Why Does The Hero Sleeps In The Nude?

[Arch , Mod]

Danielle is in the medical field.

We medical field people like to learn stuff about the body.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Sees Love in All Colors]

It's the biological scientist in me. I like to be informed. LOL.

I think it's unsexy when the hero unzips and his stuff falls out. Better to unwrap the goodies. :)

[Arch , Mod]

I don't like it when a man wears his jeans tight. His body needs to breathe.

One of my aunts use to hate seeing Cruz on Santa Barbara in those tight jeans. It looked like his front area was scrreaming.

[new_user]

Pretty much with you on the underwear, Danielle. Underwear is kind of a catch-all. I don't mind a nude sleeping hero though. ;)

LOL, Loni. That is so true. At least if he rides frequently for leisure, his lower body will be in shape, but they have to get a little more creative to explain biceps that aren't limp as noodles, LOL. Say they box or something, LOL.

[new_user]

As regards airing the genitals, LOL, that's why it's recommended men wear boxers instead of briefs.

[Yolonda]

Underwear are preferable on a guy as long as he keeps them clean. Streaked undies can be a mood killer.

[Arch , Mod]

What are man panties?

[Yolonda]

Eugenia wrote: "Loni wrote: "Underwear are preferable on a guy as long as he keeps them clean. Streaked undies can be a mood killer."

Ugh, gross Loni. What bad imagery LOL. That's I prefer boxers to briefs and ..."

a.k.a. the tightie whities. I dated a guy who loved those things. I told him that it was time to change out of the grown man underoos. He finally started wearing boxer briefs.

[Yolonda]

new_user wrote: "Pretty much with you on the underwear, Danielle. Underwear is kind of a catch-all. I don't mind a nude sleeping hero though. ;)

LOL, Loni. That is so true. At least if he rides frequently for lei..."

True NU,

Either he boxes for exercise or he's a "common brute". I prefer the "common brutes". At least they have personality.

[new_user]

LOL! Ewwww, man panties and skid marks, ewwwww.

[Arch , Mod]

lol, doesn't Tom Cruise have a movie scene where he comes sliding across the floor in his underwear?

I don't know how many of you like Tom Cruise. I don't find him attractive. I hope that I never read an interracial book, where the hero is a Tom Cruise look a like.

I hope I haven't offended anyone by saying this.

[Nisha]

omg! I had a conversation with a friend who liked whitie tighties and thought that boxers were not sexy on men. Completely crazy, because heroes wearing boxers, any time of the day, I would find sexy. I don't understand the deal with male sexy underwear either (you know, the tight printed stuff)

[Nisha]

Arch wrote: "lol, doesn't Tom Cruise have a movie scene where he comes sliding across the floor in his underwear?

I don't know how many of you like Tom Cruise. I don't find him attractive. I hope that I neve..."

You're not being offensive. He has a very American golden boy look to him, which is appealing to me in certain levels. Still he is not my type and the underwear did bother me in that scene.

[Arch , Mod]

lol, if a hero that sleeps in the nude is attacked at night by a man with a sword, I hope he's quick on his feet and knows how to fight.

[Arch , Mod]

lol, some heroes be on the run in the jungle with the heroine or sometimes by himself. He has to go to sleep in the woods. Why haven't I read any stories where a hero slept nude in the jungle?

[Davina]

"Now I have wondered about this in historicals. If a hero is a titled peer that doesn't do any real physical work...how is it that he's muscular and toned? But I guess this goes into that whole desire to picture a sexy man in the reader's mind."

"LOL, Loni. That is so true. At least if he rides frequently for leisure, his lower body will be in shape, but they have to get a little more creative to explain biceps that aren't limp as noodles, LOL. Say they box or something, LOL. "

Hmmm, I don't completely agree. Many members of the peerage were quite athletic. Polo (which has been the official royal sport for centuries), Cricket, Hunting (though this was seasonal), Fencing, Archery etc were all considered sophisticated pass times of those eras, and most of them required good upper body strength in order to excel. Therefore, it's quite possible to have well-built historical heroes, I would say. When I come across these descriptions that's how I rationalise his physique, even though the author may not have shown him engaging in an actual sport.

