Hi again, everyone. I recently posted a few pics of myself in the “Pictures of Men” section of the forums, and it’s been an interesting experience. I was a little surprised by the low number of page views on many threads in that section: many had a few tens of page views, and I suspect some of the views were from gay/bi men or straight men curious to see how they compare. Anyway, I peeked in the “Pictures of Women” section and found that the thread views there averaged in the thousands! Even by a conservative estimate, the ratio of “men looking at women” to “women looking at men” on Pixie’s is greater than 100:1. It’s really surprising to me because the male:female ratio on Pixie’s appears to be about 50:50. OK, we can assume that the 50:50 ratio is for posters only, and a lot of men register at Pixie’s just to look at pics and never post. Still, these observations suggest that most women on Pixie’s hardly ever go into the “Pictures of Men” section. Why is that? I’ve heard explanations ranging from “male bodies are ugly, hairy, and lumpy” to “women don’t respond to visual stimuli as strongly as men,” but I’d love to hear the opinions of the women here.

I check them out.....and I like them

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generally, it's true. although there are exceptions to any truth.

blame the differences between the sexes, i guess, but for me--i am rarely in the mood for pics, and even more rarely for looking at porn. i do look occassionally, though, and always try to comment when i do but i'm more interested in words.

and men's bodies are not ugly. it's their differences from my own body that makes them beautiful.

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The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

I can’t answer for the ladies of Pixies, but I would need more information to come to the same conclusion you have. The gender ratio of members (particularly among lurkers) would be critical. With less than 1% (my unconfirmed estimate) of members posting more than 12 per year, it’s impossible to make a statement. I do know that we are fortunate to have open and free women that share their intimate thoughts with us and give us the pleasure of looking at them too. I agree that guys are ugly but damn happy they don’t think so.

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I don't think the actual male:female ratio on Pixie's is all that important to the point I was trying to make. Even if it's 99:1 male:female, that would still suggest that men are far more likely to want to look at naked women than the other way around. I originally registered at this site solely to look at women, and it's probably the case with the vast majority of other male registrations.

men to look at naked men, too.

to be strictly scientific, more info is needed, but i think assumptions can be made, cause it isn't just here at pixies. bigbad gave me a link to another sight last night and i became so fascinated by what agaethwe is saying that i spent a few hours just looking at all the posts and then driving bigbad nuts talking about it incessantly cause the same was true of that one as well (only even more extremely), and is true of most every other one i've seen. even the tone of the the men's replies was charcteristic of what visual creatures they are, and how they strip sex and sexuality down to its most raw elements. i KNOW it's stereotypical, and that not all people fit their gender's temperament to a t ~ or even fit it at all, but you have to admit, pf, it is a general truth

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Trees give peace to the souls of men * Nora Waln

The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

well, i guess you don't have to, if you don't wanna.

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Trees give peace to the souls of men * Nora Waln

The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

That just seems to be the way it is on this site and others. That is one of the reasons alot of men don't post as much. Men are usually busy looking at all the sexy womens pics.

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I readily agree with this general thought.
I'll normally go along with the apparent until I’m shown or find something to the contrary. I guess as soon as you add numbers, I go into an ‘absolute’ mode, the same as I go into a ‘number’ mode when I’m given an absolute.

For this topic, I believe there are a lot of cultural factors and blurry gender differences coming together during a time of rapid change. I think it fair to say males openly ogling females:lust: is and has long been more socially acceptable than visa-versa. I think information about the physiological reaction of each to viewing the other would be interesting.

I don’t know how much is genetically motivated or related to the male mammal being the pursuer and the female being the pursued. I’ll further muddy the water by saying that “I believe” there is a lot higher ratio of woman looking at woman sexually than men looking at men.

Whatever the reason, I don’t care. I’m just grateful as hell that our ladies share their appealing beauty with us.

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Sicence claims men are more visual when it comes to stimulation which might support the women having the higher post claims in the picture forums. Personaly I have to be in the mood for the pics, the stories seem to do it more for me because I have to THINK. Although the men's pictures I have checked out are really yummy.

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I look at the men's pics on a daily basis and I really, really, really appreciate all their hard work

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it may be hard TT,but it is'nt work

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ROFL @ TT, the martyr

I don't look at the pics every day but appreciate them & try to make comments to them. I feel bad for the guys because their viewings are so low compared to ours.

I'll admit, I look and am very bad about leaving comments... I like to think it's the voyueristic side of me... but alas I know it doesn't do much for encouragement.

If I looked, I might become aware of pics that are no longer permissible as per the site guidelines. So I don't look.

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