We're dirty, we're covered in slime, but we're SEXY!

[Pol]

I've a question. Do you find stinky, sweaty, dirty (literally, not perverted) men or women wearing (men) dirty tanktops or (women) hardly anything at all?
I just don't understand the obsession with men with matted dirty hair and women with blonde hair with the underside black or other dark colour.
Am I just blind, or is it really more disgusting than it is sexy to see a woman covered in greasey sweat being way too close to a man covered in greasey sweat?

[Klucky]

I agree. That stuff's bothersome. :blech:

Edit: But I think the public likes such things because it reminds them of sex. Basically. It's supposed to stir up primal instincts.

-Klucky

[Tsuchimaru]

Ugh.....no.....

[charmedkisses1]

What are you talking about? :eyebrow:

[Pol]

Watched TV lately? Seen a commercial for soda? :hairraise

[Pol]

Edit: But I think the public likes such things because it reminds them of sex. Basically. It's supposed to stir up primal instincts.


Perhaps. But do they really like it? I have a theory that, if polled, most people would say they don't like it. I think it's an attempt to stir up those primal instincts, but they're not there until people start thinking they are.

(rambles on)

[Faeawyn]

No Way.....not only do I find dirty sweaty people distasteful....I hate hate hate to sweat myself. The moment I feel a trickle of sweat run down my back...I freak out :sick: I like to be clean and dry :hehehehe: and I like my men the same way :D

[Klucky]

Are there actual soda commercials like that? :eyez: I guess I wouldn't put it past them...

-Klucky

[charmedkisses1]

The soda commercial for coke isnt sweat its from surfing.. which one are ya talking about? :cutie:

[Antoninus]

I agree. That stuff's bothersome. :blech:

Edit: But I think the public likes such things because it reminds them of sex. Basically. It's supposed to stir up primal instincts.

-Klucky
The only thing it stirus up in me is my lunch

[Klucky]

Perhaps. But do they really like it? I have a theory that, if polled, most people would say they don't like it. I think it's an attempt to stir up those primal instincts, but they're not there until people start thinking they are.

(rambles on)

I'm not sure. This just reminds me of the hidden little words and pictures (naked women, vulgar phrases, etc.) they put in Disney movies to keep the parents subconsciously entertained. I'm not sure if they ever worked or not, though.

-Klucky

[charmedkisses1]

Disney movies???

[Pol]

Lol..yeah. Like the naked woman in the window when the albatross is taking off on the rescuers..That cracked me up when I saw the still frame.

There are lots of soda commercials. I'm thinking maybe Doctor Pepper did some, but I'm not sure.
Also, see most rap/hip hop videos, as well as other pop artists (need I name them? :D) to get what I'm talking about.

Faewyn: I'm the same way. I can't stand to feel sweaty - I start literally going crazy. I keep my house cool and dry as possible. And clean+dry is the way to love.

[Klucky]

Disney movies???

Yep. I know a few offhand AND checked them out to make sure they were true.

The Lion King: When adult Simba flops down into the bunch of flowers while looking up at the stars, the pollen blows into the wind. For a brief moment, you can see the word "sex" spelled out by the pollen.

Aladdin: When Aladdin is dressed as a prince and trying to shoo the tiger away from him on the balcony, in the midst of his repeating "Down, kitty. Good kitty," he says, "Good teenagers take off their clothes." Good teenagers is said normally, the rest is said very fast.

The Little Mermaid: On the original VHS cover, there was a...uh...male organ hidden within the background underwater castle. Also, when the bad guy and the prince are about to get married, the priest is...um...excited over the ceremony?

The Rescuers: When the two mice are on the seagull and taking off, you can see a split-second of a picture of a naked woman in the background.

There are others, but I've never seen if they were true.

-Klucky

[Klucky]

There are lots of soda commercials. I'm thinking maybe Doctor Pepper did some, but I'm not sure.


The old 80's/70's Pepsi cans had a design on them that, when three were stacked a certain way vertically, spelled "sex".

Just for the record, I'm not a pervert. I happen to be very big on psychology.

-Klucky

[Grey]

*shakes head* for the record, Im not a pervert either lol! On a serious note however...

sweat. Well I have to admit that alot of it on my own person I find very repulsive. I have however noted that the sweat of humans changes smell according to whats making them sweat or there mood. Certain of those smells... I do find rather attractive. Ive yet to find one that made me sick though.

