Editing Sexual objectification (section)

===General===
"Male sexual objectification" involves a man being in public in a sexual context.

Instances where men may be viewed as sexualized can be in advertisements, [[sexuality in music videos|music videos]], films, television shows, [[beefcake]] calendars, [[women's magazine]]s, male [[striptease|strip shows]], and clothed female/nude male (CFNM) events.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sensations4women.com/sportsIni/index.html |title=Sports, gym classes, team initiations and events |work=Sensations4women.com |date=26 January 1998 |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-date=30 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430135846/http://www.sensations4women.com/sportsIni/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Women also purchase and consume [[pornography]].<ref>''Citations'':
* {{cite book |last=McElroy |first=Wendy |author-link=Wendy McElroy |title=XXX: a woman's right to pornography |page=[https://archive.org/details/xxxwomansrightto00mcel/page/36 36] |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-312-13626-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/xxxwomansrightto00mcel/page/36 }}
* {{cite news |url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/79434-A_Playgirl_for_Adult_TV.php |title=A 'Playgirl" for adult TV |work=[[Multichannel News]] |publisher=[[NewBay Media]] |access-date=1 August 2012 }}
* {{cite news |last=Taormino |first=Tristan |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-05-13/coulumns/girls-love-gay-male-porn |title=Girls love gay male porn |work=[[The Village Voice]] |publisher=Josh Fromson |date=13 May 2008 |access-date=16 August 2012 |archive-date=3 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603172927/http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-05-13/coulumns/girls-love-gay-male-porn/ |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite news |last=Scott |first=Lisa |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/356386-women-who-like-to-watch-gay-porn |title=Women who like to watch gay porn |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |publisher=[[DMG Media]] |date=15 October 2008 |access-date=17 August 2012 }}
* {{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Chris |title=Women's porn tastes: You'll never guess what ladies prefer |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/womens-porn-tastes-youll-never-5686920 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] |date=12 May 2015 }}</ref>

In her 1992 book, ''Sexual Reality: A Virtual Sex World Reader'', [[feminist]] [[Susie Bright]] dedicated a chapter to a [[Salon (gathering)|salon]] gathering she co-hosted with fellow feminists [[Laura Miller (writer)|Laura Miller]], [[Amy Wallace]], and Lisa Palac at Wallace's [[Berkeley Hills]] mansion, attended by 16 women writers and served by fully nude men they called "slaveboys". The hosts had advertised for "slaveboys" in the ''[[San Francisco Weekly]]'', stating, "[[Genteel]] and [[Bohemian style|Bohemian]] gathering of women writers requires comely slaveboys to serve at our [[tea party]]. You will serve nude and will not speak unless spoken to. [...]". The ad received about 100 responses, from which six were selected after "nude auditions". The "slaveboys" served tea and meals, provided foot massages, polished nails, brushed hair, tended the fire, and posed for photographs with the guests. Bright also addresses criticism from unattended friends who called the setup "reverse [[sexism]]", to which she responded unapologetically, adding a note of regret for not having sex with them.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bright |first1=Susie |author1-link=Susie Bright |title=Susie Bright's Sexual Reality: A Virtual Sex World Reader |date=1992 |publisher=[[Cleis Press]] |isbn=978-0-939416-58-5 |pages=45–54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VSUEAQAAIAAJ |access-date=11 November 2024}}</ref>

Within gay male communities, men are often objectified.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Teunis |first=Niels |title=Sexual objectification and the construction of whiteness in the gay male community |journal=[[Culture, Health & Sexuality]] |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=263–275 |jstor=20460929 |doi=10.1080/13691050601035597 |pmid=17457730 |date=May 2007 |s2cid=8287617 }}</ref> In 2007 a study found discussing negative effects of objectification was met with considerable resistance in the community. The sexual objectification of [[person of color|men of color]] may force them to play specific roles in sexual encounters that are not necessarily of their own choosing.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1080/13691050601035597| pmid=17457730|title = Sexual objectification and the construction of whiteness in the gay male community| journal=Culture, Health & Sexuality| volume=9| issue=3| pages=263–275|year = 2007|last1 = Teunis|first1 = Niels| s2cid=8287617}}</ref>

Research suggests that the psychological effects of objectification on men are similar to those of women, leading to negative [[body image]] among men.<ref>{{cite news |last=Neimark |first=Jill |url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200910/the-beefcaking-america |title=The beefcaking of America |work=[[Psychology Today]] |publisher=Sussex Publishers |date=1 November 1994 |access-date=1 August 2012}}</ref>