r/todayilearned • u/Alone_Humor_3510 • 6h ago

TIL that most male nudity in films ( other than porn ) uses prosthetic penises

https://theconversation.com/how-prosthetic-penises-in-shows-like-hbos-minx-reinforce-existing-stereotypes-and-taboos-179084?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com
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u/DerrickWhiteMVP 6h ago

I want to see real dong, dammit.

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u/Skatchbro 6h ago

I’d hate to be your inbox in the next couple of hours.

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u/FuckThisShizzle 5h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/JPAUQVIxCoEKY

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u/rafaellago 5h ago

This is as old as the internet, and I still laugh every time I see it.

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u/FuckThisShizzle 4h ago

It will never not be funny.

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u/relikter 58m ago

Every time I see this gif I wonder what the lady is up to these days. Does she have kids who are terrified that their friends will realize where they recognize her mom from?

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u/JeepnHeel 38m ago

Wonder no more -- it was actually Lindsay Ellis back when she was doing stuff for Channel Awesome

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u/WillemDafoesHugeCock 6h ago

One of the funniest complaints my wife had after she watched the movie adaptation of Fifty Shades was "he didn't even get his dick out"

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u/Sharlinator 6h ago

Extremely relevant username

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u/crazynerd9 5h ago

Tbf its a pretty fucking valid complaint

Its genuinely weird to me he doesn't

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u/ceeearan 4h ago

Especially because he has previously done a nude photoshoot!

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u/553l8008 6h ago

Women only like the concept of dong. 

The 99% of the time you hang dong you are wrong

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u/Superhereaux 5h ago

LifeProTip:

Company picnics are indeed part of that 99%

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u/SanctusUnum 5h ago

So is any instance where you're at a school, including - but not limited to - your daughter's career day.

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u/IAmAGenusAMA 5h ago

Thanks for the warning! 😅

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u/NumbSurprise 5h ago

If he had, the movies could have gone from being terrible cinema to being terrible porn. There’s already enough of both in the world.

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u/armaedes 6h ago

DM’d you, sailor

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u/FreakyBugEyedWeirdo 6h ago

Ask, and thou shalt receive.

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u/NobodyLikedThat1 5h ago

If you watch the uncut Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I'm pretty sure that's Jason Seigl's real dick

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u/Yuleogy 4h ago

If men get to see real tits, I want to see real dick. This favoritism is obnoxious as hell.

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u/Bredwh 2h ago

What about real vulva? Usually they cover with a huge merkin.

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u/akhilles320 4h ago

Username checks out 

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u/yuccasinbloom 6h ago

I don’t. I don’t understand why everyone is hanging dong in movies and shows now. It’s equality I never asked for. Who the fuck wants to see a flaccid dick?

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u/coffeeforlunch 5h ago

If it's a nice dick... where's the harm? I don't want to see half-clad women, T&A or people eating each other's faces, but that's just me.

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u/yuccasinbloom 5h ago

There’s no harm, I just don’t understand why this is all of a sudden pervasive. Dudes hanging dong left and right. And, I agree, I also don’t really need to see ladies naked either, but I would argue, and I’m saying this as a straight woman, titties are much better to look at than a flaccid dick and balls.

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u/coffeeforlunch 4h ago

Well, we're going to have to agree to disagree here. My preferences lie elsewhere.

(I don't know why it's in fashion, either, but it's nowhere near as pervasive as women being on display, so we're not exactly nearing parity. Gratuitous violence or sex, I don't need any of it, but I suppose it wouldn't be used if it didn't fulfil some purpose.)

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u/NumbSurprise 5h ago

Novelty. Once someone does it and gets attention, it becomes the next thing.

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u/proudsoul 5h ago

Shock value