Are women turned on by naked men?

I'm wondering because I think they totally are (exact same way men are by naked women) but have to hide and lie about it because of social taboo. I also think that a female who has a negative reaction seeing a penis is very sexually immature- This doesn't mean she has to be turned on seeing one, but at the very least should feel neutral about seeing one. And of course, women being turned on by a certain male body has evolutionary reasons that go back to the dawn of time. I've never bought into the idea that women are less visual or that the ideal male body is aesthetically inferior to the ideal female body. What do you guys think?
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  • Increased muscularity and strong jaws isn't necessarily just a nice physical attribute that makes you sexy. Muscles are meant to make you stronger and more fit to hunt and lift heavy things, and although some women do find muscles attractive, a lot of other women don't put as much emphasis on them. So it's not like muscles were solely created for women to gaze at.

    Anyway, no, I'm not turned on by naked men. I'm being 100% honest here, since I don't think it's something I have to hide on here (considering that I'm anonymous). Even in real life I wouldn't be ashamed of saying it, I suppose. But, here's the deal. A man becomes 497548 times sexier if he's my boyfriend. Why? Because I'm emotionally attached to him at that point, and I've learned everything about his body that there is to learn. That's sexy to me. I WANT to have sex with him. I don't WANT to have sex with strangers, even if they're hot. They don't turn me on nearly as much as my boyfriend does. In fact, they don't turn me on at all. I have to KNOW a person to be able to be turned on by them, you know. But then again, that's just me, so I'm not speaking for every woman here.

    Also, I think you're generalizing quite heavily on the seeing a penis thing. So if some random ass guy sends me a fugly picture of his penis, am I just supposed to go "oh ok"...? Um no. I don't want to see his penis, and if I don't want to see it, I'll pretty much become irritated. Otherwise, maybe you're theory about that is somewhat accurate.

    Personally I have never only been attracted to only one body type. I've been attracted to skinnier guys, heavier guys, tall guys, and guys who were barely even taller than me (if not the same height), as well as muscular guys and guys with barely any muscles at all.

    I don't think the "ideal" male body is aesthetically inferior to the "ideal" female body. I just think that men hype up body image A LOT more than woman. And because they keep hyping it up, it makes it seem like men are less sexy when women, when in fact, that really isn't true.

    • your theory*

    • A LOT more than women*, it makes it seem like men are less sexy than women* so many spelling errors... I should have proofread this before posting... haha

    • I'm talking about what women had to be attracted to in order to survive the dawn of time. Emotional attachment didn't help that cause. This is why I think females are culturally brainwashed to think the way you do instead of it being natural and that's what irritates me. Maybe some penises are also ugly like that, but it's immature to think arousing looking ones don't even exist. I doubt women ACTUALLY care less about body image than men.

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  • a recent study published in the journal Brain Research is offering the first preliminary but important evidence to dispel the age old myth that visual imagery is more important to men than it is to women. And it's worth considering without hyperbole.

    The study, carried out by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis measured brainwave activity of 264 women as they viewed a series of 55 color slides that contained various scenes from water skiers to snarling dogs to partially-clad couples in sensual poses. The researchers were interested in the speed, strength, and location of brainwave activity of the subjects as they viewed erotic versus non-erotic images.

    As they hypothesized, the brainwave activity of participants was markedly different when viewing erotic images versus non-erotic images. But a finding they didn’t expect was that female participant’s response was similar to men. In a prepared statement, lead author Andrey P. Anokhin explained:

    "Usually men subjectively rate erotic material much higher than women," he says. "So based on those data we would expect lower responses in women, but that was not the case. Women have responses as strong as those seen in men."