[Pol]

Sweat can be great - yes. But in combonation with the other factors ;)

[Antoninus]

The old 80's/70's Pepsi cans had a design on them that, when three were stacked a certain way vertically, spelled "sex".

Just for the record, I'm not a pervert. I happen to be very big on psychology.

-Klucky
"Wouldnt You Like To Be A Pepper Too?" :tongueout

[Klucky]

:lol:

-Klucky

[Bec_W]

A few years ago (in the early 90s) we had a series of diet coke ads run in Australia, one was a window washer, another was a water guy delievering purified water.

Personally I don't find it attractive, I don't like being sweaty myself, why would I want some one else's sweat on or near me?

I so need to rent more Disney movies :lol:

[Sylvan]

I hate being sweaty. I'm not all sorts of interested when my hubby is sweaty and dirty.
I can see the "sexiness" angle in commercials...
But bring that commercial person into real life, and I'd tell 'em to take a shower before getting anywhere near me.
*shrug* I have no idea.

[Pol]

Yeah, I can see it as 'sexy' in the commercial - but in a way, that's beacuse it's a fictional world where that's sexy. I think they'd find it more realistically sexy if the people had smooth, clean skin and were wearing clothing that didn't cling/show everything, but instead flow and accentuate. But that's me ;)

[Klucky]

Oh, I have another one from "Lilo and Stitch". Stitch's "real" name was Experiment 626, or 6 two 6, meaning 666. Get it? I don't know how that stirs up primal instincts, but it's still interesting.

And there's another one with Snow White and prejudice or something. Never checked it out.

-Klucky

[Tobias]

As an empath, I already have a hard time seeing a woman as just the sum of her body parts. So even the most drop-dead gorgeous woman physically needs to also have the right stuff on the inside to impress me. Sweat, grime, or dripping wet getting out of the shower don't really do much for me.

What does impress me is what a girl does with what she's got. Taking care of herself, a decent sense of stlye, and most importantly a deep inner spirituality -- these are what turn my head.

[{Tigress}]

I don't find it attractive, but I did date a guy once who although VERY reserved in public, could not "help" but come up and kiss me as I got hot and sweaty exercising or playing a physical game. I asked him once why he did that and he said it was seeing me all hot and sweaty and that really turned him on.

[Cappy]

It depends.... Anyone watch "Survivor"? In the Africa one, everyone kept getting nastier and dirtier. Exept for Ethan. As the grimea ccumulated, he just got sexier. Don't know why, just was.

[jinx1_2]

Ooo! I can't stand the grimey grungy look. Especially the dirty hair! I'm a big Lord of the Rings fan (read the books first) but when, in great anticipation, I went to see the first movie I was quite turned off by Aragorn's looks. When I read the books, in my imagination :bigblue: , he was more princelike less grungelike :crylaugh: . And whenever someone says that they think he's hot, I just kinda hope they've seen him in something else where his hair was clean.

[soilsigh aingeal]

No Way.....not only do I find dirty sweaty people distasteful....I hate hate hate to sweat myself. The moment I feel a trickle of sweat run down my back...I freak out :sick: I like to be clean and dry :hehehehe: and I like my men the same way :D
Couldn't agree more!

[Pol]

Well, I think Aragorn looked great - but I don't see what's so sexy about him. His hair was usually covered in orc blood >D

[charmedkisses1]

Yep. I know a few offhand AND checked them out to make sure they were true.

The Lion King: When adult Simba flops down into the bunch of flowers while looking up at the stars, the pollen blows into the wind. For a brief moment, you can see the word "sex" spelled out by the pollen.

Aladdin: When Aladdin is dressed as a prince and trying to shoo the tiger away from him on the balcony, in the midst of his repeating "Down, kitty. Good kitty," he says, "Good teenagers take off their clothes." Good teenagers is said normally, the rest is said very fast.

The Little Mermaid: On the original VHS cover, there was a...uh...male organ hidden within the background underwater castle. Also, when the bad guy and the prince are about to get married, the priest is...um...excited over the ceremony?

The Rescuers: When the two mice are on the seagull and taking off, you can see a split-second of a picture of a naked woman in the background.

