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There's a ton of them. I've even seen Joe Dimaggio nakes from back then. It was no big deal to men back then. I think this is because the idea of the male body as "sex object" was unknown back then, so it allowed males to be more free with their bodies. You could admire the male body back then and it would be unthinkable that you'd be doing so from a sexual perspective. I mean, even in today's weird age, Sports Illustrated still gets away with publishing nude pictures of Olympians and passes it off as "art."
 
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You got me thinking: In the 1940s, men were expected to ogle, so pics of women as sex object were to be expected. But "ladies" were not supposed to ogle - and gays were stuffed in the closet - so pics of men were not to be considered erotic. That fiction ended after John Schneider and Michael Landon appeared in their jeans...
 
I grew up not knowing anything about men liking men. We swam in the creek nude. Some YMCAs did not use bathing suits. We peed in urinals that were draughs. It was the usual and the common.
I wonder if it were not the rise of men "coming out" and then some of them cruising public facilities that brought about dividers and some of the things that "protect" the innocent. It may have been the awareness of HIV and AIDS.
All I know is today men are much more uptight than they used to be.
 
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MrGoodDate said:
I grew up not knowing anything about men liking men. We swam in the creek nude. Some YMCAs did not use bathing suits. We peed in urinals that were draughs. It was the usual and the common.
I wonder if it were not the rise of men "coming out" and then some of them cruising public facilities that brought about dividers and some of the things that "protect" the innocent. It may have been the awareness of HIV and AIDS.
All I know is today men are much more uptight than they used to be.
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That's what I theorize. Back in the day when gays were unknown because they were totally closeted, men were more comfortable to get naked together -- because, duh, it couldn't be construed as gay.

I'd like to ask how old you are. Because, I don't think it can be pinned down to any particular thing. I think it's a result of the feminist movement, the gay movement, AIDS, everything, that changed it all.

It's both good and bad. That comfort that males used to feel, which allowed them to get naked together like this, was based on the unquestionable superiority of the (white) heterosexual male. When that was brought into question, the freedom of being naked together like this was lost. It's too bad the comfort was lost, but I think the world is a better place for women's rights, gay rights, etc. So, it's a trade-off, I Guess.
 
Thanks for the posting of the nude men of WWII. It sure seems like it was so innocent to be surrounded by other naked men given the context of the war and the times. Too bad virtually no heterosexual men would ever do that in this day and age.
 
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In the past, guys grew up taking showers at school, and a lot of workplaces (especially factories, mines, and military locations) had post-work showers. Society wasn't as sex-saturated, while today nudity is almost always portrayed in popular culture as a sexual overture.
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This could be the very reason for all the towel dances.
 
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