are considered sexy when they stand tall and push out their chest.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is because what is considered sexy for women is not for men. Unfortunately being attractive for women is to act in an infantile and vulnerable way. Hence the innocent and coy look that looks silly on men. Men are considered sexy when they stand tall and push out their chest.  </p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/10/07/satirizing-sitcoms/comment-page-1/#comment-536390</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anonymous]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In print, perhaps, but you definitely see it frequently in movies. One of the biggest challenges I had with becoming comfortable with my sexuality was the fact that all the women in movies are sexy, confident, and somewhat commanding (think woman in heels leading a guy to the bedroom by his tie), and not only was I insecure to begin with, I was insecure about not being that woman. A woman who wants sex and goes after it is definitely the predominant image in movies now. Perhaps it&#039;s harder to portray in print? Or perhaps print media is just behind the times.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In print, perhaps, but you definitely see it frequently in movies. One of the biggest challenges I had with becoming comfortable with my sexuality was the fact that all the women in movies are sexy, confident, and somewhat commanding (think woman in heels leading a guy to the bedroom by his tie), and not only was I insecure to begin with, I was insecure about not being that woman. A woman who wants sex and goes after it is definitely the predominant image in movies now. Perhaps it&#8217;s harder to portray in print? Or perhaps print media is just behind the times.</p>
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		<title>By: Reut Gelblum</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reut Gelblum]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150105653403416&amp;set=a.10150100074883416.295505.300760038415&amp;type=3&amp;theater]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150105653403416&#038;set=a.10150100074883416.295505.300760038415&#038;type=3&#038;theater" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150105653403416&#038;set=a.10150100074883416.295505.300760038415&#038;type=3&#038;theater</a></p>
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		<title>By: NiceLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NiceLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMHO he looks better than Jen Anniston.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IMHO he looks better than Jen Anniston.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/10/07/satirizing-sitcoms/comment-page-1/#comment-535647</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anonymous]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree with your comment. It&#039;s not enough to be posed in roughly the same way, wearing similar clothes. The women in those pictures *are* stereotypically attractive, not to mention posed, primped, and photoshopped to perfection, as opposed to the guys (who are obviously joking around) imitating them. I don&#039;t believe that &quot;sexy&quot; is a universal concept, but there is definitely a marked difference between those pictures, and not just because of the models&#039; sex. There are far better examples posted in the comments of attractive men in feminine clothes/adopting feminine attitudes.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with your comment. It&#8217;s not enough to be posed in roughly the same way, wearing similar clothes. The women in those pictures *are* stereotypically attractive, not to mention posed, primped, and photoshopped to perfection, as opposed to the guys (who are obviously joking around) imitating them. I don&#8217;t believe that &#8220;sexy&#8221; is a universal concept, but there is definitely a marked difference between those pictures, and not just because of the models&#8217; sex. There are far better examples posted in the comments of attractive men in feminine clothes/adopting feminine attitudes.</p>
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		<title>By: Eva</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eva]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I actually found this video on youtube through a friend&#039;s facebook page, and here the men are oily and shake their booties like &quot;sexy ladies&quot; in rap videos. The video is clearly gay referenced, but the feminine poses and the oiled muscular bodies are an interesting (and to be honest, sort of uncomfortable) juxtaposition.http://youtu.be/2w02QxQZGQc]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I actually found this video on youtube through a friend&#8217;s facebook page, and here the men are oily and shake their booties like &#8220;sexy ladies&#8221; in rap videos. The video is clearly gay referenced, but the feminine poses and the oiled muscular bodies are an interesting (and to be honest, sort of uncomfortable) juxtaposition.<a href="http://youtu.be/2w02QxQZGQc" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/2w02QxQZGQc</a></p>
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		<title>By: Amelia H.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amelia H.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s interesting that the newsstands only covered up the nude &quot;Bruno&quot; image when the nude female figure right next to it shows the same amount of skin.  Is it only because we are desensitized to nude women on magazine covers?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s interesting that the newsstands only covered up the nude &#8220;Bruno&#8221; image when the nude female figure right next to it shows the same amount of skin.  Is it only because we are desensitized to nude women on magazine covers?</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anonymous]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What I find very interesting about this whole discussion is that the men are refereed to as joking, being funny, mocking, etc. implying that being in a feminine pose (or what we have socially constructed to be a feminine pose) is a joke and something to be laughed at if done by a man. It implies the concept &quot;it&#039;s OK to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, because you think that being a girl is degrading.&quot; (quote from movie The Cement Garden and Madonna song). When men take on feminine roles it is a joke, something not to be taken seriously. There are photos of women in masculine poses still looking sexy. A woman in a masculine pose isn&#039;t automatically considered a joke or a parody. Only women can be sexy in feminine poses and both men and women can be sexy in masculine poses. 

