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Old 03-09-2008   #4 (permalink)
invisibleman
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I'm watching the movie "Without a Paddle" as I type this. This movie actually made me decide to post about this topic, because this movie (unintentionally) hits on how ambiguous male relationships tend to be. Funny, but just now as I type this, the guys in the movie are contemplating lying together to keep warm.

Anyway, must admit that I never visit this site without feeling just a little insecure. It's so weird to be male because others, and often you yourself, think that if you have any interest in what is essentially your own body then you are not a real man.

INVISIBLEMAN quotes...

"I HAVE NEVER MET a man who didn’t feel uneasy about masculinity, who didn’t feel that in some way he wasn’t living up to what it meant to be a man. There’s a reason for that: Masculinity is a fraud; it’s a trap. None of us are man enough."
Robert Jensen, writer, Clamor (Sept./Oct. 2002)

Oh. Blah blah blah.... my question is really simple: do other self-identified straight guys feel a little weird coming here?

The real questions should be: Why should you feel weird coming to LPSG? It is the internet. I find LPSG a pretty cool place...that is if you aren't into creating a lot of drama on here. There is no place on the planet I know that people talk about many various topics other than the big dicks. I think that is a great thing. As a gay man who isn't into fishing for straight guys, I am really cool about my straight brethren.

I think that there are many times in many men's lives men have felt weird. Life isn't very specific...there are a lot of abstracts and mysteries. Weirdness is a given. Humans behave weird...expect to feel and be weird.

For me, I think one reason I feel weird is that, I don't know, there's a sense that you're not supposed to objectify other men, that it's sort of a form of brotherly blasphemy, or something. You can empathize with other man's pain, but you aren't supposed to be a loser who envies another man's penis. On one hand, I like hearing about what guys with big penises experience, etc. On the other hand, there's this strange ambiguous sense of violation, that I'm objectifying another male -- which sort of sickens me.

Maybe you feel that way based on how you were raised. In order to feel less weird, you have to come to terms with why--the reasons behind your feelings. Why do you feel that you are a loser because you envy another man's penis? I don't feel bad. I am just as good as any other man. There are men out there bigger. Why should I be dissatisfied with what I got because some men are a lot bigger than I? What is wrong with objectification of men?
I can appreciate the handsomeness...the sexual appeal of men.

Does this make any sense to anyone, or have I just lost my mind? (Seriously. I'm asking. I should probably be committed.)

No, I do not believe you are weird. Maybe you feel awkward because of the way you were raised. I feel men really molded because what is supposed to acceptable behavior for a man to be acting. You should ask yourself the reasons why you feel weird coming to LPSG. And coming to LPSG is not a reason to be committed. Hehehe.