  • No brainer for this girl...yes. Just reading this question turned me on, got me me thinking of men in general, and visualizing da penis. TY ;)

    • No problem :P

    • :P ty

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  • no no no...WOMEN ARE NOT TURNED ON BY NAKED MEN...male bodies are ugly..if nature wanted women to be attracted by male bodies nature would have made male bodies better looking...big muscles on men look like huge plastic boobs on women...and its not even healthy...worshipping male bodies and male genitals is a gay thing to do...have you seen a male body..? compare it to a female body...compare a dick to a pussy...if you think a dick looks good your a gay guy in denial...your projecting gay male sexuality onto women...women need touches caresses and kisses all over their bodies...not the sight of a penis...this projection is ruining female sexuality...women hear from everyone that they are SUPPOSED to get turned on by the sight of a penis...since its not true they start to doubt their sexual orientation or their sexuality and sex drive...then they meet a guy who has learned about female sexuality from p*rn or the media...he thinks women are aroused when they see a "hot" guy and they can't wait...he doesn't bother with foreplay...the woman doesn't get pleasure from sex and starts to think she's frigid or something...in order to hide it she starts saying she gets turned on by hot guys and when she sees a penis...such tragedies happen because guys like you can't help their love for penises...

    • Male bodies were not designed ugly, it's pathetic you think that way. Natural muscularity, strong jaw, v shaped torso, those are all beautiful and designed to attract women. I couldn't disagree more that the male body was made any uglier than the female body. Straight women are naturally intended to do those things, not gay men which is unnatural. The male body was built to cater to natural female aesthetic preferences. No way in hell is the male body inherently ugly, people who say that should

    • get slapped.

    • "it's pathetic you think that way" - no, its called being straight "Natural muscularity, strong jaw, v shaped torso, those are all beautiful" - do you get turned on when you think of those things..? "designed to attract women" - but in fact they dont "I couldn't disagree more that the male body was made any uglier than the female body" - do you prefer the male body..? "not gay men which is unnatural" - are you homophobic..? that's why you refuse to accept your homosexuality...

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  • This "I don't want to see a naked guy except my boyfriend" stuff. I'm just a little suspicious that it's built into them being so concerned with being labeled a slut or whore or whatever negative way you want to put it. If we could have a culture where women can really think about what they want rather than "don't be easy" ect, I feel like this would likely be different. But yeah we will probably never know. It doesn't really matter though. They are still largely attracted to men. And you can see some women are open with saying they are turned on by naked men. It's possible they weren't affected as much.

    • I actually don't think there's anything wrong with being promiscuous. It's natural and I don't shame those who do. So for me it's not a case of feeling like it's wrong. You can take a guy and put him in ugly clothes and I won't be attracted to him one bit. Put him in clothes I find attractive and spray a good smelling scent on him and I'm like damn

    • What about just seeing a naked guy who has a good body and just looks good physically?

    • And wait woops, didn't realize you are the person from above at first. You are contradicting yourself now.

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  • Funny, I never thought about it exactly like this.

    I've always find men I know with reasonably good bodies extremely attractive in certain moments. Mostly when they are doing something, relaxing, lounging, in some appropriate context. Also when it is partial nudity.

    Funny thing is, when you ask the question the way you have, all I can think is of a stark naked man (except for his socks), he's a little too buff, a little too confident, he has his legs a little too far apart and his hands on his hips and his **** is hard. He's probably looking back and forth between it and me and wondering why I'm not so turned on just looking at him that I haven't stripped down and gotten down to blow him.

    Somehow without context, a familiarity or some sexual tension, and the right mood, Mr. Random-Naked-Man is just not doing it for me.

    • Normal women don't care about that,or at least natural women it seems like.

  • If she's hot, yes.

  • Yes, men are sexy when I hide their clothes ;)

  • Only if they are hot, and have a nice body .

    • What in your opinion is the kind of body you want to see naked specifically? Just curious.

    • I like nicely toned men , muscular men are also good looking , and I also like skinny guys. They have to not be hairy because too much body hair is a turn off but a little bit of chest hair is OK. Tattoos are also hot in my opinion. And they have to like either have a close trim or shave .

    • With close trim or shave, you are referring to pubic hair right?

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  • As long as theyre not extremely fat and extremely hairy yes I am attracted.

    • What's ideal to you?

    • A little meat on a guy is fine, but when he's so big he can't see his feet then that's bad. I don't mind a little hair on a guy, but when he's so hair he looks like an ape then that ain't good either. cause it would sure be nice to do things without having a mouth full of hair or trying to snuggle up and his hair tickles your nose all night.

