ESPN Put A Nude Guy On Its Magazine’s Cover And Some Men Can’t Handle It
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Football star Zeke Elliott just posed nude for the cover of ESPN Magazine’s annual “Body Issue”, and men are not happy about it.
This year’s issue features some of America’s best athletes, including tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy and Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel ‘Zeke’ Elliott. But some of the men are furious about the fact that Elliott posed nude for the magazine and jumped to some insane conclusions, like calling him “homosexual”. Though they weren’t all negative, many people commented some positive things as well. What do you think about Zeke’s photo? Let us know in the comment section below!
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Football star Zeke Elliott just posed nude for the cover of ESPN Magazine’s annual “Body Issue”
And lots of men are not happy about it
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But while these men are slamming Zeke’s photo, others are defending him
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Double standarts at its finest. A naked man on a cover will most likely not make the Earth spontaneously combust. And the people who say "This is gay" miiiiight be a little insecure about their OWN sexual preference ;)
As you say "miiiiight" ;p
Ghost Soldier, that still doesn't explain why they mark it as "gay". Care to explain that, hmm? ;)
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or maybe...just maybe a lot of espn's primary viewership which suprise suprise is men might not want to see a naked guy...hmmm what are the odds of that??
Saying this is "gay" is absolutely stupid. Nice publicity stunt by the magazine. On the other hand, if their readership is mainly male, it could also be counterproductive to do this too often - most men just don't find another guy's hairy butt aesthetically pleasing.
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I can understand where they are coming from considering that it is gay pride month, and obviously putting naked men on the front of a
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Magazine that generally men look through might be a little unsettling, but not worthy of words like "gay" and "homosexual". Have a great day
How can anyone be offended or threatened by this?! Welcome to the world women live in every day! And he's not even revealing anything!
Guess the problem that the magazin supposed target audience are men. Or they just fed up because they got a fully nude male on the cover before a fully nude female.
Look through any woman's magazine and is it full of naked men? No it's full of photos of semi naked women advertising all sorts of products. It's the same as ads on TV. This is an example of what we put up with on a daily basis!
This is great! Exposing double standards. If it was a woman, people would call it 'beautiful' and 'natural' and defend her right to dress as she wanted. Why does the same not apply to men? Don't like it? Don't look.
Don't forget 'brave'
Brave, because she risks being "slut shamed" and stamped a tramp for the rest of her life.
And the men would be slobbering over it, not complaining.
But the women would be the ones slut shaming. Surely you see the coincidence here? It works both ways.
The guys are complaining not the ladies...
Wait, what? I didn't know that posing naked for a picture makes men gay. Jokes aside - I'm actually more annoyed that people use "He's is gay." as an insult.
*Insecure* men were offended. I didn't feel "gay" looking at this, didn't think he might be "gay" (who cares if he is?!). I noticed a guy who takes care of his body and is comfortable in his skin. Isn't that the goal for many of the readers?
Gay men who like him care if he is; even men have fantasy lovers somerimes!
I think there should be more nude/semi-nude males on the front covers of mainstream magazines, and not just on ones like Mens' Health. I don't mean in a 'ooh lets perv at the men on the covers' way but more to appreciate the male form and normalise seeing it. That sounds odd I know, I'm not good at expressing myself, but from an illustrators point of view, I found it very frustrating that life classes I used to go to were all with female models. I never got a male life drawing model, and if you don't have a spare male handy to model for you it's very hard to draw the male form. Muscles and fat distribution is different as is the way the body moves and how it's structured. It's not like I can look in the mirror and apply my own body features to a male form. So yeah I think there should be more covers like this :)
Weird... my figure class had both genders.
I know right? You'd think you'd get a fair balance but no. I kept asking, 'when were we getting a male model?' And I got looked at like I was some nympho perv XD
I was thinking the same thing about Men's Health. That seems like a magazine that would pretty much apply to the male demographic. No one (that I've heard) has hissies over their models, and most are wearing fairly small shorts. The saying "I think he doth protest too much" fits here perfectly. So does hypocrite. Seems like most of the ESPN magazine covers with naked women sold pretty well. Never heard the women in there called gay (why that's an insult, I can't figure).
