The Olympics or Soft Porn?
The Olympics or Soft Porn? Female, Gay Fans Gawking at Male Athletes
by Tricia Romano Aug 3, 2012 4:45 AM EDT
From Ryan Lochte to Tom Daley, the Web is awash with lascivious pictures of the men of the London Games. Did ‘Magic Mike’ set the stage for the worldwide gawkfest?
They don’t call it the XXX Olympics for nothing.
They are everywhere on television: dripping wet, heavy-breathing, half-naked men. No, this isn’t a gay-porn channel—it’s just the men’s swimming competition during the Summer Olympics.
Ripped, tanned men seemingly carved out of marble are making women and gay men happy—very happy—during these Olympics, spurring Internet memes and social-media buzz. It’s like the Channing Tatum male-stripper movie Magic Mike got a sequel—a very (thankfully) long sequel—one that’s also preciously short on plot but long on beefcake.
While women have long provided daydream fodder for men and lesbians—say hello to the field hockey team when not checking out the scantily clad ladies taking part in the beach volleyball competition—London’s Games seem to be drumming up a particularly focused interest in celebrating the fine male physique.
American gold-medal swimmers Ryan Lochte and Nathan Adrian might have gained notoriety for winning races, but they became instant sex symbols the second they stepped out of the pool. In the days since their London debut, you can read all about Ryan Lochte’s penchant for one-night stands, and there are entire articles parsing the hot-but-dumb problem posed by Lochte, and conversely how smart and sweet Adrian is and whether or not he has a girlfriend. (He’s single! Ready, set, go!).
Part of the reason for this seemingly newfound fascination with the hotness quotient of Olympic athletes is the explosion of social media. In 2008 during the Beijing games, Twitter only had 6 million users, Facebook had 100 million; today, there are nearly 500 million users (170 million considered active) and nearly 1 billion, respectively. Then, the iPhone had only been around for one year.
In 2008, Grindr, a gay-hookup site, did not yet exist. Buzzfeed, a website seemingly designed specially to capture memes and post gratuitous pictures, had not yet hit its stride. Add social media to a collection of pictures of finely honed muscles and you have a drool-worthy match in made in heaven.
“I think ladies have always appreciated the male athletic form, but because of social media the buzz has reached a fever pitch. You’ve got exponentially more people using Twitter and Facebook than in 2008,” said Jezebel Editor in Chief Jessica Coen
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exactly angelina.... and its nice to know that the men are growing larger bodies and bigger boobs too to go with their bodies
Oh dear....in fact I meant lol
They are athletes and not flaunting their bodies at all......infant the women's bodies look very much like the men's so its actually quite monotonous.....
.. and its not over yet. Was just wondering why some countries have been making a fuss about covering up while out there in London most all are carrying on with almost nothing on or the bare minimum
The Cuban discus thrower who yelled at the top of her voice after each throw, reminded me of britexpat. But I feel the Croatian lady was quite a women!
Beach volleyball is a wonderful spectator sport. I'm also become a great follower of the Swedish field hockey team.
But Paraguayan javelin throwing is the best.
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Photos+sexiest+women+London+2012+Olympics/6814079/story.html
But doesn't watching those six packs and muscles turn up the heat inside the house also ?
Britexpat I am up till the middle of the night watching the Olympics as there is nothing much to do and outside its too hot..:)
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YUK! Miss mimi should warn us next time you post somethin like that!
ogling is related to QL.. It everywhere in Qatar..:)
Dear Mods, please delete this post. It is irrelevant for QL. Let's see, how biased you are.
I loved the way she spun and released the discuss, but shotputters rock!
britexpat there was a Cuban Discuss thrower participating yesterday, did you have your eye on her or do you have eyes only for their Shot-put team?
Britexpat Its ok to ogle at half naked men and women in the Olympic games but its forbidden in malls in Qatar?..Hippocrates ..:)
at least we are now agreed on one thing. That it is acceptable for both men and women ogle at each other and regard them as objects of desire.
Yes Khanna and what about the Womens Beach Volley Balls..Aaahhh
I'm human like everyone else.
So, you are inspired by abs, MM? I am quite disappointed now.
Obviously they didn't have Michael Phelps abs to inspire them LP.
the Croatian Volleyball team :(
seems team of beauty queens..
MM, they went extinct, didn't they?
I'm a Neanderthal then. :p
Mindset and evolution, a next bold step towards freedom on net.
My culture taught me to appreciate beauty as a trait of the human race. But appreciation doesn't mean that my hormons go wild.
It all depends on your mindset.
I have no problems with people appreciating the male athletic form. we are afterall Adonises :O)
I'll admit to having a dirty mind then. There's nothing like Tom Daley's or Michael Phelps washboard abs! Yummy :D
And, on a serious note, I knew the girlfriend of a very famous decathlon athlet, a gorgeous guy. But she said, he's so busy with himself, that she didn't feel like a woman at all!
It's the spectators' dirty minds that turn things that way. Obviously the way athlets dress is the most efficient to pursue their sports and regulated by the rules of sports. If the "perfect" body is associated with sex, it happens only in the minds of the people!
Where there is the will, there is the way
Where there is THE OLYMPICS, there is THE SOFT PORN