# Something for the ladies... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-the-ladies/671745 "2013-10-20T19:18:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-the-ladies/671745/1 "2013-10-20T19:18:13Z")
An article about a funny calendar. A motorcycle dealership was making a calendar to promote the business. It went the traditional route of hiring a good looking female model to pose alongside a bunch of motorcycles in some tight outfits. Then it decided to have its male employees duplicate all the poses wearing the same outfits. You can see the results [here](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/if-men-posed-like-motorcycle-babes_n_4101152.html?ncid=webmail1#slide=3011028). ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-the-ladies/671745/2 "2013-10-20T20:23:38Z")
nice bikes! ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-the-ladies/671745/3 "2013-10-20T23:21:02Z")
I like number 4 the best! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-the-ladies/671745/4 "2013-10-21T01:49:46Z")
Number 4 is totally selling it. Some of those poses thoughā€¦ I mean, is ā€œperched precariously on a motorbikeā€ a thing? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-the-ladies/671745/5 "2013-10-21T04:43:05Z")
Sort of the same idea - a take on sexy comic books held up for scrutiny by putting a male superhero in female poses - [The Hawkeye Initiative.](http://thehawkeyeinitiative.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-the-ladies/671745/6 "2013-10-21T05:27:17Z")
The guys need to lose the high heels. Otherwise, Iā€™m in. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-the-ladies/671745/7 "2013-10-21T05:43:39Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > The guys need to lose the high heels. Otherwise, Iā€™m in. Agreed. One, four, and nine could be pretty good if they ditched the shoes. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-the-ladies/671745/8 "2013-10-22T04:17:33Z")
4 and 8-10 are the only ones who come even close to the original pose - guys donā€™t bend the same ways in certain aspects (elbows, for instance) but these guys donā€™t have the feel for feminine poses - the outstretched arm, the failure to arch the back (which girls learn with their first training bras) just destroy the effect If this was Italy, then we must be stunned that the macho Italian mindset has had its conscientiousness raised a bitā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-for-the-ladies/671745/9 "2013-10-22T05:17:41Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > If this was Italy, then we must be stunned that the macho Italian mindset has had its conscientiousness raised a bitā€¦ But as it turns out, this was Oregon.