That thicker than a bowl of oatmeal thing is a compliment
That's what I thought. "Thick" doesn't have to mean fat. Dude's got great thighs!
I really liked that comment too XD
Oh, when will we get over the whole "bodies are obscene" thing? There is not one single body part in this pic that a regular person wouldn't show on a hot day in a public park.
Men: OHH A GIRL! Ahh she don't got the curves she's gross :/ Men: EWWW A BOY HE IS SOOO GAY FOR WEARING THAT EWWW #DOUBLESTANDARDS
I forget, didn't the same magazine do a nude women's cover?
I think it was the tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, can't rememebr if she was on the cover or just in the issue though.
I think it was the issue because they had multiple women.
How does the logic for you guys work again? Sports magazine targets mostly men - I'd wager to say the majority of them are straight - which do you think they'd obviously prefer - a nude man or a woman...you can't use the two as comparisons as they have completely different effects.
Waiting for the same, condemnatory comments which are poping up whenever a nude woman on a magazin cover.
americans are sooooo afraid to be called homofobic ABD ALSO being called gay when they are not. strange folk
When women pose naked does that mean they are lesbians?
Who's scared by a naked man? Not a normal real man. So, there are problems in someone eyes and brain and not on the cover
The thing I find most alarming is that hairline! Surely it's not natural to have such a perfectly straight hairline like that!
Oh my foot ball! Zeke can rush at me,make a pass,and tackle me to the ground!b.c. I'd like to touchdown on him any given gameday!we can do an end zone dance right at the goalpost,if y'all know just quite what this panda means!! 🐼🐾💯😍
Any man who is offended by this picture must be suppressing some gay feeling inside. There is nothing sexual about the picture. These must be the same men who have to leave their underwear on when they shower at the gym. If a good looking guy with no clothes on is threatening to you, I suggest you get therapy fast.
I know right? Don't guys change in the locker room all the time?
Why is it okay to showcase nude women but not nude men? Its very tastefully done. I enjoyed looking at it a lot.
Wow. Those muscular thighs with that amazing hair on them and the rippling abs...he looks like a Greek god!
ESPN's problem is that they have allowed Progressive politics to take center stage. As a result, they have been losing viewers, and revenue, over this. Now they need to gain attention by doing things a normal sports organization would not tolerate. This is called "desperation".
I hate it when my pics leak out! I believe it's an older one cause my beards longer now.
So nobody cares that when sports in ancient greece were played in the nude.Nowadays nudity always leeads to discutions about sexual orientation. Its ok for a girl to be naked but such an outrageous thing for a dude to do the same. Well for most guys out there that fear seing another man's naked body, fear not. Homosexuality is not contagious:)
All of us gay guys are goin 'Dang, he's probably straight...'
Double standards. They thought the "Body issue" was only going to have women on cover? equality is the magic word. He is an athlete and as all the other athletes in the body issue, his body is his work.
Awww. All the poor little men having to look at a naked man. Now they think they have all caught the gay. Poor guys. Bwah ha ha
This is just stupid. When women make nude covers, no matter what magazine, it is considered normal. No sexualily issues. Male nude on cover: OMG OMG ,MAYDAY, THIS GAY, NOT GAY. World wtf?
I give this brave man a thumbs up for being comfortable taking this kind of picture and allows ESPN for using it on the cover for a magazine. A picture does not necessarily express anything (i.e. "gay-ideas"), it is the people who may have thought that way may be it.
There is a big reason guys react like this.....they are afraid that if someone sees them looking at a picture like this, it will be assumed that they are gay.
I think they are nervous because they like him nude. And that put "in danger" their "manhood".
Take our clothes off and reveal the real! Man or woman it doesn't matter, we all can't be one that flatters.
Men are jealous. Hahahahahahaha.
Naked people shouldn't be on magazine covers. Do whatever you want inside, but clothe the coverpeople.