    • So muscular in a natural looking way? Big and buff with definition bust just not steroids?

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  • No unless it's my man

    • "That's gay and immature, normal natural women don't care if they know the man or not" Are you basically saying you think you're a douche/asshole? You are extremely insecure about this or you would say "Well I guess everyone has their preferences" Read all your comments and tell me they don't scream insecure

    • I'm sick of many people trying to make these preferences in women seem like a general rule, so fuckin sick of it.

    • Sorry you feel that way. You talk about logic and science... isn't it a fact that women and men are completely different? That men are much more visual?

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  • You're not helping your case by calling every woman who responds a stupid, immature liar. Occam's Razor, my friend... The obvious reason they all say the same thing is because they mean it.

    And you're not very bright if you think female attraction stops at the visual level. Theoretically, the strength you keep railing about, insisting that women are secretly attracted, is indicative of their ability to provide shelter and sustenance. Providership is what women are instinctively attracted to, not looks. They're also attracted to power and status... Something that may have been guaranteed by physical strength and aggression thousands of years ago, but which today comes from less physical behavior. If you can exhibit your ability to provide, you're golden, and in 2014, muscles don't really convey an ability to provide anything meaningful. This is why so many women are attracted to humble looking men who work hard at good jobs and bring home good paychecks and live in nice houses. It's a safe, fertile environment for their offspring to live in, and it's not something that muscles guarantee in this day and age. The human psyche understands this, and that's why women care less about looks.

    • It's the looks women were attracted to because more of those resources wouldn't come if he didn't have the strength. Women saying this stuff is not based on natural attraction. You act like our DNA has realized the change in time but it hasn't, only mutations cause that which hasn't happened.

    • You don't think with your DNA. Genetics provides predisposition to certain behavior, but does not dictate behavior. The brain learns and is adaptable. The thing that makes the human brain unique is its capacity for symbolic thought. The strength you're obsessed with is merely representational (symbolic) of what women really want. The brain quickly learns that there are other, better indicators of the ability to provide those resources. A rich man provides better than a strong man.

    • Cave women weren't aware of these better indicators, they didn't know enough yet. More than just a symbol for them. Don't overestimate the human ability to figure things out. Takes time.

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  • not as such. There is not much attraction in a naked man, especially not with a small dick anging down weakly. When he is very well proprotioned and it is standing at attention, he might just be able to attract my attention for longer than a nanosecond. When he is extremely good looking and well endowed, even significantly longer.

    • So a naked man actually does turn you on, just depending on how hot his physical parts look?

    • are you a politician? a naked one? thhe sausage one? sorry can't remember him. not important. But no, you are twisting my words. A naked man is NOT, I repeat NOT a turn on. But one or two exceptions might occur.

    • No, I'm just asking questions which I don't remember ever being wrong. And my point was that it's doable for you to get turned on by a naked man- you are kind of contradicting yourself. I can understand if you think there are exceptions because not enough men workout or tend to their appearance, but if you would explain it any other way I think there's something messed up with you not being turned on by a larger amount of naked men.

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  • they are it's just very few men are hot

  • I am. I can't speak for all women though.

  • Seriously these American women on GAG and in general are so dang Immature ask European women hell even Asian women say that they do get aroused by Naked men. Now I know why MGTOW is on a High rise in America cuz these women are so immature that they literally despise the male body and make it seem as if they are somehow superior to Males

  • I think you are wrong and should realize that your opinions are not the same as everybody elses

    • These aren't opinions, they are theories- more of a factual approach which is why I feel qualified to make the assumptions I am. Either read what I've said to other idiots here or we can start our own argument- I'm not worried about anyone proving me wrong because the opposing viewpoints are just BS in obvious ways not many people seem to get which is pathetic.

    • Um, I'm female and only a very small percentage of men make my nipples hard. Like show me 100 men and there could be one that I really truly want to have physical contact with him.

