Well, I just saw the thread of our "definition" of beauty. In the thread, the discussion was mostly about female beauty. This really got me thinking. Why is it, that as a society, we have pretty much completely ignored the beauty of the male body, while only focusing on the female body?
If you look back at ancient civilizations such as Ancient Greece, male beauty appreciation was very much prominent in their culture. Nowadays, if a guy were to call another guy beautiful, he would automatically be labeled as gay. That's not necessarily true for women: many women recognize how beautiful their girl friends can be. It's just rather interesting to me that heterosexual males in today's society are shunned for looking at their fellow mates as gorgeous (not sexually of course, but just physically). Even though I'm gay, it's easy for me, and many of my other gay friends, to tell when a girl is hot or not. But is that the case for heterosexual guys? They surely don't openly speak about it.
Even art nowadays is more focused on the female body. Again, you don't have to be gay to realize how gorgeous a man is. It has nothing to do with sexuality. It's just sad to me that we've seem to forgotten the fact that the male body is just as beautiful as the female counterpart simply because men are afraid of being called queer. I personally think it has something to do with most men's insecurities about their own sexuality. However, that's just a theory of mine. I could be wrong. What are your guys' thoughts on the subject?