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Ooh, Look At That Hunk Doing Housework!
Newhouse News ^ | 5/3/2007 | Peggy O'Crowley

Posted on 05/04/2007 12:28:27 PM PDT by Incorrigible

Ooh, Look At That Hunk Doing Housework!

By PEGGY O'CROWLEY

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In one photograph in the book, a man rejoices that it's NFL playoff time — only because that means there'll be plenty of parking at the crafts fair.

   

What do women want?

Get a bunch of brainy females together over a pitcher of martinis and their answer is "Porn for Women,'' by the Cambridge Women's Pornography Cooperative (Chronicle, $12.95), a picture book featuring guys with six-pack abs and come-hither looks in the sexiest poses ever — taking out the trash, scrubbing the toilet, and offering to take their lady-love shopping for shoes.

If porn is all about fantasy, this book hits the mark, with nary a bare bottom or passionate kiss.

In one photo, a sexy guy in a tight turtleneck looks out at the viewer and says, "Ooh, look, the NFL playoffs are today. I'll bet we'll have no trouble parking at the craft fair.'' In another, a hunk with love light in his eyes says, "Well, I can't offer you any solutions, but I am a good listener.'' Then there's the guy proffering a piece of cake, noting, "I don't like you looking so thin.''

"We find that really hot,'' explained Heather Peterson, an academic who works at "a place that rhymes with Schmarvard'' and is the cooperative's official "spokespornographer.''

"I mean, you have a handsome man in a muscle T-shirt ... as soon as he finishes the dishes, wouldn't the next trip be to the bedroom?''

And in one scene sure to hit a nerve with every new mom, a buff man in bed cocks his ears and asks, "Is that the baby? I'll get her.''

Peterson said the cooperative is coming out with new books in the future, including "Porn for Moms.'' Better order up another pitcher of martinis for that one.

Peterson is the only member who is not anonymous, in order to protect the identities of the women, whom Peterson described as academics, doctors, lawyers and other high-powered types.

The idea for the book came about when the women got together in a Cambridge, Mass., bar to try to redefine porn, away from the stereotypic girl-on-girl male fantasies and the rough-hewn but down-market appeal of, say, the Chippendales calendar boys.

"There was an intellectual component missing,'' she said — as well as, apparently, the domestic skills of these women's significant others. This seemed to be confirmed during "lab work'' in their homes, Peterson said, adding that "no men were hurt'' during the group's research.

Peterson acknowledged the book does pander to some basic stereotypes of guys as sports-obsessed slobs who who don't listen to their mates, while women are "hygiene-obsessed'' girlie-girls.

While there are a few discreet pictures about sex, including a naked guy perched on a fluffy white rug, a la your average Playgirl cover, most of the pictures depict hunks doing housework.

They are artfully shot by Los Angeles photographer Susan Anderson.

The book has drawn some harumphs: Women posting on the feministing.com site felt the roles were outdated, and frankly, not that erotic. Watching a guy, however buff, put the toilet seat down didn't make them moan, some members wrote.

But Peterson said that when the book makes the rounds at parties, it generally elicits howls of laughter from the women while men are sitting "with their mouths agape. Is the key to women's sexuality so simple? Yes"

Wait a minute. It is that simple if you look like the models, Adrian, Joe, Michael, and Rich, all in their late 20s or early 30s, who have obviously logged lots of time at the gym. As for the rest of their biographies, well, that's pretty much fantasy, too.

Joe's favorite book is "Good Couple, Great Marriage'' by a "noted couples counselor.'' Adrian is a retired dot.com millionaire now setting up a "luxury orphanage.'' Art gallery owner Michael's role model? His mom.

(Peggy O'Crowley is a staff writer for The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. She can be contacted at pocrowley(at)starledger.com.)

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To: najida

How are you?


21 posted on 05/04/2007 12:56:15 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("And he had turned the Prime Minister's teacup into a gerbil.")
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To: Phatboy

LOL!
Yeah,
I’d hit it ;)


22 posted on 05/04/2007 12:56:23 PM PDT by najida (Just call me a chicken rancher :))
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To: Mr. Jeeves
It shows you the double standard in society. When was the last time you read an article titled “Ooh, look at that submissive sexy woman who treats me like a king while asking me for permission before doing anything”.

They’re superficial gender desires that don’t make the author happy in the end. Only if a man published that he'd might be fired, but it's not PC to even criticize this article. I swear I don't know what the baby boomers did do bring PC to our country, but it must have been hell.

23 posted on 05/04/2007 12:56:48 PM PDT by Vision ("Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7)
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To: Tax-chick

Great!
Just got a bunch of performance pictures back. We need to get T-shirts for our roadies that say “Lotus Dance Company— Geri-tour 2007”

How are you and the kidlets?


24 posted on 05/04/2007 12:57:49 PM PDT by najida (Just call me a chicken rancher :))
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To: najida

We’re all fine. Enjoying the sudden cold snap, after a week of 90’s!


