Macho Is Gay: Why Macho Men Are More Gay Than They Think

I've been tossing around an idea lately: is Macho really just homo-erotic? Originally, the thought was is macho the new homo-erotic, but when I started looking at it, it doesn't appear to be a new thing at all.

Here's what got me thinking about it. Urinals. Most of them are giant troughs, others are holes in a wall with what amounts to a piece of cardboard between the two people at the stall, but in either case, the point is to whip out your junk, do your business, and try as hard as possible to not look at the other dudes. Why not just build real stalls with walls if you didn't want to have the possibility of taking a peek? You see, the "macho" thing to do is stand there with your wanker hanging in the open, unbothered by the fact that everyone can see you in all your glory (or shame, I suppose that depends on you), but also assume that no one would ever look. Ironically, this flaunting of ones genitailia in a public manor with the pretense that no one should look at it, but all are able to, is pretty freaking gay.

Which leads me to men's showers in gyms and such. Very few actually have stalls and/or curtains. Yet again, the "macho" thing to do is shower with abandon, flaunting but assuming no one is looking. Also, very gay.

Add to that flavor that many gay men seem to fetish-ize Macho actions and men, going so far as putting ads out for "str8 acting bois" (penis+man booty=not str8… just sayin…), and you have a pretty curious mix of what it means to be macho and what it means to be homo-erotic. It's a little blurry, if you ask me.