[Davina]

Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I've heard that the best kind of underwear has cotton at the crotch area because it's breathable and it absorbs. Not all cloth has the same absorptive and breathable capabilities. Skin releases to..."

I take your point. More fluids remain on the skin itself since the type of clothing (usually made from denim, rayon etc) men wear on their lower bodies are less absorptive than the materials used to make underwear. Fair enough. Makes sense.

I don't know of many men who don't wear underwear (except when they're going to bed), but I've always been under the assumption that bodily discharges will be absorbed by the trousers (which are -- hopefully -- removed regularly in favour of clean ones), but if most of it remain on his genitals due to a lack of sufficient absorptive capabilities then I'd agree that's gross.

I'd be interested in reading that study on men's dirty undergarments if you can remember the source.

[new_user]

I have yet to read an HR with the hero playing any of the above sports, LOL. Somehow, they magically acquire their toned builds, LOL.

[Davina]

Me neither, but whenever I come across an historical hero who is described as all toned and buffed, I just assume he's an avid sportsman off stage. Given the reason I explained above, it's quite plausible that he is. :)

[Nisha]

Considering the lifestyle and diet of the rich in HR, being toned and all makes sense if they just got out of school, not so much once they inherit their family title and do adult things. Seriously, most men I know, end up just watching sports instead of doing sports, even if they were avid athletes when they were younger.

[Jenn]

Loni wrote: "Eugenia wrote: "I'm not old-fashioned, I don't think women should have to wear stockings, or a horrible girdle or a bra or underwear if you don't want to. Just a statement of who I am and why I som..."

Loni wrote: "Eugenia wrote: "I'm not old-fashioned, I don't think women should have to wear stockings, or a horrible girdle or a bra or underwear if you don't want to. Just a statement of who I am and why I som..."

Yes A cups can sag, especially after breast feeding.

[Jenn]

Eugenia wrote: "Loni wrote: "Hey Arch,

There is nothing wrong with a naked man. The more naked the better. Wait..scratch that...there are some dudes I know that I would pay to stay dressed."

LOL. I'm sorry t..."

I have to agree... a good friend of mine told me she and her then boyfriend now husband went to a nudist camp... now both of them are at least 80 or so pounds over weight. Now I am well within my ideal body weight and have no problem wearing only a bathing suit when I am on vacation, but I am just too much of a prude to walk around showing the goods.

[Arch , Mod]

The only two people that would see me naked, is me and my husband. Until then, it's only me.

[Jenn]

Eugenia wrote: "Jenn wrote: "Loni wrote: "Eugenia wrote: "I'm not old-fashioned, I don't think women should have to wear stockings, or a horrible girdle or a bra or underwear if you don't want to. Just a statement..."

Maybe sag isn't the word... let's just say they don't look as 'happy' as they use to;)

[Arch , Mod]

Eugenia wrote: "Well, my doctor has seen me too but she is my doctor, LOL. "

What doctor are you talking about? The woman that delivered you or gyn doctor?

Well, I would have to say, one has seen me fully naked, the day that I have born and the other gyn doctors, private part only.

Those are different. I am talking about other people.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Sees Love in All Colors]

Loni wrote: "Underwear are preferable on a guy as long as he keeps them clean. Streaked undies can be a mood killer."

My number one requirement in a man: Good hygiene. It's a no-go if that's an issue.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Sees Love in All Colors]

Arch wrote: "lol, doesn't Tom Cruise have a movie scene where he comes sliding across the floor in his underwear?

I don't know how many of you like Tom Cruise. I don't find him attractive. I hope that I neve..."

--I'm not a Tom Cruise fan either, Arch.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Sees Love in All Colors]

Nisha wrote: "omg! I had a conversation with a friend who liked whitie tighties and thought that boxers were not sexy on men. Completely crazy, because heroes wearing boxers, any time of the day, I would find se..."

--I think boxers are really sexy, much moreso than tighty whities. I like colored boxer briefs, as well. G-string, no thanks!