On Women's Desire for Men's Bodies

[mostdefinitely]

So many straight men have no experience of being wanted. So many straight men have no experience of sensing a gaze of outright longing. Even many men who are wise in the world and in relationships, who know that their wives or girlfriends love them, do not know what it is to be admired and longed for for their bodies and their looks. They may know

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....and the male muse.

[anonymous]

Jenna, I highly suggest you read the essay by Clare Pollard about the use of the male muse in poetry...I think you'd find it interesting. It all goes back to the act of looking as being an essentially "male" act. Pollard argues that women writers are often looked down upon for using a male as a source of inspiration.

http://freepdfhosting.com/00b88333e0.pdf

Your poet friend still stuck in the frigid midwest,
Denise