There are others, but I've never seen if they were true.

-Klucky
Whoever started looking for these hidden things mustve been really really bored and perverted... :toofless:

[Mysticism Deity]

Okay just reading your description makes me want to go shower now. **cringes**

Not sexy whatsoever!

[Radocs]

The only thing it stirus up in me is my lunch

Quoted because it's true.

[OceanMyst]

Well except Captain Jack Sparrow:) But that's Johnny Depp so I dunno if it really counts hehe

[charmedkisses1]

You're dang right Viggo and Johnny and James Marsters count! :cutie: (don't forget him!)

[Chibi-Fallon]

It depends on how dirty and who it is. A little sweat is okay. But some people just don't look good dirty. Like myself, with the expection of my hair, that looks fine dirty. I think it's sexy when my gf is sweaty from working or something.

[Llewyth]

Well, I think Aragorn looked great - but I don't see what's so sexy about him. His hair was usually covered in orc blood >D

*sigh* Orcs blood!
:hearthear:

I'm a hardcore LARPer Ok?! :lol:

[Felidae]

It depends on how dirty and who it is. A little sweat is okay. But some people just don't look good dirty. Like myself, with the expection of my hair, that looks fine dirty. I think it's sexy when my gf is sweaty from working or something.
Bingo! I like it when a guy has been working out (or even working out in the yard), but not to the extreme. I mean, not like days and days of built up filth...

[Pol]

Whoever started looking for these hidden things mustve been really really bored and perverted... :toofless:

Lol..I think most of them were found by parents and such that noticed them.

[Sleet]

Some sweat from exercise can be sexy, in the right setting, I think. Note that this is very different from smelling bad or being filthy from days without a shower.

[Willowjc]

:sniffsnif yuky caa caa........man:sick:.............stinky!

[Calyx]

I like it when a guy has been working out (or even working out in the yard), but not to the extreme. I mean, not like days and days of built up filth...


Ditto that! Sweat's good, grime isn't :nonono:

And, off-topic but still within the thread, in a college English class I once had a very odd professor who was obsessed with subliminal advertising. The only book we read all semester was Huckleberry Finn and we spent the rest doing research on subliminal stuff. He turned us into experts on detecting it. Did you know that in almost every liquor or drink add, the word "Sex" is spelled out? Usually more than once too. It's in the ice cubes. Or, on bodies, in sweat patterns.
I once found "sex" in the spots on a cow for a butter ad! :eyez: It was quite amazing to find out how much we are assaulted with subliminal advertising.
Every now and then, I still look at liquor ads, and yep, it's still in there!

[Felidae]

And, off-topic but still within the thread, in a college English class I once had a very odd professor who was obsessed with subliminal advertising. The only book we read all semester was Huckleberry Finn and we spent the rest doing research on subliminal stuff. He turned us into experts on detecting it. Did you know that in almost every liquor or drink add, the word "Sex" is spelled out? Usually more than once too. It's in the ice cubes. Or, on bodies, in sweat patterns.
I once found "sex" in the spots on a cow for a butter ad! :eyez: It was quite amazing to find out how much we are assaulted with subliminal advertising.
Every now and then, I still look at liquor ads, and yep, it's still in there!
I'm going to have to get a copy of Vogue or Esquire this afternoon and check the ads! :D

[Old Witch]

Dirty, stinky, greasy = stay away from me!! :yikes: :nuhuh: :imout: :noway: :fpatricks :geez: :eyez: :lookaroun :fpoke: :holycow: :meanhead:

[Lady Jade]

I voted undecided, but let me explain. When my husband comes in from a long hot day in the fields all sweaty and dirty, that is attactive to me, manly even. Anyone else, definately not.

[WitchJezebel]

That's pretty foul... I can't stand taking public transportation and sitting next to someone who smells. I'm really sensitive to smells and even bad cologne/perfume makes me want to wretch.

[Calyx]

I'm going to have to get a copy of Vogue or Esquire this afternoon and check the ads! :D

Try Maxim, too! :thumbsup:

It's easiest if you look for the x first. And, it's not all spelled out neatly, sometimes they really stretch the letters out and some are bigger than others, etc.

Good luck and let me know if you find any. Maybe I should look in some of my magazines too and see what I can dig up....

