Quite apart from the physical beauty of a grown man’s body, “manliness” is the essence of who we are. Physical, competent, competitive, earthy, practical, protective. Our bodies are built to be commanding of respect. Broad and hairy, bulky and scary. But there’s a deeply protective and sensitive side also. This mix of brains and brawn, of social and sensual is what holds together families and teams, clubs and nations. Civil society happens where men appreciate themselves and are comfortable being men. That quiet confidence extends to appreciating others and thereby living and let living – cooperating. Seb posted something recently where studies showed men respond to another man’s scent to bring about calm and cooperation within the troupe. This troupe-bonding team work is why I love men. I love being part of that brotherhood. I belong amongst men. Even in old age, men are looking for another man to team up with. To be buddies. Str8 or not, this is always the truth with men and the older I get the more tolerant all men seem to become to the idea of close male bonding. – BoB
You just said it all bro! A exuberant body doesn’t make a man masculine. It’s nearly the opposite, the most perfect body guys you see around turned out to be camp and that is totally contradictory where as an average body man can be insanely attractive just by his manly expression. I like men, lads, I like women and girls, each of them offers me different experiences and men are way more simple to hook up with. I consider myself masculine, colleagues say so, I live and work in a masculine environment, my job requires manliness, power and bravery not only for my own sake but for the whole group of men I’m part of. A real man thinks and fights for the whole group, men are loyal to other men. Many gay men are essentially feminine, but others decide to dump masculinity, and fight against binary concept, but guess what: they turn their heads when they see a hot straight man. Masculinity made Men fight and conquer new lands, freedom and power, creating a society for their people: among them women, children etc. A man would die for his tribe and be honoured. Spartans are a good example. So when one criticises the patriarchies, he or she must think again and acknowledge that strength and power were necessary in that stage (still are) Men are dominating because they can afford to be. – Oscar
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Kevin, all I can say is: YUM!
For me, this sexy yet whimsical collection of four photos — such a gorgeous penis attached to such a charmingly “what, me worry?” kind of guy — serves as a kind of comment on BoB’s stirring manifesto about the “brotherhood.” Not all of “our bodies are built to be commanding of respect. Broad and hairy, bulky and scary.” Not all of us are “troupe-leaders” and, to be honest, I’m not sure that men, as opposed to women, make the best leaders. Sadly, as the recent savage behaviour of Hamas “brothers” in Israel has shown, “close male bonding” is not, in itself, the key to saving humanity from destroying, first, the planet, and then itself. No “–hood,” of brothers or sisters, or blacks or whites, or of any other conceivable mixture of humans left to their own devices, is going to save the planet. We need a broader concept of community than one based solely on “brotherhood” or “masculinity,” or indeed on anything based solely on what serve only yhis or that human interest best. However the ideal kind of community is defined, what is unquestionably true is that men need to liberate themselves from restrictive heterosexual definitions of what being a “man” entails, as well as from stereotypes of want counts as truly “masculine” and what doesn’t. I know I’m a man, even though I don’t have a lot of body hair or muscles. I love, and love having sex with, other men, and those feelings have been continually reciprocated throughout my long life. That makes me happy. And since I’m happy, I’m a nicer person than I would be if I were sexually frustrated and insecure about my body image. And because I’m not frustrated, I’m more accepting of what makes other men and women different from myself. I don’t need “brothers” for this. I need to know myself, who I am and what I like, I need to be comfortable in my own skin, and I need to have relationships that are as fulfilling for others as they are for myself. What being a “man” is all about is as infinitely varied as are the gorgeous male bodies displayed on the pages of HaPenis.
Well said! I am skinny yet love my body and other men love my body tooAnd comments on my nude photos and complimentary
AJ, that is perfect thank you.
I was thinking as I read that, if all men embraced ‘brotherhood’ without trying to define or categorise it, then my hope is as you say, that this would then have to permeate all aspects of life. It’s not about yourself, it’s not about the other, rather about both and together.
Peace & HaPenis
perfect photo for this comment…. and now having fallen down the rabbit hole of all the pages and pages of outstanding images of men and sensitive and profound descriptions of what it is to be a male. there is not one single photo that i would not be honored to have on the wall of my home. These are ALL exquisite.