  • i am especially if they have a nice body..but more if they're hard

    • Sorry, meant to post this on the reply above lol

  • I think it's pretty interesting how a majority of women answer no to this question and yet they go off the deep end in others trying to prove they are just as visually stimulated as men.

    The differences are so starkly obvious, I just don't understand why so many women can't just say so. LOL.

    • There aren't any basic differences, women just deny how visual they are in certain situations to avoid social taboo and so that they themselves don't feel slutty even though their basic sexuality is the same as male sexuality.

    • LOL...OK.

    • What's the matter, don't believe me? Well think through things in terms of evolutionary psychology and hopefully you will catch on.

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  • If a guy is shirtless but is still covered up down below I can easily appreciate his attractiveness--assuming he is in fact attractive. It doesn't necessarily get me aroused or anything though. As for completely nude guys, no thanks, I don't want to see anyone's man parts but my boyfriend's (and even that took a little getting used to).

    • you sound immature. the male body is a wonderful work out art.

    • Okay I can appreciate that it is art. What I don't appreciate is being told I'm wrong if I don't find a particular part of it attractive or a turn on. To be honest I think my aversion to seeing other people's genitals is less because I think they're unattractive, and more because I was raised in a conservative household where such things were meant to be kept private and only seen by a spouse/significant other.

    • That's understandable, but I don't think you should go around saying things like "they are gross" because people won't know what background you are coming from that causes you to say it and people may take offense to it.

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  • No one likes seeing dicks. They're fucked up looking. If you send a girl a picture of your penis and she didn't ask for it, you're basically scum of the earth.

    Wouldn't say I am turned on by some random guys body. I can appreciate looking at it but it doesn't get me all hot and bothered.

    In order for his body to be appreciated he better be in shape, have muscles, be taller than me, and no to a beer gut. Thin guys are also a turn off. I like masculine men.

    Men's problems aren't that their bodies aren't attractive. It's that they don't take care of themselves.

    • Straight women are supposed to be able to do more than just admire. And I think that only gay women and immature women think that way about dicks- being neutral about a random one is the least a straight woman would do. It's so annoying when girls try to claim they care whether or not the body belongs to a stranger- I just intuitively feel like its total BS.

    • It's really not though. I have a fuck ton of sex. I love sex. I'm not immature, and I can assure you I'm straight. I love what the penis can do for me. But if anyone says it's aesthetically pleasing, they're a liar. It's true that we care whether or not the body belongs to a stranger. We are genetically wired to crave sex only with a partner or someone we're emotionally attracted to; the opposite of men.

    • Men benefit the most from fucking everything that moves to spread their DNA and reproduce; women benefit from finding a partner to raise a kid with and who will stick around and help/protect her raise her young. It's genetics, evolution, and hormones. It only makes sense, really.

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  • If he's in good shape he's hot. If he's not, he's...well, not. That and male genitalia isn't actually all that attractive. It's the parts that are attached to the genitalia we find attractive :p

    • What do you mean by the parts? And I think a straight mature woman is at least neutral about male genital appearance.

    • The abs and legs are more attractive than the penis. And I am a straight mature woman and I'm sorry to tell you but penises are just not that attractive. They look like baby aliens. It's the man attached to the penis we find sexually attractive, not really the penis itself.

    • I can't help it if you have insecurities about your groin area. I'm just telling you that penises are not attractive. Sorry if that rains on your parade.

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  • Most don't like the male body unless your the top 1% in looks. Us guys evolved to be ugly

    • Women evolved to not care about looks so that's why they only paid attention to a guys resources

    • How did women evolve that way when muscles had to turn them on so they could mate with men who protected them?

    • Guys just evolved to be able to physically do stuff and gift off other guys. Then women choose the guy who has the most resources which today is money

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  • I can't speak for all women but I can speak for myself and no I am not turned on by a naked men I really don't find their bodies attractive at all

    • It's just not for me Darling

    • What's not to like? Weren't make bodies designed for the female gaze?

    • I'm asking for specifics though. I'm sorry if I'm a pain in the ass but I'm THAT kinda guy who questions a girl's sexuality when she says stuff like that.

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