The Warwick rowing team gets naked for a good cause: fighting anti-gay bullying in schools and sports.
One of the newer ancient traditions of Britain’s Warwick University is the nude calendar produced by their rowing team. This year, funds raised from the calendar will be going to benefit the Ben Cohen Stand Up Foundation, an anti-bullying group founded by rugby star Ben Cohen.
Too often we’re told that men aren’t sexually attractive, that women are the only sexy gender, that nobody wants to look at men’s bodies. And too often, athletes get caught up in a macho mindset that tolerates homophobic bullying as part of an assertion of a crude, unenlightened masculinity. So, if you’re interested in exploring new ideals of manhood in the 21st century, as we are here at the Good Men Project, this fundraiser is in two-birds-with-one-stone territory.
There’s a trailer for the calendar here, but be warned: it’s a bunch of British boys with the bodies of a college rowing team, frolicking by a riverside butt-naked. Mind you, for some of our readers, that’s less a warning than an enthusiastic recommendation, but whatever your tastes, it’s a damned good cause to support.
Just outa curiosity, will you be posting calenders of women naked for good causes?
.. of many colours and body shapes too? We musn’t forget the body issues when it comes to calendars. Is this a peculiarly British thing caused by the ladies of Rylstone W.I.? Wasn’t November supposed to be something or other about, men – health – balls – prostates – moustaches – facial hair? – some good men doing things like raise money – public awareness – get editors editing and not missing the issues. I must be so daft I just keep missing good men as they walk on by to the barber shops. It does seem that the smaller… Read more »
Buying this… for me, and all of my friends
Oh it is the calendar season so it’s nude time again. I have to say that the video of the making of is a little juvenile and a tad too Gladiator for me – They wanted to change the world – so they made the Ultimate Sacrifice – they took their knickers off? Oh boy – Rowers just aint the men they used to be! I like Ben Cohen – 1) He’s cute and pure eye candy 2) He has a Brain that works 3) He has a heart, which whilst hetro, is so big he loves queer people too… Read more »
Don’t be silly. It’s to be sold to gay men. The trope will never die out, as long as the nudity is real and the lads are healthy.
“No minority in history has gained any measure of acceptance without the help of the majority.” Interesting idea. Have Oppressed Group – Market Calender – Get Oppressed Group To Buy It – Call It Charity and that Allies from the Oppressor Group are being….. “Nice”. Interesting Marketing Trick If You Can Pull It Off – but given that the people being targeted for help are Kids – with low economic clout – may lack opportunity to buy Calender due to not having space in the closet to hang it, let alone light in closet … It may get picked up… Read more »
“How about a revolutionary idea – use gay Sports Men And Women” Yes, horrible isn’t it that a university rowing team wanted to do something for charity didn’t decided “you know what, were not all gay… We had better chose another charity and leave gay rights to the gayers”… I’m sorry, but what is wrong with them making this calender?
John, the very fact that you used “the gayers” says so much about the deopth of prejudice and ignorance it’s best to just step over the chasm.
MediaHound, It’s call sarcasm… I used “gayers” to highlight your attitude and your prejudice that says that someone who is not gay cannot speak out on gay rights. Or do you think that a rowing team could somehow find 12 members (out of around 30) that are gay? Or that they should have found people who were not members of the rowing team to be in a calender?
I refer the honourable(?) gentleman to the answer I gave some moments ago….But since you have benn so courteous as to raise your concerns I will provide you with a wider vision and a few ideas for free. As someone who has been on the front lines of Equality for some 30 years, covering such areas as Sexuality, Disability, Age and more – well I do wonder at the use of just 30 Guys as the pool for butt shots, woody bits and 6 packs. Some basic maths – Gay = between 2 and 6% depending upon who is analysing… Read more »
Oh and John – just forget to mention that the ladies of Warwick Rowing Club are also in the buff and doing calendars, which means all the Hetras can also join in the Gayers ! The opportunity to choose your sexuality appropriate titillation has not been pushed as a factor yet! If gay men and hetro women can oggle all year, why is the lesbain and herto men market getting played down? Who cares about looking pervy when it’s for charity? .. and who can say that objectification is wrong when it;s made an equal opportunity sporting option? .. and… Read more »
Oh yeah! Eye candy and a good cause put together? Hard to beat.