[Felidae]

Try Maxim, too! :thumbsup:

It's easiest if you look for the x first. And, it's not all spelled out neatly, sometimes they really stretch the letters out and some are bigger than others, etc.

Good luck and let me know if you find any. Maybe I should look in some of my magazines too and see what I can dig up....
Cool! Thanks for the tips!

As a slightly off-topic aside, I wanted to mention that I often find the overuse of foo-foo water (ie, cologne, perfume, etc.) is more off-putting to me than a slight natural body odor. I'm not talking about an every day amount, but lots of people seem to take a bath in the stuff. It's so heavy that it covers up the good natural smells as well as the bad, making the other person seem... synthetic.

[TWILIGHTSKY]

Cool! Thanks for the tips!

As a slightly off-topic aside, I wanted to mention that I often find the overuse of foo-foo water (ie, cologne, perfume, etc.) is more off-putting to me than a slight natural body odor. I'm not talking about an every day amount, but lots of people seem to take a bath in the stuff. It's so heavy that it covers up the good natural smells as well as the bad, making the other person seem... synthetic.

I agree, when you get dizzy from the fumes wafting off a person, it's as off-putting as bad BO.

[Pol]

Heheheh..those guys that walk through, with the slicked back hair, in their 40s or 50s, pin-striped suits, and smells like they dumped on a bottle of cologne before stepping out. (shudder)

(yes, we have the mob here)

[magick186]

I like men who look like they're dirty but aren't really

[jinx1_2]

The only sweat that is good sweat, is the afterglow kind. :bigblue:

[Pol]

The only sweat that is good sweat, is the afterglow kind. :bigblue:


8O yeah.

RE: Looking dirty: Why? Just out of curiosity, why would you want to think he's dirty if he's not really? What is sexy about it to you, personally? (I'm not asking this in a judging way, I'm just curious)

[MzNeko]

The only sweat that is good sweat, is the afterglow kind. :bigblue:

I think you just hit on the "why" of those commericials -- it's not that being all sweaty is supposed to be sexy in and of itself... it's supposed to remind you of the more fun way of getting sweaty!

[Pol]

But usually these commercials and music videos take place outdoors or in warehouse/urban dance area settings, and the sun is accented and such, implying discomfort more than sex.

How bout them Fanta girls. Ogh, they kill me.
NO, I DON'T WANT A FANTA.
UNLESS IT IS JAPANESE AND MELON.

[Klucky]

But usually these commercials and music videos take place outdoors or in warehouse/urban dance area settings, and the sun is accented and such, implying discomfort more than sex.

How bout them Fanta girls. Ogh, they kill me.
NO, I DON'T WANT A FANTA.
UNLESS IT IS JAPANESE AND MELON.

Oohhh, I HATE those commercials! They're all grimy and disgusting. And "fanta" does indeed mean something sexual, but I forget what. :lol:

-Klucky

[Felidae]

No, I do not want a Fanta. What I want is to stick a sock in your mouth and shut you the heck up!!!

(They really, really, really get on my nerves, in case you couldn't tell :lol: )

[Tullip Troll]

perhaps they are just trying to say when you get dirty and sweaty this beverage will feel good.

I know when i have worked hard and am sticky and sweaty a cold diet pepsi is totaly yummy .

MheraPai

[Tullip Troll]

The only sweat that is good sweat, is the afterglow kind. :bigblue:


Only if you were part of the reason fo rthe after glow...

MheraPai

[Pol]

True, after hard work a good drink is more refreshing, but most of the times these people don't seem to have been working. More like dancing or someting. Or just being really hot in the city. But, it seems to glorify it all.
If I made one of those types of commercials, it would be for Autumn. It'd be like,
"This is summer. It's hot, it's sticky, it sucks. Don't you want a nice, crisp, refreshing autumn about now? Coming this October to your area."

(also, when I used to work labour for my brother-in-law, the last thing I wanted to do after toting stones around all day was have sex or be sexy. I'd make a b-line toward the bathtub.)

[Tullip Troll]

I think my honey is sexy when he is dirty but I would like him to have a shower first before business.

MheraPai

[SilentDreams]

Well I'm not turned on or attracted to it but eh if others are then whatever floats your boat i say. Although what does a having blonde hair with black underneath have to do with dirt,grime,grease?

