While many may still believe GGW exploits women, consider the counter example. Would you feel as sympathetic for men who are filmed naked on the bus? I would argue that an 18-year-old female is much more sexually aware and difficult to exploit than an 18-year-old male, and yet I doubt few would believe that guys who agree to be filmed jacking off are being exploited. This situation is not hypothetical. An attractive camera woman interviewed the men in attendance, searching for guys who would get naked on the bus for Guys Gone Wild.
?I?ll get on that bus and jack off,? the bartender told the camera woman. ?Hell yeah.?
Males were also being used as props for the performers to demonstrate their lap dancing abilities or as lube applicators for the oil wrestlers. If you don?t think these men are being manipulated, then you can?t say that the women are being exploited.
Part of why so many people question the ethics of GGW is because it?s unclear what women get out of the deal.
?The girls that come to these things are the same girls who go to spring break and flash their tits to drivers on the ride down,? said Redburn.
For him, GGW is a traveling spring break ? albeit the kind of spring break glamorized on movies like Piranha 3D; it?s a venue for women to sow their wild oats or feel the rush of being lusted after by a room full of men. Perhaps a few hoped to use their GGW appearance on their modeling resume. While performers aren?t paid royalties, some are flown out to California for photo shoots, some are featured in the magazine, and others are asked to help host future events.
Then there?s the question of what their parents will think. The volunteers I spoke with weren?t worried about their parents. Sure, their performances could be viewed as acts of rebellion, but I think their nonchalant attitude is more a side effect of the information age. These women were born into a world with porn at their fingertips, where sexting and sex tapes are common dating practices. With the Internet becoming saturated with sexual content, perhaps employers who Google potential employees? names won?t be shocked when they find provocative images. I can only hope this is the case, as I too have cast my lot with the likes of GGW models; my name is attached to hundreds of sex stories I?ve written. Is there really a difference between these women using their body to gain recognition and me writing about them for the same purpose?
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