Manly gay men
“We think we perceive masculinity,” says production director Selin Davasse, “because a pale man is the norm, we don’t feel the necessitate to talk about it. So when we ask, ‘How would you explain masculinity?’, there are so many contradicting answers.”
Davasse and her co-director, Emre Busse, are looking for the answers in their new compact documentary Hyper Masculinity On The Dancefloor. The series features talking head-style interviews with a collective of mostly male lover men, all of whom embody an ultra-manly aesthetic. The interviews are interspersed with sweaty, red-lit dance scenes, where participants are shown pumping their engorged biceps along to pounding techno, courtesy of local DJ Furfriend.
Busse and Davasse are both regulars on the homosexual party scene in Berlin (Busse runs the queer club night Pornceptual with photographer Chris Phillips), making weekly pilgrimages into the clique of macho homosexual men in their regular corner of techno megaclub, Berghain. Topless on the dancefloor with these sweaty, barely clothed Greek gods, Davasse became interested in how their hardbody aesthetic spilled over into beliefs and behavior.
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Reflections on Gay Masculinity
By Justin Natoli, JD, MFT
If market price is a function of supply and demand, then my advice is to start investing in masculinity. That stuff is flying off the shelves. For a variety of reasons—innate and learned—masculinity is like catnip to a significant percentage of homosexual men, and it appears to be in short supply. The appeal of masculinity isn’t breaking news. A immediate glance on Scruff reveals one masc/musc man after another seeking masc-only sexual connections. What sparks my curiosity is the role masculinity plays in our sex lives and what our longing for and fetishizing of masculinity says about the lgbtq+ experience.
I sat down with some ‘masc-only’ gay men recently to understand surpass what they sense like when connecting with men they judge to be masculine. These conversations suggested three clear but overlapping roles masculinity plays in sexual relationships with men. One team is drawn to masculine men because they feel protected. Another group says they enjoy feeling dominated by masculine energy. A third group reveals that connecting with masculine men validates their own masculinity and helps them sense more masculine. Period and tim
Manly Gay
You realize who the manliest of all manly men love? Other manly men, of course!
— Bennett the Sage on the Ho Yay of Virus Buster Serge
Sitting on the opposite end of the spectrum from Camp Queer , Manly Gay is when a homosexual man is shown not only in lacking Camp or feminine traits, but kept going in the opposite direction and into the realm of pure,
How To Look More Masculine: A Step-by-Step Guide for Gay Men
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Masculinity is Sexy!
What is masculinity? It’s not just about muscles and masculinity. It’s the magnetism that commands respect and authority. For gay men, the desire to watch more masculine goes beyond aesthetics – it’s about being taken seriously in a world that sometimes overlooks their strength.
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Why Do Gay Men Need to Look More Masculine?
Though the gay community is one of the most accepting communities out there, there’s still a prevalent desire for masculine ideals for gay men. Realistically, traditional masculinity affects a gay man’s self-perception and relationships.
Since masculinity and femininity are social constructs, how these co