Say It with a Gay

 

OK, the beauty of the male - or female - body is not and should never be strictly the provence of sexual objectification. Sensual provocation, maybe. Ascribing lofty philosophies or mythological theories, uh, that's between you and your therapist. But let's face it - a sexyful body catches folks' attention, and showing a little (or lots of) skin can help sell an idea, product, event, or simply the ephermal notion that any of those will make the participant as hot as the model art.

 

Would that it were true. But who cares? How else were homos supposed to flaunt it (without police harassment) if not through art? Here's a sampling of body beautiful commercial baubles from not-so-distant pre-tolerant times.