# No erections on TV? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 26, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144 "2003-12-26T17:54:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/41 "2004-01-04T23:13:39Z")
> [@](#): > > ## But once again, the reason for the PG-13 rating on Titanic despite the nudity was because it was being shown in an artistic setting, not an erotic setting. > > Precisely. And _immediately_ after that scene, the older version of Kate Winslet’s character describes it as “the most erotic moment of my life.” (It’s not like art and eroticism are mutually exclusive, for Pete’s sake.) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/42 "2004-01-12T08:44:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xayoz306 \* > \*\*But once again, the reason for the PG-13 rating on Titanic despite the nudity was because it was being shown in an artistic setting, not an erotic setting. \*\* And, I think, because they only showed _one_ breast, and no pubic hair. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/43 "2004-01-12T09:10:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*And, I think, because they only showed _one_ breast, and no pubic hair. \*\* So Greek Amazons with Brazilians would get a PG-13 rating? ---
**Author:** ![Thylacinewas\_taken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Thylacinewas\_taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacinewas_taken)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/44 "2004-02-15T20:15:05Z")
For Valentines day “a friend” got a book on “massages”. There are a lot of pictures of two people massaging sensually, but in none of them does the guy look at all interested (IE he doesn’t have an erection). My only theory would be that if he had an erection it would be considered pornographic, since he’d be obviously sexually aroused. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/45 "2004-02-15T21:43:20Z")
[hijack] Here’s a question I’ve always wanted the answer to: Are women “supposed” to shave their pubic hair? Is it considered a mark of someone who, er, often has people seeing their pubic area to do so? I never thought it was something like shaving your underarms or legs…and I haven’t gone up to my female friends, looked them dead in the eye, and said “Pardon me, but do you shave your crotch?” [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/46 "2004-02-15T22:17:43Z")
> [@Freiheit](#): > > What the heck is Access? > > NOTE: I have NO desire to see an erect penis. Now, that’s a scary sentence. Enlighten us, are you male or female? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/47 "2004-02-15T22:33:57Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > In a dream sequence on _The Sopranos_ Tony had a _huge_, presumably exaggerated erection. (no disparagement to James Gandolfinis/ Tony Soprano’s manhood but this was a long dong silver woody) Can’t remember the episode though. That would be in one of the earlier seasons when he had food poisoning that was giving him some seriously deranged dreams. He dreamt he was in his therapists ofice with an _enormous_ erection stretching his pants out. He also dreamt that he was talking to a dead fish. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/48 "2004-02-15T22:57:42Z")
> [@Little Plastic Ninja](#): > > [hijack] > Are women “supposed” to shave their pubic hair? Is it considered a mark of someone who, er, often has people seeing their pubic area to do so? I never thought it was something like shaving your underarms or legs…and I haven’t gone up to my female friends, looked them dead in the eye, and said “Pardon me, but do you shave your crotch?” > > [/hijack] My friend, you just _must_ pop by and read the “Queer Eye for the Straight Crotch” thread. 'Tis not merely women who style their pubes. ---
**Author:** ![Freiheit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@Freiheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freiheit)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/49 "2004-02-16T01:14:49Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > Now, that’s a scary sentence. Enlighten us, are you male or female? > 🙂 Male. Scary? ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/50 "2004-02-16T01:35:46Z")
> [@Freiheit](#): > > Male. > > Scary? Well, ya gotta look at your own my friend or you’ll be peeing on your shoes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/51 "2004-02-16T20:05:20Z")
Maybe he _likes_ peeing on his shoes. 😉 Different strokes for different folks and all, y’know. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacinewas\_taken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Thylacinewas\_taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacinewas_taken)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/52 "2004-02-16T23:10:13Z")
