A group of us was watching that old horror flick "Dressed to Kill" the other night. That famous shower scene with Angie Dickinson ( though it was a bady double nude and not Angie ) soaping up and everything. The movie was rated "R". A friend of mine made a comment that had that been a man doing the same thing, then Dressed to Kill would get a full blown "X" so the showing of a nude man, well full frontal anyway is considered taboo.
Now I know there have been many R rated flicks where a penis shown but usually its brief. On the other hand, there are quite a few movies where the woman is shown nude very often and in scenes longer too.
I remember reading in one of those Q & A books film critic Roger Ebert had out years ago where someone asked him more/less why movies tend to show nude women a lot more than a nude man. Even he didn't give a clear answer to that. Wonder why this is?
Over the years I heard that many male movie stars don't have much to show and that many males would be embarrised to see a nude man on the screen. The latter makes no sense to me, how many of these same guys watch porn? The ones I have seen, quite a few naked guys in those.