Clothed female, naked male
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Clothed female, naked male (on the internet sometimes abbreviated to CFNM) is a genre of erotica
featuring one or more nude
men and one or more clothed women. It is sometimes described as a sexual fantasy
, by women or men, depicting such a exhibitionist or physique worship scenario. One-sided male nudity can also arise when a male disrobes for the sexual pleasure of a woman or other women, such as in a BDSM
and/or sexual activity, as an indication of sexual submission
, or as part of a male striptease
. The objective of this type of scenario is that the male is denied the sexual pleasure of seeing the women in the same state of undress, and is not in a position to dominate the scene.
One-sided male nudity is also considered by some to be a form of sexual objectification
of men or as a role reversal
, whereby the male assumes a subservient sex role. Some people regard such depictions to be pornography
.
The opposite is clothed male, naked female
(CMNF). There additionally are CMNM (clothed male, naked male) and CFNF (clothed female, naked female) sub genres.
, exhibitionism
and erotic entertainment
. A combination of all categories is common, although several web sites cater to the sub genres separately.
Although only given the name CFNM upon the birth of the Internet
, the concept of CFNM has been a fetish common for many men and women for decades. Commonly devotees believed they were alone in their interest until the internet brought them together. (citation - Visual Sensations for Women, The Femdom Forum).
In classical antiquity
, the portrayal of nude male form in art (including the exposure of genitals) was considered to be more acceptable than that of the naked female form. This can be seen in the comparative portrayal of the classical theme of Perseus
and Andromeda
. In a wall painting of ancient Pompeii
, Perseus is nude while Andromeda is fully clothed.
By the renaissance, this view had reversed. For example, in Titian
's treatment of Perseus and Andromeda in mid-1550s, however, it is Andromeda who is nude - save for the barest wisp of fabric - while Perseus is clothed in armour.
Depictions of nudity were acceptable to the 19th-century French salon
culture if the setting was clearly "classical," depicting characters in a culture where nudity was commonplace, as in Combat de coqs (1847) by Jean-Léon Gérôme
.
In many western countries women's breast
s are now commonly exposed and depicted without scandal, at least in specific settings such as at the beach or in art. Although male nudity is becoming more widely accepted in various contexts, it is arguably the case that female nudity still remains less controversial than male nudity. Paradoxically, partial nudity (including toplessness) of males in public is often looked upon as less shameful in many cultures.
and Naomi Wolf
have written that women's sexual liberation has led many women to a role reversal
, whereby they view men as sex objects, in a manner similar to what they criticize in men's treatment of women.
, music videos
, movies and television shows, beefcake calendars, women's magazines, male strip shows
and clothed female nude male (CFNM) events which includes male strippers and clothed woman involved in hardcore and softcore CFNM partying. Also, more women are purchasing and consuming CFNM pornography
(especially, adult videos).
. While the male figures in CMNF are almost fully clothed, the females in CFNM often are seen in only their undergarments.
However some male participants often feel humiliated during the experience. Like the females in hard CMNF, the focus is on the embarrassment/humiliation he experiences in the situation.
(1985) has a scene in which the boys' basketball team think that they are going to have an orgy
with the cheerleaders. Using duplicate swimming costumes the girls subsequently trick the boys into stripping naked before being filmed in the swimming pool.
In Exit to Eden
(1994), Lisa Emerson (Dana Delany
) while dressed in a red negligee, ties up
the arms of a nude Elliot Slater (Paul Mercurio
), before indulging in sexual play with him.
In 100 Girls
(2000), Arlene (Katherine Heigl
) challenges Matthew (Jonathan Tucker
) to a game of table football
, where the loser of each goal has to remove one article of clothing. Matthew eventually loses to the degree where he is naked whilst the girls are still fully clothed.
Erotica
Erotica are works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or sexually arousing descriptions...
featuring one or more nude
Nudity
Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...
men and one or more clothed women. It is sometimes described as a sexual fantasy
Sexual fantasy
A sexual fantasy, also called an erotic fantasy, is a fantasy or pattern of thoughts with the effect of creating or enhancing sexual feelings; in short, it is "almost any mental imagery that is sexually arousing or erotic to [an] individual"...
, by women or men, depicting such a exhibitionist or physique worship scenario. One-sided male nudity can also arise when a male disrobes for the sexual pleasure of a woman or other women, such as in a BDSM
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
and/or sexual activity, as an indication of sexual submission
Male submission
Male submission describes BDSM and other sexual activities in which the submissive partner is male. It generally refers to sexual activities and desires in which a male-identified person, such as a man, plays a subservient role to a dominant partner. The term "male submissive" and its abbreviation...
