# Can we get some famous naked guys?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 26, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885 "2010-05-26T22:46:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/41 "2010-05-28T02:00:56Z")

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> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> Sadly, I got a 404 on Taye Diggs.

Did you reconnect **Biggirl** ’s link after the “u” in “uploads”?

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/42 "2010-05-28T02:09:48Z")

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> [@lissener](#):
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> FYI, that’s shopped. There were no full frontal publicity stills shot. Cuz, what would they be used for? But there are some cell-phone pics from the audience floating around out there.

Yeah, here’s a totally NSFW link that shows the bod from which the man bits were taken:

http:// [twitpic.com/altu4](http://twitpic.com/altu4)

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/43 "2010-05-28T02:27:21Z")

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> [@Morbo](#):
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> Uh…yeah. Wrong thread.

rotflmao

But…it was so wonderfully funny in this one!  
I suppose I should post some yummy nekkid actor’s pic to really contribute to the thread. Ummm…how 'bout Captain Tight Pants sans pants? [http://campblood.org/News/firefly.jpg](http://campblood.org/News/firefly.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/44 "2010-05-28T18:13:10Z")

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> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#):
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> Did you reconnect **Biggirl** ’s link after the “u” in “uploads”?

No. I couldn’t see a break and I’m on an iPhone so fixing links and stuff is just too much work in a tiny space. So I can only look at the naked guys in active links.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/45 "2010-05-29T00:44:28Z")

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> [@Biggirl](#):
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> I also found out-- because once I found one, I had to look for more-- that Harry Potter is pretty well hung. [search | Creative Loafing](http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/files) /2009/07/harry-potter-fully-nude.jpg (again broken cuz-- NAKED DANIEL!!!)

That’s what you call “pretty well hung”? Seriously, you need to get out more.

(But he does have a nice bod.)

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**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/46 "2010-06-05T00:33:28Z")

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So far, I haven’t had any luck in finding naked pictures of Bradley Cooper. Anyone else have better luck? (please, please, please???)

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**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/47 "2010-06-06T20:39:30Z")

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> [@EllisDee](#):
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> I’ve never understood this mindset. Women get to drool over men’s bare chests far more than men do women. That’s the equivalence.

hmm…no, not really. not equivalent. man’s bare ass vs woman’s bare ass? yes, I’ll go with equivalent there. but, male chests vs female breasts? no, not equivalent at all. not unless you live somewhere where its perfectly acceptable and not considered ‘indecent exposure’ for a woman to go topless.

I can look out my window right now and see my neighbor (male) out mowing his lawn - shirtless. not such a big deal. and he’s not a bad looking guy for your average middle aged suburban househusband. but if his wife was doing the same thing in this ‘family’ neighborhood. there would be cops… :eek:

the fact is, you just can’t use a literal comparison here. it’s just not the same thing in practice that it is in theory …

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/48 "2010-06-06T21:58:44Z")

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> [@LilyoftheField](#):
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> hmm…no, not really. not equivalent. man’s bare ass vs woman’s bare ass? yes, I’ll go with equivalent there. but, male chests vs female breasts? no, not equivalent at all. not unless you live somewhere where its perfectly acceptable and not considered ‘indecent exposure’ for a woman to go topless.
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> I can look out my window right now and see my neighbor (male) out mowing his lawn - shirtless. not such a big deal. and he’s not a bad looking guy for your average middle aged suburban househusband. but if his wife was doing the same thing in this ‘family’ neighborhood. there would be cops… :eek:
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> the fact is, you just can’t use a literal comparison here. it’s just not the same thing in practice that it is in theory …

Right, understood. But this logic leads women to draw a parallel between breasts and penis, and then cry unfairness because movies contain far more naked breasts than naked penis. This is ridiculous logic, and it baffles me that so many women seem to buy into it. It’s almost like they’re deliberately looking to be victims of unfairness.

The correlary to the penis is the vagina, both of which show up in film with approximately equal frequency.

If women want to complain that men don’t have breasts, have at it. Just don’t be surprised when people think your complaint is retarded.