I loved the video because, even though it is a parody, it is still very sexy without all the humor of some of the photos. The men don&#039;t appear to be trying to be funny, they are trying to be sexy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I find very interesting about this whole discussion is that the men are refereed to as joking, being funny, mocking, etc. implying that being in a feminine pose (or what we have socially constructed to be a feminine pose) is a joke and something to be laughed at if done by a man. It implies the concept &#8220;it&#8217;s OK to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, because you think that being a girl is degrading.&#8221; (quote from movie The Cement Garden and Madonna song). When men take on feminine roles it is a joke, something not to be taken seriously. There are photos of women in masculine poses still looking sexy. A woman in a masculine pose isn&#8217;t automatically considered a joke or a parody. Only women can be sexy in feminine poses and both men and women can be sexy in masculine poses. </p>
<p>I loved the video because, even though it is a parody, it is still very sexy without all the humor of some of the photos. The men don&#8217;t appear to be trying to be funny, they are trying to be sexy.</p>
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		<title>By: C. D. Leavitt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[C. D. Leavitt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather NSFW image here (it&#039;s a man in revealing underwear), but it makes an interesting counterpoint to this post: http://xdress.com/gallery/load/lingerie

He&#039;s still clearly presenting as male, but the pose is awkward and similar to poses one would see in female lingerie models. The clothing is, obviously, hyper feminine. However, there&#039;s nothing silly about this. It may be off-putting to those who don&#039;t want to see men in women&#039;s underwear, but the fact that this was &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; made for comedic purposes makes a huge difference. He&#039;s a very attractive man shown in a flattering way, even if there are cues (the passivity of the pose in leaning backwards, pulling his clothing up, the slightly spread legs, the feminine lingerie, the soft light) for it to be read in a traditionally feminine manner.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rather NSFW image here (it&#8217;s a man in revealing underwear), but it makes an interesting counterpoint to this post: <a href="http://xdress.com/gallery/load/lingerie" rel="nofollow">http://xdress.com/gallery/load/lingerie</a></p>
<p>He&#8217;s still clearly presenting as male, but the pose is awkward and similar to poses one would see in female lingerie models. The clothing is, obviously, hyper feminine. However, there&#8217;s nothing silly about this. It may be off-putting to those who don&#8217;t want to see men in women&#8217;s underwear, but the fact that this was <i>not</i> made for comedic purposes makes a huge difference. He&#8217;s a very attractive man shown in a flattering way, even if there are cues (the passivity of the pose in leaning backwards, pulling his clothing up, the slightly spread legs, the feminine lingerie, the soft light) for it to be read in a traditionally feminine manner.</p>
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		<title>By: Casey</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Casey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh cool, my feelings summed up so I don&#039;t have to write them all out. +1]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh cool, my feelings summed up so I don&#8217;t have to write them all out. +1</p>
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		<title>By: Casey</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Casey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#039;m probably not the average person, But yeah, I totally think the neutraface video is sexy. 

Music is kinda not good though. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know I&#8217;m probably not the average person, But yeah, I totally think the neutraface video is sexy. </p>
<p>Music is kinda not good though. </p>
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		<title>By: Guest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[... :/ 

No, you have no idea.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230; :/ </p>
<p>No, you have no idea.</p>
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		<title>By: Guest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*shudder* ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>*shudder* </p>
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		<title>By: Guest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am no &#039;female&#039;...  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am no &#8216;female&#8217;&#8230;  </p>
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		<title>By: Guest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uuggghh, I know, so scary... :/ ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uuggghh, I know, so scary&#8230; :/ </p>
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