, or as part of a male striptease
Striptease
A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner...
. The objective of this type of scenario is that the male is denied the sexual pleasure of seeing the women in the same state of undress, and is not in a position to dominate the scene.
One-sided male nudity is also considered by some to be a form of sexual objectification
Sexual objectification
Sexual objectification refers to the practice of regarding or treating another person merely as an instrument towards one's sexual pleasure, and a sex object is a person who is regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification or who is sexually attractive...
of men or as a role reversal
Role reversal
In psychodrama, role reversal is a technique where the protagonist is asked, by the psychodrama director, to exchange roles with another person on the psychodrama stage. The former assumes as many of the roles of the other as possible and vice versa...
, whereby the male assumes a subservient sex role. Some people regard such depictions to be pornography
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
.
The opposite is clothed male, naked female
Clothed male, naked female
Clothed male, naked female is a genre of erotica featuring one or more nude women and one or more clothed men. Such a scenario is described as a sexual fantasy by some men and some women...
(CMNF). There additionally are CMNM (clothed male, naked male) and CFNF (clothed female, naked female) sub genres.
Types
There are several sexual and non-sexual erotic scenarios which involve one-sided male nudity. These may involve female domination, male submissionMale submission
Male submission describes BDSM and other sexual activities in which the submissive partner is male. It generally refers to sexual activities and desires in which a male-identified person, such as a man, plays a subservient role to a dominant partner. The term "male submissive" and its abbreviation...
, exhibitionism
Exhibitionism
Exhibitionism refers to a desire or compulsion to expose parts of one's body – specifically the genitals or buttocks of a man or woman, or the breasts of a woman – in a public or semi-public circumstance, in crowds or groups of friends or acquaintances, or to strangers...
and erotic entertainment
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
. A combination of all categories is common, although several web sites cater to the sub genres separately.
Although only given the name CFNM upon the birth of the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, the concept of CFNM has been a fetish common for many men and women for decades. Commonly devotees believed they were alone in their interest until the internet brought them together. (citation - Visual Sensations for Women, The Femdom Forum).
Portrayal of male nudity
Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world...
, the portrayal of nude male form in art (including the exposure of genitals) was considered to be more acceptable than that of the naked female form. This can be seen in the comparative portrayal of the classical theme of Perseus
Perseus
Perseus ,Perseos and Perseas are not used in English. the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty of Danaans there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths of the Twelve Olympians...
and Andromeda
Andromeda (mythology)
Andromeda is a princess from Greek mythology who, as divine punishment for her mother's bragging, the Boast of Cassiopeia, was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster. She was saved from death by Perseus, her future husband. Her name is the Latinized form of the Greek Ἀνδρομέδη...
. In a wall painting of ancient Pompeii
Pompeii
The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning...
, Perseus is nude while Andromeda is fully clothed.
By the renaissance, this view had reversed. For example, in Titian
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
's treatment of Perseus and Andromeda in mid-1550s, however, it is Andromeda who is nude - save for the barest wisp of fabric - while Perseus is clothed in armour.
Depictions of nudity were acceptable to the 19th-century French salon
Salon (gathering)
A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to...
culture if the setting was clearly "classical," depicting characters in a culture where nudity was commonplace, as in Combat de coqs (1847) by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.-Life:Jean-Léon Gérôme was born...
.
In many western countries women's breast
Breast
The breast is the upper ventral region of the torso of a primate, in left and right sides, which in a female contains the mammary gland that secretes milk used to feed infants.Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissues...
s are now commonly exposed and depicted without scandal, at least in specific settings such as at the beach or in art. Although male nudity is becoming more widely accepted in various contexts, it is arguably the case that female nudity still remains less controversial than male nudity. Paradoxically, partial nudity (including toplessness) of males in public is often looked upon as less shameful in many cultures.
Sexual objectification of men by women
Feminist authors Christina Hoff SommersChristina Hoff Sommers
Christina Hoff Sommers is an American author and former philosophy professor who is known for her critique of late 20th century feminism, and her writings about feminism in contemporary American culture...
and Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf is an American author and political consultant. With the publication of The Beauty Myth, she became a leading spokesperson of what was later described as the third wave of the feminist movement.-Biography:...
have written that women's sexual liberation has led many women to a role reversal
Role reversal
In psychodrama, role reversal is a technique where the protagonist is asked, by the psychodrama director, to exchange roles with another person on the psychodrama stage. The former assumes as many of the roles of the other as possible and vice versa...
, whereby they view men as sex objects, in a manner similar to what they criticize in men's treatment of women.
