Current Events > Streaming services see a rise in (male) nudity

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https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1204935485/youre-not-imagining-it-nudity-creep-in-streaming-tv-reveals-more-of-its-stars

You're not seeing things 'nudity creep' in streaming TV reveals more of its stars

Call it "nudity creep."

One of the most popular shows on one of the most popular streaming services is called Naked Attraction. It's a fully, completely naked dating show. Even for Max the streaming platform that used to be HBO the nudity is a lot. The British show (which Max acquired from Channel 4) does not blur or censor anything. In fact, there are close-ups.

Here's the gimmick: One contestant faces six boxes that contain six naked people. Bit by bit, their bodies are revealed, starting from the bottom. The contestant eliminates possible future dating partners based on the body parts they see.

"They are showing full male frontal nudity, and that's maybe what's catching a few breaths," says Jeffrey P. Jones, a professor at the University of Georgia.

Jones authored a book about the history of HBO. He's also executive director of the Peabody Awards, which awards excellence in media. Jones is too polite to say so, but it seems unlikely Naked Attraction will win. This is, after all, a dating show based on people assessing each other's junk.

But if you are outraged that HBO the home of such prestigious dramas as The Sopranos and The Wire has stooped so low, Jones would like to remind you that starting in the 1990s, HBO also aired programs such as Real Sex and Taxicab Confessions.

"It's sister network, let's not forget, was called Cinemax, e.g. 'Skin-emax,'" he says of the cable channel known for airing uncensored movies starting in the 1980s. "So viewers very much subscribed to this channel precisely because of non-regulation in these areas."

Cable television has always enjoyed less regulation than broadcast, and streaming TV is not regulated for decency by the Federal Communications Commission. From the beginning, Jones says people have subscribed to platforms such as Netflix because of provocative dramas that centered female flesh. Think of House of Cards and Orange is the New Black. Now, what feminists call "the male gaze" seems to have expanded to include men.

A Netflix show called Sex/Life allegedly pulled in more than 20 million views in 2021, because of just one graphic scene of male nudity. People gleefully skipped to that scene and recorded themselves watching as a viral challenge on TikTok.

"This is marketing that happens without the HBO or Netflix marketing departments," Jones observes. And that's critical, he points out, given intense competition for eyeballs and subscribers. But if nudity is a gimmick that gets them what happens when nudity gets old?

"People will never get tired of nudity," Jones says. "It's on frescoes all through Europe. Nudity is with us forever. Frankly, it's a central part of who and what we are as humans, and we're going to tell stories about it."

Maybe it's 'cuz I'm gay, but after decades and decades of naked women being splattered everywhere, it's nice to finally see some more DICKS on the screen.

I've always said the issue isn't that we need to objectify women less, it's that we need to objectify men MORE. >_>

Once men have been objectified to the extent that women have been, I'll be happy.

but where are the damn tits

TC, have you watched Red, White, and Royal Blue?

How much of it has foreskin

DarthAragorn posted...

but where are the damn tits

That new Jennifer Lawrence movie just dropped on Netflix, theres a scene where shes completely naked fighting people on a beach and you see everything

Time for the weiners to rise

I'm in my upper 40's and have seen quite a few shows with a fair bit of nudity but the first time I remember there being not only a lot but a fair amount of male nudity was the Starz original Spartacus: Blood and Sand which was an excellent show and the nudity felt natural like it fit well.

On a side note it was a damn shame the lead actor Andy Whitfield got cancer and passed after that initial season because he owned that role. I have to say though while he was sick they made a prequel season Gods of the Arena that was equally as awesome.

I never quite enjoyed Season 2 or 3 as much as that first season or the prequel but it was still a damn good series.

As long as theyre not ant eaters, Ill deal

It's funny how in Gen V there are two cock scenes but fully a clothed sex scene

HylianFox posted...

Maybe it's 'cuz I'm gay, but after decades and decades of naked women being splattered everywhere, it's nice to finally see some more DICKS on the screen.

I've always said the issue isn't that we need to objectify women less, it's that we need to objectify men MORE. >_>

Once men have been objectified to the extent that women have been, I'll be happy.

I'm with you on all those points.

littlebro07 posted...

That new Jennifer Lawrence movie just dropped on Netflix, theres a scene where shes completely naked fighting people on a beach and you see everything

you don't see her asshole

Let there be dongs.

DarthAragorn posted...

but where are the damn tits

There's some on netflix for sure.

littlebro07 posted...

That new Jennifer Lawrence movie just dropped on Netflix, theres a scene where shes completely naked fighting people on a beach and you see everything

Hows her feet?

Turbam posted...

Time for the weiners to rise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csOcHCDmMdE

Women's bodies are made for beauty. Like a Lexus.

Men's bodies are made for utility. Like a Jeep.

inb4CarElitistsDontLikeMyCarChoices

Feels like most of the cock scenes are still prosthetics or CGI, so are we really getting more?

Good

Nutflix
Netdix

alphagamble posted...

It's funny how in Gen V there are two cock scenes but fully a clothed sex scene

I was just gonna say Gev V, but they did a donger in their own unique way.

Irony posted...

How much of it has foreskin

It's a British show. Unless the guy's Jewish or Muslim it's gonna have it

Irony posted...

How much of it has foreskin

The dongs in Netflix Sex Education all have foreskin.

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Immaturity takes moments to learn, but decades to truly master.

ScazarMeltex posted...

The dongs in Netflix Sex Education all have foreskin.

Ew. Why dont they chop that shit off?

HylianFox posted...

Maybe it's 'cuz I'm gay, but after decades and decades of naked women being splattered everywhere, it's nice to finally see some more DICKS on the screen.

I've always said the issue isn't that we need to objectify women less, it's that we need to objectify men MORE. >_>

Once men have been objectified to the extent that women have been, I'll be happy.

AMEN AND HALLELU! If I were a church lady, I'd be in the choir and pulling my own wig off and waving it in the air, because that's how much Truth I feel in these words.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7N0AQmN4YU

HylianFox posted...

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1204935485/youre-not-imagining-it-nudity-creep-in-streaming-tv-reveals-more-of-its-stars

Maybe it's 'cuz I'm gay, but after decades and decades of naked women being splattered everywhere, it's nice to finally see some more DICKS on the screen.

I've always said the issue isn't that we need to objectify women less, it's that we need to objectify men MORE. >_>

Once men have been objectified to the extent that women have been, I'll be happy.

I ask myself how someone can have such a comically bad take, and I end up thinking that they just aren't familiar with female anatomy.

The graphic nudity--as in, genital nudity--in mainstream movies and TV has always been 99.99% male. If the goal is parity, we need to start dumping buckets of vulvas onto the screen.

male nudity just does't sell nearly as well as female

particualrly because it's mostly only gay men that lust after naked men

women by and large aren't as visual as men and aren't as interested

Look I just wanna see more titties. Having more dicks waving in my face aint gonna bother me as long as the titty exposure grows

HylianFox posted...

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1204935485/youre-not-imagining-it-nudity-creep-in-streaming-tv-reveals-more-of-its-stars

Maybe it's 'cuz I'm gay, but after decades and decades of naked women being splattered everywhere, it's nice to finally see some more DICKS on the screen.

I've always said the issue isn't that we need to objectify women less, it's that we need to objectify men MORE. >_>

Once men have been objectified to the extent that women have been, I'll be happy.

Producers are finally catching on that more people want to see dick than previously thought.

I've been watching Gen V and there have definitely been a lot of, uh...penis closeups.

I mean, how else can I watch Star Trek