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Manhunt's blog, "Manhunt Daily," was kind enough to post the latest "View From the Bottom" and one of the tips that came out of that episode: Listerine Strips are wonderful accessories to a good rimjob. There's a new marketing strategy, guys! LOL.

And just quickly, to pretend for a moment to be serious, there was an interesting comment in the comments on that entry that I wanted to highlight. Criticizing any attempt to "cover up" the "real" taste of ass, Gary says:

So come on guys pony up...you all say you want to be with and fuck men...then fuck men, not trimmed, shaved, waxed, perfumed, pepperminted versions of a man...

I get the desire to attach value to bodies that aren't conforming to certain standards of mordern hygiene. I think that's A-okay! The problem for me comes in the second half of that statement, in which he DEvalues guys who are shaven, perfurmed, etc. This is precisely the kind of tendency I notice in bear culture and other gay men's subcultures that fantasize about some kind of "naturalized" masculinity. Rather than simply saying, "Hey we have a different version of hot," they have to tack on "And your version of hot is feminine, pathetic, and fake." Basically on their way to creating new forms of hotness they reinscribe stigma against femme guys (and other men who value being clean-shaven, etc). Do what you want, guys -- but c'mon, your version of hot is not somehow better than my version of hot.

We need a pluralism of hotness!