I trust that sites like this will always exist to ensure that this is available.Ħ. Some of those men are on major personal journeys and wrestling is a valuable environment for them. This site is designed to make men feel comfortable with fighting and with their sexuality. Why should you or anyone else ridicule them?ĥ. How many gay rubgy sites, for example, ask their members whether they are into the gear? How many gay football teams attract pictures of men in spandex masks and thongs? That's not a criticism of those who post such pics but it is an observable phenomenon. Even this site, which is pretty good at eliminating time wasters, offers personal profile options that are overtly fetish and sex related. In fact there is a positive correlation between sexual content and the level of interest.Ĥ. If you look at the threads and the number of responses in the forum, the ones with sexual content are among the most popular. Why? Could it be homophobia in the strictest sense of the word?ģ. I can think of no other sport so reviled.
It is disparaged in may quarters despite being an Olympic sport.
On TV what do you have? A parade of muscles, spandex, masks and oiled flesh.Ģ.
It is the only sport that I can think of that has overtly sexualised professional counterpart. OK tell you what, since you seemingly haven't understood the reason for starting the thread (it was a question not an assertion) let me explain to you in simple terms why I think wrestling has a uniquely sexual element:ġ. My response is always - You think so? well lets step onto the mats and then you tell me when you have enough. Quick conclusion, Wrestling is a sport and is what you make it. I am rambling and just dumping thoughts now so I should probably stop. BG is in the middle for gays as give you variety whereas Hardrockwrestling and Can-am its about gay twinks and muscle men who generally can't wrestle. Its about your audience, A str8 guy won't care, a gay guy may or may not love it and a women will probably fantasies about it being your husband. Well surprise surprise there not usually gay guys. The comment about WWE and guys in spandex. The lucky thing for me is I travel so much I am usually on my own anyway. If I am meeting in a matroom I can usually explain but I don't try if its a hotel match. My wife is not a fan of wrestling but knows I love it. lol If I was to put my hand on my heart I would say I was a Bi married man who likes to test his manhood and skill against another guy but Im shit at football and rugby.
Too no surprise of any of us, we all wrestled to win and no Bum squeezing happened. Was funny though when i did a submission competition last summer in London with my old club that at least 10 guys there were from this site. I wrestle at a MMA club every friday and I have no idea if any are gay and as I am there to train so I don't care. These are all athletes in different ways and train hard. I think I would say Wrestling is not Gay whether you do via Pro, Submission, UFC or Freestyle etc. And yes, teenagers with their, um, flexible use of language today, can and do have two meanings for the word 'gay' the second of which is much the same way we might have said 'naff' or 'soft'. It's a complex subject however and I accept others will have other views based on their own experiences. I would suggest the 'gay sport' tag has arisen partly as women often do not like to see their boys wrestle since they fear the close contact with the same sex might 'make them gay'and as a child I was certainly discouraged as were friends by their mothers - wrestling was 'not nice' or even 'dirty'. They have no interest in the guy as a guy whatsoever and certainly not as a potential sexual interest. Their interest is only in their opponent's skill, strength and stamina. I believe straight boys and men who wrestle as a sport see it entirely differently - as I might view tennis or snooker. I am sure the answer is not always a simple one Yes, if you are gay you may see it as a sport some gay men like to watch and participate in - and if you are, like me, will you find it exciting to wrestle another man on a number of levels. In the UK, unlike the US or Germany for example, wrestling is a minority sport and people are far less aware of it now than they are perhaps almost any other sport. If the 14yo lad were in an American High School the wrestlers are looked up to and respected like the footballlers - and of course any age/size/weight and either gender can, and do, practise the sport. In answer to Mr Ironbull, I'm guessing your nephew is straight! I think Wrestling most certainly is not 'Gay'in itself (in the sense that gay men only participate or like it).