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Joe Manganiello Covers Out Magazine; is More Than Lust Object

I’ve been thinking a lot about this, since I first discussed double standards over the buzz on Magic Mike. I find myself getting more and more bothered with the way gossip websites and women’s magazines treat certain male celebrities; namely, the more handsome, muscular men who grace our movies and T.V. screens. “Seriously, Kathleen? You’re worried about them? Why? They’re handsome, fit, date/marry women who look like Barbie and get paid to undress on screen without anything negative being said about it.” Okay, this may be true, but my concern is that these men are being sexualized the same way women are, and it’s really not okay. I’ve said it before — just because men do it to us doesn’t mean we should do it to them. There’s more to these men than just their physiques, although all the gossip websites try to convince us otherwise. The most recent example of this is the buzz surrounding Joe Manganiello’s interview for the March 2012 issue of Out magazine. [Read More]

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