Eric Tragedy wrote:
General question for everyone. Why are male models so hard to find? On this site for example, even if I expand my search to age 16-99 & male, I come up with a grand total of 4 in my home city.

Dude... look at the bright side... with 4 local male models... you've got 4 phone calls that won't cost you a dime... and with the way MM is expanding... I'm sure that figure will go up...

Glamour Boulevard wrote:
My issue once I DO FIND the male model I want to shoot I usually get" what`re you Gay?I don`t pose for men!"

Which usually translates in to" I am only modeling to get to the chicks"

That's why you have a female assistant make the call.

Eric Tragedy wrote:
General question for everyone. Why are male models so hard to find? On this site for example, even if I expand my search to age 16-99 & male, I come up with a grand total of 4 in my home city.  Of the few male models I've worked with most have come from over 100 miles away!

I realize that the fashion idustry, etc. is mostly geared toward women, but that alone cannot account for such a huge discrepancy. (I apologize if this has been asked before, I couldn't find a thread about it).

My opinion?

Because all the time women are told "Wow, you're so gorgeous!!  You should be a model!!" by tons of people who are really just trying to say, "Gawd, you're so hot!  Can we bone?"  People simply think that the former statement is more sophisticated than the latter. 

Until some years ago, such a statement was just flattering but with the internet and free websites, people can open a profile and try their hand at modeling.  They want to know if they have a shot.  Some do, others don't.

Now, do people tell men, "Wow, you so hot!  You should model!"  Probably.  I just think that rather than contemplate actually modeling (it's my understanding that land-based agency numbers are more even), the guy is going to contemplate how he can score with the woman who said it to him.  Call it a fundamental difference between the sexes.

This is, however, just my theory.  I've certainly been wrong before...

x-leila-x wrote:
just men for you... =P

I take offence to that... Then again I've had people, both genders, say I think like both a man and a women so perhaps I don't apply to either gender mentally speaking...

Glamour Boulevard wrote:
My issue once I DO FIND the male model I want to shoot I usually get" what`re you Gay?I don`t pose for men!"

Which usually translates in to" I am only modeling to get to the chicks"

Well,

It can also often translate to, "I'm extremely homophobic and the thought of being naked infront of another male makes my skin crawl..." Some men are actually this homophobic... I myself thought I would be nervous getting naked infront of my photographer because the last male I was nude infront of was my doctor when I was five years of age... I was quite pleased to find that I wasn't nervous in the least through the entire shoot.

Jay Dezelic wrote:
Male models are more common in large markets.  I think it would be difficult, if not impossible, to get any substantial work as a male model in small markets.  The demand for male models is probably less than 10% of what it is for female models.  If I lived in a smaller market than Seattle, I probably would not waste my time trying to market myself.  I have no problem shooting with anyone or doing just about any type of project (except porn), just to have a hope of maybe working every once in a while.  Beyond the fact that 80% of commercial and fashion shoots cast women, the majority of photographers (who are male) enjoy shooting women over men for their speculative projects.

It's an issue of smaller supply for a smaller demand.

I agree with this completely...

Jay Bowman wrote:
My opinion?

Because all the time women are told "Wow, you're so gorgeous!!  You should be a model!!" by tons of people who are really just trying to say, "Gawd, you're so hot!  Can we bone?"  People simply think that the former statement is more sophisticated than the latter. 

Until some years ago, such a statement was just flattering but with the internet and free websites, people can open a profile and try their hand at modeling.  They want to know if they have a shot.  Some do, others don't.

Now, do people tell men, "Wow, you so hot!  You should model!"  Probably.  I just think that rather than contemplate actually modeling (it's my understanding that land-based agency numbers are more even), the guy is going to contemplate how he can score with the woman who said it to him.  Call it a fundamental difference between the sexes.

This is, however, just my theory.  I've certainly been wrong before...

This is the reason I started modeling... I got so many of these comments on Myspace that I decided to give it a shot...and here I am.

Jay Dezelic wrote:
Male models are more common in large markets.  I think it would be difficult, if not impossible, to get any substantial work as a male model in small markets.

That is not exclusive to male models.  The same is true for women models as well.

Most people forget that, by and large, modeling is a female dominated profession, but acting is a male dominated profession.

When you get into acting, the positions reverse.  Particularly in terms of age.  Actresses who don't establish themselves by the time they are thirty have an almost impossible time to break in.  Actors work often until their retirement.  Look at Clint Eastwood.  He is a powerhouse today.  Billy Bob Thorton started late in his career.

When was the last time you saw Ally McGraw in a movie?

So for you male models that find modeling to be slanted against you, take heart in knowing that acting is just the opposite.