In such an enlightened age people continue to be oblivious to the fact that their reactions are about themselves and not about that to which they are reacting
Had this been a naked woman, there would have been no complaints made by men...
Duh. Dudes picking up their sports mag don't want to see a naked dude. Naked chics?...yes please.
I LIKED it (from a straight white female).
Well now I may have just gotten interested in sports...and it only took a naked man to do it. Who knew!
haha awesome how easily American men can get homophobic . im sure some atlethes in all sports are gay. these guys are such sad people. im not gay il say the guy on the cover aint hot to me the thigh and but looks weird but awesome cover. if you feel offended or feel weird by it maybe you should check yourself.
I don't mean to act all saint and conservative, but what's with magazines in the US and their naked models pictorials. The past few years all I see is more and more nudity it no longer looks artistic in my opinion.
Regardless of his sexual preferences, Elliott resembles a magnificent god! I am thankful that he's clothed in nothing but his beautiful skin.
Always cute when people use 'gay' as an insult, right? Sigh.
The beauty of the human body.
So let me get this straight.... If he's nude on the cover he's gay, but not if he's in the inside? Every single body issue has had nude men in the picture profiles before, where were all these idiots then? Wouldn't that have made all of those male athletes just as gay? They need to get over themselves.
SUCH POWERFUL THIGHS!
Women are like that all the time on magazine covers, as a women I don't find any problem with it and I'm not saying they're "lesbian"
A beautiful capture of a beautiful man. It doesn't make me feel gay or think he is. Some that were aroused and ashamed complained because they are so deep in the closet they can't handle it. Tonight bough, in the privacy of their bathroom or bedroom, either dry or with lub, they will be masturbating, thinking of him entering their bodies.
Honestly I'm really sick of this - No straight male feels compelled to want to see another naked man - maybe only in the context of porn and in such a case they watch the woman. Calling him gay for posing is infantile but the fact is straight men don't want to see naked men on a cover - so yes, many would feel offended and it's not because they're 'attracted' or in the closet or any other of the bs arguments...a straight male just doesn't like other naked men - simple...so guess what if it's a woman - shocker they won't have a problem with it - see how that works? Anyway overall there are all types of people even straight guys who don't care either way...my point is...many guys don't like it...and it's not homophobia or anything - they just don't like it - plain and simple...
Maybe they didnt know it was the ESPN body issue.. i mean he had to show them goods! <3
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Put some pants on David, nobody wanna see his penny.
Double standarts at its finest. A naked man on a cover will most likely not make the Earth spontaneously combust. And the people who say "This is gay" miiiiight be a little insecure about their OWN sexual preference ;)
As you say "miiiiight" ;p
Ghost Soldier, that still doesn't explain why they mark it as "gay". Care to explain that, hmm? ;)
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or maybe...just maybe a lot of espn's primary viewership which suprise suprise is men might not want to see a naked guy...hmmm what are the odds of that??
Saying this is "gay" is absolutely stupid. Nice publicity stunt by the magazine. On the other hand, if their readership is mainly male, it could also be counterproductive to do this too often - most men just don't find another guy's hairy butt aesthetically pleasing.
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I can understand where they are coming from considering that it is gay pride month, and obviously putting naked men on the front of a
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Magazine that generally men look through might be a little unsettling, but not worthy of words like "gay" and "homosexual". Have a great day
How can anyone be offended or threatened by this?! Welcome to the world women live in every day! And he's not even revealing anything!
Guess the problem that the magazin supposed target audience are men. Or they just fed up because they got a fully nude male on the cover before a fully nude female.
Look through any woman's magazine and is it full of naked men? No it's full of photos of semi naked women advertising all sorts of products. It's the same as ads on TV. This is an example of what we put up with on a daily basis!
This is great! Exposing double standards. If it was a woman, people would call it 'beautiful' and 'natural' and defend her right to dress as she wanted. Why does the same not apply to men? Don't like it? Don't look.
Don't forget 'brave'
Brave, because she risks being "slut shamed" and stamped a tramp for the rest of her life.
And the men would be slobbering over it, not complaining.