CFNM events
Instances where men are being presented as sex objects include advertisingAdvertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
, music videos
Sexuality in music videos
Sexuality in music videos has become more widespread since the 1980s. Because of its commercial function, music videos must attract the audience's attention and convey a message quickly inside a truncated storyline...
, movies and television shows, beefcake calendars, women's magazines, male strip shows
Striptease
A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner...
and clothed female nude male (CFNM) events which includes male strippers and clothed woman involved in hardcore and softcore CFNM partying. Also, more women are purchasing and consuming CFNM pornography
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
(especially, adult videos).
CFNM fantasy and humiliation/punishment
Unlike CMNF, CFNM is not divided into categories nice CFNM and hard CFNM. There are many reasons why the male participants receive pleasure from the CFNM experience. Many males enjoy being completely nude around females and do not tend to be disappointed that the females are fully clothed while experiencing the sexual pleasure given by females including masturbationMasturbation
Masturbation refers to sexual stimulation of a person's own genitals, usually to the point of orgasm. The stimulation can be performed manually, by use of objects or tools, or by some combination of these methods. Masturbation is a common form of autoeroticism...
. While the male figures in CMNF are almost fully clothed, the females in CFNM often are seen in only their undergarments.
However some male participants often feel humiliated during the experience. Like the females in hard CMNF, the focus is on the embarrassment/humiliation he experiences in the situation.
CFNM in film
Porky's RevengePorky's Revenge
Porky's Revenge! is the 1985 third installment to the Porky's film trilogy. The film was directed by James Komack.-Plot:The sex-crazed teenagers of Angel Beach High School are back for the third and final time. They continue to be harassed by the gym teacher, Beulah Balbricker, who catches them...
(1985) has a scene in which the boys' basketball team think that they are going to have an orgy
Orgy
In modern usage, an orgy is a sex party where guests engage in promiscuous or multifarious sexual activity or group sex. An orgy is similar to debauchery, which refers to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures....
with the cheerleaders. Using duplicate swimming costumes the girls subsequently trick the boys into stripping naked before being filmed in the swimming pool.
In Exit to Eden
Exit To Eden (film)
Exit to Eden is a 1994 American comedy-thriller loosely based on the Anne Rice novel of the same name, directed by Garry Marshall and adapted to the screen by Deborah Amelon and Bob Brunner. The original music score was composed by Patrick Doyle....
(1994), Lisa Emerson (Dana Delany
Dana Delany
Dana Welles Delany is an American film, stage, and television actress, producer, host and health activist.After various roles in the early career, Delany garnered her first leading role in 1987 in the short-lived NBC sitcom Sweet Surrender and achieved wider fame in 1988–1991 as Colleen McMurphy...
) while dressed in a red negligee, ties up
Bondage
Bondage may refer to:*Debt bondage, a modern form of slavery in which people are bound by debt, rather than legal ownership*Bondage , the practice of tying people up for pleasure*Self-bondage, the practice of tying oneself up for pleasure...
the arms of a nude Elliot Slater (Paul Mercurio
Paul Mercurio
Paul Joseph Mercurio is an Australian actor, dancer and TV presenter. Mercurio is well-known for his lead role in Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom . His father was the character actor Gus Mercurio.- Biography :...
), before indulging in sexual play with him.
In 100 Girls
100 Girls
100 Girls is a 2000 comedy film written and directed by Michael Davis. It tells the story of a college student's efforts to find a mystery girl with whom he had sex on an elevator during a black out.-Plot:...
(2000), Arlene (Katherine Heigl
Katherine Heigl
Katherine Marie Heigl is an American actress and producer. She is possibly best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on ABC's Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series in 2007...
) challenges Matthew (Jonathan Tucker
Jonathan Tucker
Jonathan Moss Tucker is an American film and television actor, best known for his roles in the movies The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hostage, In the Valley of Elah and The Ruins, and The Black Donnellys on television....
) to a game of table football
Table football
Table football, also known as gitoni or foosball, is a table-top game and sport that is loosely based on association football.-Names:...
, where the loser of each goal has to remove one article of clothing. Matthew eventually loses to the degree where he is naked whilst the girls are still fully clothed.
See also
- Clothed male, naked femaleClothed male, naked femaleClothed male, naked female is a genre of erotica featuring one or more nude women and one or more clothed men. Such a scenario is described as a sexual fantasy by some men and some women...
- Intimate parts
- Erotic humiliationErotic humiliationErotic humiliation is the consensual use of psychological humiliation in a sexual context, whereby one person gains arousal or erotic excitement from the powerful emotions of being humiliated and demeaned, or of humiliating another; often in conjunction with sexual stimulation of one or both...