> [@Little Plastic Ninja](#): > > [hijack] > > Here’s a question I’ve always wanted the answer to: > > Are women “supposed” to shave their pubic hair? Is it considered a mark of someone who, er, often has people seeing their pubic area to do so? I never thought it was something like shaving your underarms or legs…and I haven’t gone up to my female friends, looked them dead in the eye, and said “Pardon me, but do you shave your crotch?” > > [/hijack] I really don’t think it is. It’s not an area that’s seen as often as legs and armpits. I think shaving it is creepy because I’ve heard that a man that likes a shaved vaginal area is interested in its… “youthfulness”. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/53 "2004-02-16T23:25:39Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > A recent episode of HBO’s “Real Sex” showed clips from a Japanese game show where men had to produce the most semen in 48 hours. There were plenty of erections, which were blurred, but not that much. (Some of those Japanese men were surprisingly well-hung!) I flipped over to HBO recently and was taken aback by an close-up of a (unerect) penis. They were doing a feature on “Puppetry of the Penis” (a humor type show where a couple of guys get on stage starkers and twist and pull their appendages into all sorts of humorous shapes such as a sailboat of the Loch Ness monster). Lots and lots of penis shots. But, the guys did say you had to absolutely not erect to pull off the penis manipulation and non of the penii were… ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/54 "2004-02-17T00:07:34Z")
Coincidentaly, right now on [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) there is an article on [challenging the male full frontal](http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/16/film.full.frontal.ap/index.html) taboo. The article discusses some of the issues surrounding why the pickle shot is uncommon in a non-porn context. Kinda cool article actually. Slightly off topic, but definitley related. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/55 "2004-02-17T00:33:57Z")
From the [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) article: > [@](#): > > Pop-culture observers maintain that’s because a de facto sexism still exists in Hollywood, where women can parade around in the altogether but men can’t. I gotta disagree with this. It’s because the target market for most mainstream films is male and the PTB don’t think males want to deal with the sight of another guy’s johnson on-screen. I think it’s homophobia, not sexism. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/56 "2004-02-17T00:39:48Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > From the [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) article: I gotta disagree with this. It’s because the target market for most mainstream films is male and the PTB don’t think males want to deal with the sight of another guy’s johnson on-screen. I think it’s homophobia, not sexism. You know, I would agree with this to some extent. I don’t think women react to nudity the same way guys do (I’m sure this point has been debated many times on the SDMB). So even if the target market is women, having a naked guy won’t necessarily do much for them. (gay guys, on the other hand, would probably appreciate it but they’re a minority and not usually specifically targeted) The film and television industry is ruled by the dollar and if it would make money, I’m sure we’d see an awful lot more male nudity on screen… ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/57 "2004-02-17T03:09:31Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > Well, ya gotta look at your own my friend or you’ll be peeing on your shoes. > 😃 Since when can you pee out of an _erect_ penis? ---
**Author:** ![wakimika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@wakimika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wakimika)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/58 "2004-02-17T04:01:19Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > From the [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) article: I gotta disagree with this. It’s because the target market for most mainstream films is male and the PTB don’t think males want to deal with the sight of another guy’s johnson on-screen. I think it’s homophobia, not sexism. It wouldn’t freak me out, but I can see it bothering other guys. It’s just a dick, for chrissakes. I think that cnn article overlooked something. When you see a woman naked in mainstream Hollywood movies, Sharon Stone aside, you only see pubic hair, not genitalia. A penis, flaccid or erect, is genitalia. So I don’t necessarily see a double-standard in that regard. Heh, I just realized if you extended the “pubic hair” only deal to men, actors could only do scenes like the one in _Silence of the Lambs_. ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/59 "2004-02-17T21:29:05Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Since when can you pee out of an _erect_ penis? Ah, it’s just semantics. Hows about you pee all over your bathroom mirror, and it cascades down onto your shoes. Better? A male is quite capable of peeing with an erection. If it’s before an orgasm, acrobatics is factored in. If it’s after the orgasm, there will be a slight delay while one switch closes and another switch opens. I’m sure a urologist could explain it better. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144/60 "2004-02-20T01:18:49Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > Ah, it’s just semantics. > Hows about you pee all over your bathroom mirror, and it cascades down onto your shoes. Better? > A male is quite capable of peeing with an erection. If it’s before an orgasm, acrobatics is factored in. If it’s after the orgasm, there will be a slight delay while one switch closes and another switch opens. I’m sure a urologist could explain it better. I didn’t know that. The one time I tried, only a few drops came out and I got a heck of an ache down there, as if I were making my equipment do something it wasn’t designed for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-erections-on-tv/221144.md?page=4)