But the women would be the ones slut shaming. Surely you see the coincidence here? It works both ways.
The guys are complaining not the ladies...
Wait, what? I didn't know that posing naked for a picture makes men gay. Jokes aside - I'm actually more annoyed that people use "He's is gay." as an insult.
*Insecure* men were offended. I didn't feel "gay" looking at this, didn't think he might be "gay" (who cares if he is?!). I noticed a guy who takes care of his body and is comfortable in his skin. Isn't that the goal for many of the readers?
Gay men who like him care if he is; even men have fantasy lovers somerimes!
I think there should be more nude/semi-nude males on the front covers of mainstream magazines, and not just on ones like Mens' Health. I don't mean in a 'ooh lets perv at the men on the covers' way but more to appreciate the male form and normalise seeing it. That sounds odd I know, I'm not good at expressing myself, but from an illustrators point of view, I found it very frustrating that life classes I used to go to were all with female models. I never got a male life drawing model, and if you don't have a spare male handy to model for you it's very hard to draw the male form. Muscles and fat distribution is different as is the way the body moves and how it's structured. It's not like I can look in the mirror and apply my own body features to a male form. So yeah I think there should be more covers like this :)
Weird... my figure class had both genders.
I know right? You'd think you'd get a fair balance but no. I kept asking, 'when were we getting a male model?' And I got looked at like I was some nympho perv XD
I was thinking the same thing about Men's Health. That seems like a magazine that would pretty much apply to the male demographic. No one (that I've heard) has hissies over their models, and most are wearing fairly small shorts. The saying "I think he doth protest too much" fits here perfectly. So does hypocrite. Seems like most of the ESPN magazine covers with naked women sold pretty well. Never heard the women in there called gay (why that's an insult, I can't figure).
That thicker than a bowl of oatmeal thing is a compliment
That's what I thought. "Thick" doesn't have to mean fat. Dude's got great thighs!
I really liked that comment too XD
Oh, when will we get over the whole "bodies are obscene" thing? There is not one single body part in this pic that a regular person wouldn't show on a hot day in a public park.
Men: OHH A GIRL! Ahh she don't got the curves she's gross :/ Men: EWWW A BOY HE IS SOOO GAY FOR WEARING THAT EWWW #DOUBLESTANDARDS
I forget, didn't the same magazine do a nude women's cover?
I think it was the tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, can't rememebr if she was on the cover or just in the issue though.
I think it was the issue because they had multiple women.
How does the logic for you guys work again? Sports magazine targets mostly men - I'd wager to say the majority of them are straight - which do you think they'd obviously prefer - a nude man or a woman...you can't use the two as comparisons as they have completely different effects.
Waiting for the same, condemnatory comments which are poping up whenever a nude woman on a magazin cover.
americans are sooooo afraid to be called homofobic ABD ALSO being called gay when they are not. strange folk
When women pose naked does that mean they are lesbians?
Who's scared by a naked man? Not a normal real man. So, there are problems in someone eyes and brain and not on the cover
The thing I find most alarming is that hairline! Surely it's not natural to have such a perfectly straight hairline like that!
Oh my foot ball! Zeke can rush at me,make a pass,and tackle me to the ground!b.c. I'd like to touchdown on him any given gameday!we can do an end zone dance right at the goalpost,if y'all know just quite what this panda means!! 🐼🐾💯😍
Any man who is offended by this picture must be suppressing some gay feeling inside. There is nothing sexual about the picture. These must be the same men who have to leave their underwear on when they shower at the gym. If a good looking guy with no clothes on is threatening to you, I suggest you get therapy fast.
I know right? Don't guys change in the locker room all the time?
Why is it okay to showcase nude women but not nude men? Its very tastefully done. I enjoyed looking at it a lot.
Wow. Those muscular thighs with that amazing hair on them and the rippling abs...he looks like a Greek god!
ESPN's problem is that they have allowed Progressive politics to take center stage. As a result, they have been losing viewers, and revenue, over this. Now they need to gain attention by doing things a normal sports organization would not tolerate. This is called "desperation".
