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Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Frisky?
I think I've posted this one before, but I just noticed some interesting action at left front.
If other readers are old like me (dob 1956) they may have found that there was a discomfort being naked around other naked guys ( presumably straight) of a same age in high school or college. I experienced shame in school, and avoided the situation in college. This was due to a societal homophobia. However, as I got older what was wonderful was the horse play I experienced with younger straight males when we were naked together, as in swimming pools, saunas, hamans or even sharing accomodations. There was no sexual inference. I realized how much I missed out on male camaraderie growing up. Hanging out naked with gay friends in sports, beach situations as an adult I enjoyed male camaraderie, but I was never sure how much was quasi sexual or just male camaraderie. I realize now it was probably both. It was my straight make friends who allowed me to enjoy guys being guys together. I enjoy photos like this one because of the familiarity and comfort guys have with each other.
I guess everyone's experience in unique in ways. I'm only a few years older than you, and being nude around other males seemed natural from an early age, with gang showers in sixth grade and skinny dipping even before that. Perhaps it was the rural environment where I grew up. Male nudity was just routine in certain circumstances with no sexual implications whatsoever, even later when some of us discovered we were gay.
Looks like ol' Fred couldn't control himself any longer.
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And his buddy doesn't seem bothered by it.
DeleteAnd the male standing at the other end of the group looks like he's going to grab his own.
ReplyDeleteRight, and he may have already grabbed it.
DeleteSuch a lack of chest hair. An ethnic group?
DeleteI think they may be Eastern European military conscripts from the 1930s, and that might be your clue.
DeleteIf other readers are old like me (dob 1956) they may have found that there was a discomfort being naked around other naked guys ( presumably straight) of a same age in high school or college. I experienced shame in school, and avoided the situation in college. This was due to a societal homophobia. However, as I got older what was wonderful was the horse play I experienced with younger straight males when we were naked together, as in swimming pools, saunas, hamans or even sharing accomodations. There was no sexual inference. I realized how much I missed out on male camaraderie growing up. Hanging out naked with gay friends in sports, beach situations as an adult I enjoyed male camaraderie, but I was never sure how much was quasi sexual or just male camaraderie. I realize now it was probably both. It was my straight make friends who allowed me to enjoy guys being guys together. I enjoy photos like this one because of the familiarity and comfort guys have with each other.
ReplyDeleteI guess everyone's experience in unique in ways. I'm only a few years older than you, and being nude around other males seemed natural from an early age, with gang showers in sixth grade and skinny dipping even before that. Perhaps it was the rural environment where I grew up. Male nudity was just routine in certain circumstances with no sexual implications whatsoever, even later when some of us discovered we were gay.
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