25 posted on 05/04/2007 12:59:15 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("And he had turned the Prime Minister's teacup into a gerbil.")
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To: najida

We’re all fine. Enjoying the sudden cold snap, after a week of 90’s!


26 posted on 05/04/2007 12:59:17 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("And he had turned the Prime Minister's teacup into a gerbil.")
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To: Incorrigible; Sheli my HBDB
"In one photo, a sexy guy in a tight turtleneck looks out at the viewer and says, "Ooh, look, the NFL playoffs are today. I'll bet we'll have no trouble parking at the craft fair.''

I would smack this man. While I enjoy my crafts from time to time, football season is much more important in our house. We both enjoy football, and I love watching it with my husband. I think my husband is very sexy when he is doing masculine things. I find him sexiest, however, when he is being a father to his daughters, playing with them, teaching them things. Nothing hotter than a man who isn't afraid of his children.

Babe--vouch for me on this please. Isn't football season the most important time of year in our house? Would I like a craft fair better?
27 posted on 05/04/2007 1:21:18 PM PDT by USMCWife6869 (Godspeed Sand Sharks.)
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To: Incorrigible
What a complete ripoff of the Mr. Wonderful Doll

Mr Wonderful Doll features 16 different phrases and is 12" tall. He's definitely the perfect man in doll form.

He's tall, dark and handsome. He has sensitive open book eyes, rakish good looks and impeccable fashion sense. Not only that, but he always has just the right thing to say to make you feel like the most special woman on earth.

His phrases include

* You take the remote, as log as i'm with you, I don't care what we watch.

* You've been on my mind all day. That's why I bought you theese flowers.

* Why don't we go the the mall, didn't you want some shoes.

* You know honey, why don't you just relax and let me make dinner tonight.

* The ball game is not that important, I'd rather spend time with you.

* You know, I think it's really important that we talk about our relationship.

Plus many more!
28 posted on 05/04/2007 1:36:45 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: Incorrigible
Hell's Eternal Bells, man- I've been the "homemaker" around here since I closed the wrecker & welder services in 1999...

Guess I need to email this link to the wife-unit, and hope for the best.

29 posted on 05/04/2007 1:45:19 PM PDT by backhoe (Just a Merry-Hearted Keyboard PirateBoy, plunderin’ his way across the WWW…)
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To: Vision

Easy. The counter culture movement is brought wholesale by the Soviet Union. This CANSWER/Code Pinko phenomenon is nothing new.


30 posted on 05/04/2007 1:54:46 PM PDT by Killborn (Age of servitude. A government of the traitors, by the liars, for the sheep.)
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To: Tax-chick; najida

Cooking a meal together, while talking and enjoying a glass of wine, is among the sexiest things a man and women can do with all four feet on the floor..


31 posted on 05/04/2007 3:01:09 PM PDT by ken5050
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To: ken5050

I agree! Unfortunately, if you wait to put eight kids (including two teenagers) to bed before you cook the meal and enjoy the wine, all you can do afterward is fall into bed unconscious :-).


32 posted on 05/04/2007 3:02:28 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("And he had turned the Prime Minister's teacup into a gerbil.")
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To: Vision
Ooh, look at that submissive sexy woman who treats me like a king while asking me for permission before doing anything”.

I've read posts on FR like that. They usually in response to articles about mail order brides and how all American women are evil.

33 posted on 05/04/2007 3:06:21 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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To: ken5050
Cooking a meal together, while talking and enjoying a glass of wine, is among the sexiest things a man and women can do with all four feet on the floor..

That and helping each other with the dishes.

34 posted on 05/04/2007 3:07:54 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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To: Tax-chick

Something’s got to be going right with 8 kids to put to bed...Unless you found’em under the cabbage leaves! ;)

Nothing like getting everything done to reach that special moment and find out it’s time to snore instead....Got there a lot with just 2 kids.


35 posted on 05/04/2007 3:08:39 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Once in a while ...

At least I’m not pregnant again, yet. (I think.)


36 posted on 05/04/2007 3:54:43 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("And he had turned the Prime Minister's teacup into a gerbil.")
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To: ken5050

Yep!
Exactly.


37 posted on 05/04/2007 4:02:36 PM PDT by najida (Just call me a chicken rancher :))
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To: Tax-chick

You could have been like me, and married too late to be more than a stepmom, and found out it didn’t matter anyway, you still can be too tired...LOL...


38 posted on 05/04/2007 4:44:38 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: HungarianGypsy

Are you insane? I’m responding to a feminestia article and you have a problem with that. Give me a break.


39 posted on 05/04/2007 4:59:31 PM PDT by Vision ("Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7)
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To: Vision
Are you insane? I’m responding to a feminestia article and you have a problem with that. Give me a break

I didn't say I had a problem with your response. You just asked if there were articles like that and I said there are such posts on here at times. I thought the article was stupid, too.

40 posted on 05/04/2007 6:19:56 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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