I hate it when my pics leak out! I believe it's an older one cause my beards longer now.
So nobody cares that when sports in ancient greece were played in the nude.Nowadays nudity always leeads to discutions about sexual orientation. Its ok for a girl to be naked but such an outrageous thing for a dude to do the same. Well for most guys out there that fear seing another man's naked body, fear not. Homosexuality is not contagious:)
All of us gay guys are goin 'Dang, he's probably straight...'
Double standards. They thought the "Body issue" was only going to have women on cover? equality is the magic word. He is an athlete and as all the other athletes in the body issue, his body is his work.
Awww. All the poor little men having to look at a naked man. Now they think they have all caught the gay. Poor guys. Bwah ha ha
This is just stupid. When women make nude covers, no matter what magazine, it is considered normal. No sexualily issues. Male nude on cover: OMG OMG ,MAYDAY, THIS GAY, NOT GAY. World wtf?
I give this brave man a thumbs up for being comfortable taking this kind of picture and allows ESPN for using it on the cover for a magazine. A picture does not necessarily express anything (i.e. "gay-ideas"), it is the people who may have thought that way may be it.
There is a big reason guys react like this.....they are afraid that if someone sees them looking at a picture like this, it will be assumed that they are gay.
I think they are nervous because they like him nude. And that put "in danger" their "manhood".
Take our clothes off and reveal the real! Man or woman it doesn't matter, we all can't be one that flatters.
Men are jealous. Hahahahahahaha.
Naked people shouldn't be on magazine covers. Do whatever you want inside, but clothe the coverpeople.
In such an enlightened age people continue to be oblivious to the fact that their reactions are about themselves and not about that to which they are reacting
Had this been a naked woman, there would have been no complaints made by men...
Duh. Dudes picking up their sports mag don't want to see a naked dude. Naked chics?...yes please.
I LIKED it (from a straight white female).
Well now I may have just gotten interested in sports...and it only took a naked man to do it. Who knew!
haha awesome how easily American men can get homophobic . im sure some atlethes in all sports are gay. these guys are such sad people. im not gay il say the guy on the cover aint hot to me the thigh and but looks weird but awesome cover. if you feel offended or feel weird by it maybe you should check yourself.
I don't mean to act all saint and conservative, but what's with magazines in the US and their naked models pictorials. The past few years all I see is more and more nudity it no longer looks artistic in my opinion.
Regardless of his sexual preferences, Elliott resembles a magnificent god! I am thankful that he's clothed in nothing but his beautiful skin.
Always cute when people use 'gay' as an insult, right? Sigh.
The beauty of the human body.
So let me get this straight.... If he's nude on the cover he's gay, but not if he's in the inside? Every single body issue has had nude men in the picture profiles before, where were all these idiots then? Wouldn't that have made all of those male athletes just as gay? They need to get over themselves.
SUCH POWERFUL THIGHS!
Women are like that all the time on magazine covers, as a women I don't find any problem with it and I'm not saying they're "lesbian"
A beautiful capture of a beautiful man. It doesn't make me feel gay or think he is. Some that were aroused and ashamed complained because they are so deep in the closet they can't handle it. Tonight bough, in the privacy of their bathroom or bedroom, either dry or with lub, they will be masturbating, thinking of him entering their bodies.
Honestly I'm really sick of this - No straight male feels compelled to want to see another naked man - maybe only in the context of porn and in such a case they watch the woman. Calling him gay for posing is infantile but the fact is straight men don't want to see naked men on a cover - so yes, many would feel offended and it's not because they're 'attracted' or in the closet or any other of the bs arguments...a straight male just doesn't like other naked men - simple...so guess what if it's a woman - shocker they won't have a problem with it - see how that works? Anyway overall there are all types of people even straight guys who don't care either way...my point is...many guys don't like it...and it's not homophobia or anything - they just don't like it - plain and simple...
Maybe they didnt know it was the ESPN body issue.. i mean he had to show them goods! <3
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Put some pants on David, nobody wanna see his penny.