Hypersexualization In the Media: Now With More Glistening Man Meat

The hypersexualization of women is kind of a problem in popular media. Women be sitting around with their boobs and butts out making sexy faces and being devolved to what they can do to a dude’s penis.

It’s made more complicated by guys pointing out that things like Men’s Fitness exist.

There is a magazine full of gorgeous men with definition that comes from fasting with weekend breaks for tuna fish from a can. These guys work out six hours a day and abstain from pies and probably have a personal trainer that massages their pectorals while they do squats beside their infinity pools.

They’ve also all got the “v” which as any heterosexual woman knows is basically a muscle turned aphrodisiac.
But I am compelled to point out that this is a magazine geared towards men. These men are meant to represent a heroic ideal and to embody a power fantasy. That’s not the same thing as a cover girl enticing teenage boys to wank.

See how she’s all really into what the camera is selling? She’s not smiling pleased with her magnificent physique. This isn’t a proud display. It’s a come hither.

From L to R: High School Dead, X/1999, Transformers 2, Chris Evans, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Stana Katic, David Boreanaz, January Jones, Jon Hamm.

To better illustrate the difference between how men and women are sexualized in the media here’s a series of pictures.