Jane-

Europeans have always been more accepting of pubic hair- considered it sexy. Not everyone is into washboards.

The guy up front, to the right with blueback pac--you know with a good haircut and a pair of Levi's, he'd be pretty darn cute. I'm certain he'd look better with pants on.

He does have a really cute belly. :)

He looks like Steve from Sex & the City.

MY GOD it's a cult!

http://www.newfrontier.com/asheville/naked/
http://www.geocities.com/jonjayray/naked.html

Even the apolitical do it. Any time you mix alcohol and a sufficient number of mt bikers together you get this kind of thing... It really seems like a bad idea to have your junk out there when you're on a bike.

i always wonder about these sort of things- what about the kids? i mean, if i were a kid and saw this, it would scar me for life

Then you'd be a pretty fragile kid.

Okay, regarding the 'partially-naked' part, I don't think it should count if a guy goes out with pants but no shirt. Socially, he's still acceptably clothed (unless he's got boobs saggy enough to stick and hold a pencil under). If a woman does it, it's all shock, awe, my god she's half naked!! but if a man does it no one notices.

CyberWolf, gender double-standards are nothing new, and some work the other way.

Imagine, if you will, a woman and a man wearing jeans and a Tshirt. No biggie, right? Now change it and imagine that same woman and man wearing a dress or skirt and blouse. Still no biggie on the woman, but a man in a dress is subject to extreme ridicule. Except in San Francisco's Castro District, but that's an aberration. Normally, men in women's clothes are called cross-dressers at best while women in men's clothes are called stylish. I sometimes wear a kilt (if I ever find the darn thing) and you should hear some of the things people call me.

Brian

Oh I'm fully aware of all that, but that's not the situation coming off those links. 'S why I only mentioned the one side.