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In fairness to the men who took parting the project, I believe they did so as a quick dare. Its daylight and you can hear traffic etc. in the background. They were possibly coerced into this as a dare which would explain their anxiety which makes uncomfortable viewing. I think its interesting that a female has made this piece of work. Its very revealing about sexual politics and is also revealing about the men who took part and their insecurities. It is difficult viewing because of the men’s ackwardness, Here you have big hunky guys striping towards shyness, and we’re not comfortable with someone exposing themselves becoming vulnerable and uncomfortable with it. Its done in a sort of mean voyeuristic way. It is about the desire of the gaze towards genitals. These huge guys, these muscular built alpha males revealing their insignificant tackle. You can’t help but be let down, which is so unfair of us. These guys are very much about their bodies – they hire themselves out as security guards as protectors. They are very much about the power that their bodies exude, and we respect and admire them on this level. But to have their masculinity undermined by their visible insecurity is hard for us to take. And then again when several of the men wouldn’t expose themselves, you felt that they were even greater wimps, so all in all it’s a no win situation for these guys. Now that I’m away from the show, I think it was tackling a big uncharted subject and is probably doing work asking questions that men should be doing within themselves. Identity and body issues are not only the preserve of women.
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