[Pol]

It's usually part of the same theme. In my experience.

[Convallaria]

I can't even stand it when someone's BO is too strong, even if they look fresh and clean..

[zakzekezedd]

heeheehee..there for a minute I though you were describing the average customer we've been seeing....apparently bathing is just not en vogue in this here part of the world? I think that too many commercials use way too blatant sexual images for the product they are selling. I'm not buying my soda pop based on how "sexually provacative" the commercial is....

[PaganWarrior]

well I say get cleaned up:bigredblu

[savannahrose44]

No I don't find it sexy and if I meet someone I think needs some tips in hygeine I have no qualms in giving it! I will flat out tell them they stink, are dirty and need a shower! :hahugh:

[Pol]

Oooh..Coors light commercial. The people all have rather clean looking skin - BUT, the implied sittuation would not be a bunch of models with fresh skin. It'd be stinky people in a stinky sittuation. Let's face it! :D

[docdoo]

And yet again Im going to go against what most of the posters have said.

I don't mind sweat, when I shower in the morning and get sweaty in the afternoon it doesn't bother me at all. Hell, when my SO gets sweaty I get turned on. I despise the smell of most colognes and aftershaves and would MUCH rather smell someone's 'real' smell than the retail stores idea of 'Sex in a Bottle'

Nope, Im all for sweat...to the extent that being intimate when sweaty is a huge turn on for me....Of course, I'm also a Virgo and have an almost unhealthy tilt towards Earth. :p

To that end the smell of clean sweat and earth and pheromones kicks me into high gear *wink*

[docdoo]

Well I'm not turned on or attracted to it but eh if others are then whatever floats your boat i say. Although what does a having blonde hair with black underneath have to do with dirt,grime,grease?

Agreed SL!!!

[Pol]

And yet again Im going to go against what most of the posters have said.

I don't mind sweat, when I shower in the morning and get sweaty in the afternoon it doesn't bother me at all. Hell, when my SO gets sweaty I get turned on. I despise the smell of most colognes and aftershaves and would MUCH rather smell someone's 'real' smell than the retail stores idea of 'Sex in a Bottle'

Nope, Im all for sweat...to the extent that being intimate when sweaty is a huge turn on for me....Of course, I'm also a Virgo and have an almost unhealthy tilt towards Earth. :p

To that end the smell of clean sweat and earth and pheromones kicks me into high gear *wink*

Well, thanks to our lifestyles and foods and bodily pollutants, we're hardly smelling the way we should ;)

[savannahrose44]

Nope, Im all for sweat...to the extent that being intimate when sweaty is a huge turn on for me....Of course, I'm also a Virgo and have an almost unhealthy tilt towards Earth. :p

To that end the smell of clean sweat and earth and pheromones kicks me into high gear *wink*
Well I'm a Taurus....Strong earth, and let me tell you (in my opinion) that being earthy has nothing to do with liking sweat or finding it attractive. Sweat is not earthy in my opinion it's disgusting. It's a mark of someone who doesn't care enough to take care of their body and take a bath. ;)

[Nighthawk]

I will take freshly showered and pretty and clean, thank you..

[Tullip Troll]

I prefer clean but whenever I see that thread I have some pretty dirty thoughts....

Mherapai ...unlimited

[Phi]

That's the point of mud wrestling isn't it? Muddy and slimy girls acting well...slimy?

[Black RiverWolf]

i find that men and woman are more sexy if they atually look like they are working dirt, sweat. shoot after my BF and i are done working the horses i want to jump him in the barn :hearteyes. my woman too after watching Angilina Jolie kicks some dudes butt and she getting all nasty whoot com here woman!!!! sorry but i find a little dirt every now and then a big turn on

[docdoo]

Well I'm a Taurus....Strong earth, and let me tell you (in my opinion) that being earthy has nothing to do with liking sweat or finding it attractive. Sweat is not earthy in my opinion it's disgusting. It's a mark of someone who doesn't care enough to take care of their body and take a bath. ;)

Actually, you're right, it has more to do with linking sweat and dirt in the same category. I don't. Plain and simple, if I'm clean (meaning I've already showered that day) then I find sweat no more disgusting than anything else. In fact, the smell of clean sweat is quite the turn on. Linking sweat and filth together is completely unnecessary and, IMO prudish :bigblue:

[aluokaloo]

ewww no way! And what do soda commercials have to do with anything?