EDIT: Note that I’m not accusing the OP of having a martyr complex about this; her OP is cleary good-natured, light and breezy. But she uses this exact faulty logic right there at the beginning. Since I don’t think she’s being a martyr about it, I think this faulty equivalence has seeped into the culture in some way. And women have clearly bought into the premise, if not the implication, as evidenced by the OP.

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**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/49 "2010-06-06T22:36:02Z")

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> [@EllisDee](#):
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> Right, understood. But this logic leads women to draw a parallel between breasts and penis, and then cry unfairness because movies contain far more naked breasts than naked penis. This is ridiculous logic, and it baffles me that so many women seem to buy into it. It’s almost like they’re deliberately looking to be victims of unfairness.
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> The correlary to the penis is the vagina, both of which show up in film with approximately equal frequency.

That’s just it - its not a ridiculous premise! You have to realize that as far as film/exposure/perception is concerned, penis equals breast! Why? Because in reality, women have breasts that are easily perceived in pics and film, and men do not. Men, however, have penises that are easily perceived in pics and film but women - do not.

What it comes down to is that in men the primary sexual characteristics (i.e., penis!) are what is easily visible and in women it is only the secondary sexual characteristics that are easily visible.

So you can be as logical as you want, but the practical aspect is - a man’s chest is never seen as overtly sexual as a woman’s breasts. And in order to be ‘equivalent’ as far as the effect on the viewer, you are going to have to show a man’s dick or at the very least his ass. A naked male chest is just not the same as a naked female chest no matter how much you want to cite physical similarities.

We’re not really talking anatomy here. We are talking ‘titillation’.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/50 "2010-06-06T22:48:03Z")

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Wow. Just, wow.

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**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/51 "2010-06-06T23:07:38Z")

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> [@lissener](#):
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> FYI, that’s shopped. There were no full frontal publicity stills shot. Cuz, what would they be used for? But there are some cell-phone pics from the audience floating around out there.

Yeah, quite 'shopped. If you want the real ones, OP, several come up on the first page of a Google Image search of “Daniel Radcliffe nude.” Here’s just one:

[http://www.nakedfuel.com/nakedblog](http://www.nakedfuel.com/nakedblog) /?p=27

ETA: You may be a bit underwhelmed as compared to the Photoshopped version.

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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/52 "2010-06-07T00:35:55Z")

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> [@LilyoftheField](#):
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> That’s just it - its not a ridiculous premise! You have to realize that as far as film/exposure/perception is concerned, penis equals breast! Why? Because in reality, women have breasts that are easily perceived in pics and film, and men do not. Men, however, have penises that are easily perceived in pics and film but women - do not.
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> What it comes down to is that in men the primary sexual characteristics (i.e., penis!) are what is easily visible and in women it is only the secondary sexual characteristics that are easily visible.
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> So you can be as logical as you want, but the practical aspect is - a man’s chest is never seen as overtly sexual as a woman’s breasts. And in order to be ‘equivalent’ as far as the effect on the viewer, you are going to have to show a man’s dick or at the very least his ass. A naked male chest is just not the same as a naked female chest no matter how much you want to cite physical similarities.
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> We’re not really talking anatomy here. We are talking ‘titillation’.

You are absolutely right! I just recently watched _The Last Picture Show_, and there were nude scenes aplenty. The one that hammered this point home to me was the nude pool party scene. There was full on female boobs and even female bush, but all the guys were sitting around with their legs arranged so that their dicks were tucked carefully away out of sight. I got really pissed off at that. Well, that, and that a child molestation scene was played for laughs. The child was a little girl too.

In fact, that whole movie really just pissed me off. And it’s supposed to be a classic.

P.S. Anyone interested in the nudity of actors who have played the Doctor on Doctor Who should check out Pasolini’s _The Canterbury Tales_. That’s early Tom Baker penis.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-some-famous-naked-guys/540885/53 "2010-06-10T02:02:31Z")

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This guy is not too famous but he has some “danglies”

IMO it is SFW but I will put in spoiler box

[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/403747-expecting-too-much-ten-players-who-will-never-match-their-hype#page/5](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/403747-expecting-too-much-ten-players-who-will-never-match-their-hype#page/5)

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