The Bikini: Gentlemen, get out your tools.

[_Blixa]

All I got from this thread is that when BC sees a bikini he takes out his tool.

[_Runtu]

All I got from this thread is that when BC sees a bikini he takes out his tool.

It figures that you too would deny the existence of sexual attraction.

[_Rambo]

All I got from this thread is that when BC sees a bikini he takes out his tool.

haha that was funny!

It was interesting that BC bowed out after Runtu's cupcake analogy. I'm thinking he realized he was wrong at that point.

[_DarkHelmet]

Yup.

BC started talking about this at 12:51 and at 2:35 mormondiscussions had it's most visitors ever. Too funny.

Mind you it is an interesting topic.

For purely scientific reasons, of course!

Here is some research. Here is a photo of a beautiful woman in a one-piece and one in a bikini. I think we need to research how each beachwear item causes a different reaction in the male mind. Personally, I don't see the difference.

I just got back from masturbating. Who should I blame for committing the evil sin of masturbation, the models for wearing swimsuits, or Just Me for posting the pictures?

[_Tarski]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtzIcz7MOkc&sns=Facebook

I generally agree. Ladies, yes we can and do control our thoughts and actions, but why make it more difficult for us and why send the wrong signals about yourselves?

The study referred to sounds ideologically driven to me. It seems to support every cliché possible about how men think about sex. I call misandristic BS.

If I see a woman scantily clad I don't think of her as an object. Mere objects are not sexy!!!
I may more likely infer provocative things about her psychology (like that she is playful, feels sexy and is not prudish). In other words, I fantasize about her mind as much as anything.

[_LDSToronto]

All I got from this thread is that when BC sees a bikini he takes out his tool.

Thanks for the image, Blixa... I might have to evoke the name of a certain podcaster...

H.

[_ludwigm]

WHAT?

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"Re: The Bikini: Gentlemen, get out your tools."

Gentleman is one word from old world. It is no more valid.

[_asbestosman]

The study referred to sounds ideologically driven to me. It seems to support every cliché possible about how men think about sex. I call misandristic BS.

Actually, it sounds somewhat plausible to me based on the Science of Lust series of videos that were discussed here a couple months ago. It seems likely to me that male brains do tend to turn off in the presence of a sexually attractive person. Lust makes men do stupid things--men like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Clinton, and many more. This makes evolutionary sense for men.

That doesn't mean they view the woman as a mere object--it just means the judgment center is greatly diminished. But then if judgment is down, how is one really evaluating the sexy person? Most likely at a simplistic, unrealistic or at best emotional level. That doesn't make it bad as such. I just think it's inferior to using more of the rational part to have a better understanding.

In any case, even when lust does appear, most men still have enough control over themselves not to break too many social taboos--at least in the open. You might not live a very long, prosperous life if you're hitting on someone else's object of affection in front of his face.

If I see a woman scantily clad I don't think of her as an object. Mere objects are not sexy!!!

True. That's why most of us aren't into inflatables--or imbeciles (at least when we don't have our beer goggles on). However, many people can be turned on by erotic drawings or erotic literature--all without the use of actual people as the target of lust.

I'm not really sure about the dehumanizing aspect of it. It does seem a bit off in some regards. For one thing, an infinitely more satisfying and powerful emotion is when the target of your lust actually likes you too. Lust, infatuation, and love are all related and none are in and of themselves bad. These emotions can actually get us to take a greater interest in the target as a person instead of another tree in a forest. On the other hand, lusting over pornography doesn't seem to have much of an interest in the participants as people. Perhaps, though, the same is true of other entertainers--or maybe not as some are very interested in the life of the Stars.

[_asbestosman]

That is laughable. I'm pretty sure people can think about sex even when the other person is fully dressed.

Shhh.

[_asbestosman]

I once had a young men's leader tell me that the navel was suggestive of the vagina, which is why girls shouldn't wear bikinis.

Heaven forbid her navel is an "outtie."