[Pol]

Seems like a reoccuring theme in them, to me. And beer commercials.

[tangerine_smile]

sweat its self? dont mind it a bit (if i'm ever going to fit into a size 4, then i had better like sweat!)
as for sweaty people like in commercials and music videos, acting all sweaty andf such, noope. big turn off. and is it just me, or are a heck of alot of the rap videos played all have the same endless theme going? girl in shorts and little else, wiggling around like something fell down there pants. does anyone else look at those videos and think: what the heck were they thinking? :confused:

[Pol]

I think that every time I see one.
You can pretty much blend them all into one big video:
Girls dancing, followed by shots of huge communities (children playing, or acting like gangsters, old folks smiling with no teeth, thugs tugging their shirts), followed by guys with money hats. :D

[tangerine_smile]

I think that every time I see one.
You can pretty much blend them all into one big video:
Girls dancing, followed by shots of huge communities (children playing, or acting like gangsters, old folks smiling with no teeth, thugs tugging their shirts), followed by guys with money hats. :D

:lol: Yes, the shirt tug! it's like a staple in most videos i've watched.
i think that has now replaced the "girls around the pool" cut scene.
i always feel sorry for the rap video girls. they allways look as though there cattled around most of the videos. First scene is girl standing beside guy (possibly nodding her head. never sure what exactly shes agreeing with) then they cut to a solo girl scene doing a weird dance which the camera seems to love to emphasize on. then we cut back to the girl hanging all over the guy who is currently free styling (sometimes shirt tuging). sometimes this formula is done with quite a many girls, giving it the full "cattle" effect. :rolleyes: . though i have to say, i have seen some rap videos that were actualy pretty clean (and came out way better because of it :smileroll ).

[Pol]

It is very, very sad how women are treated in the rap culture.
Though, I guess in some ways, they're getting money for it, and they're surrounded by a world of freedom for women and have the means to get out of it.

[Klucky]

It is very, very sad how women are treated in the rap culture.
Though, I guess in some ways, they're getting money for it, and they're surrounded by a world of freedom for women and have the means to get out of it.

Yes, but then that leads to regular women being treated like that for no price at all.

-Klucky

[Pol]

True.
But, really, how far can we go to right the misdoings of others by blaming it on outward influence?
Just about anything can be blamed on someone else doing it.

[docdoo]

The reason it can be partially blamed is because it promotes an atmosphere that 'Women LIKE being treated like this' and works to set in motion the underpinnings that this type of behaviour is acceptable.

Seeing the poor treatment of women on Television doesn't necessarily make someone run out and do it, what it DOES do is set in motion the small idea that women do, in fact, enjoy being treated in this manner.

[DonovanJoseph]

im such a clean freak...i cant even handle petting my dog without washing my hands before i touch anything...and stinky people are even more disgusting! :razz:

[Klucky]

True.
But, really, how far can we go to right the misdoings of others by blaming it on outward influence?
Just about anything can be blamed on someone else doing it.

And usually it IS blamed on somebody else, whether it was their fault or not. But, I'm not asking everybody to blame rap music and such...I want them to put an end to it altogether.

-Klucky

[docdoo]

Well said my friend

[Klucky]

Why thank you. :)

-Klucky

[SummerGemMoon]

Just the thought of the guy, who is probably a really clean guy, on that billboard all hot and sweaty, coming up to me to give me a hug and kiss after a hard day just reall turns my tummy. He could at least take a shower. Now, that's sexy, when a guy comes out of the shower with wet hair and soft, clean skin. Mmmmm. :bigredblu

[soilsigh aingeal]

The reason it can be partially blamed is because it promotes an atmosphere that 'Women LIKE being treated like this' and works to set in motion the underpinnings that this type of behaviour is acceptable.

Seeing the poor treatment of women on Television doesn't necessarily make someone run out and do it, what it DOES do is set in motion the small idea that women do, in fact, enjoy being treated in this manner.
I agree that this is the case for most younger people, they're still naive and it's not hard for them to believe things that they don't know about.