The Male Gaze Strikes Again
Sheesh.
I’m shaking my head at this EW article: Is Wolverine the most homoerotic movie ever? The writer declares the whole movie to be GAY GAY GAY because Hugh Jackman takes his shirt off and there’s a naked fight scene. Because male flesh can only ever be shown in a gay context and it’s not like there’d be any chicks in the audience of an action movie, right?
Thankfully a couple of commenters have taken the writer to task, including this guy:
Pete Tue, May 5, 2009 at 09:32 AM EST
Once again we see sexism is alive and well. Why is everything related to MALE perception. If a film shows naked women it’s for straight men. If it shows naked men it’s for gay men. How about all the women who are just looking for a little equal representation in the eye candy?
Bravo, Pete. If that is, in fact, your name.
Meanwhile, this is an excuse to include a photo of Hugh Jackman naked in my blog (even if I did get it from this gay site).
May 8th, 2009 at 3:07 am
Sounds like that writer has a slightly homophobic edge to him. Which means he’s probably not quite a zero on the Kinsey scale.
May 13th, 2009 at 11:12 am
I am totally with you here, Ms. Naughty! But, why do you need an ‘excuse’ to post pictures of Hugh Jackman, or any other hot guy, on your blog?
Don’t keep sending me into the arms of hunkdujour.com! LOL! It’s true, the gay men have all the good porn, or at least all of the hot guy pictures!