He’s in California. He wants to get back at his boyfriend, or ex-boyfriend. He is in a gay-themed advertisement. His drunk friend made an unserious comment about him taking off clothes so now he has to make her regret it. He’s at Pride. Someone is taking a picture of him. Someone is taking a picture of someone else and he hopes it will be of him. He is dancing. He has his Halloween costume “on.”Īnd when it comes to willingness to take off pants in public, gay guys are light years ahead of straight ones. A webcam is on. He’s just been brutally defeated at beer pong.
He’s jogging. It’s a sunny summer day. Somebody shouted “strip!” (or at least he “thought” that’s what he heard). A gay man requires little provocation to show bare skin, and any of the following factors suggest shirtlessness: Not so for gay men, who take great pleasure in letting everyone know they’re proud of how they look, reminding them again, and again, and again.
If a straight man suddenly strips off his shirt in public, it means he wants to fight somebody. Either that or he just found out there’s a bee in it. But the bottom line is, wearing shirts is considered the norm for straight guys.
