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Hi Ilaria, I sped-read that Greer book while browsing in the Tate library when I was in London last year. (I would have finished the whole thing, too, had I not gotten into a heated argument with a book shop employee over whether Sickert was Jack the Ripper.)
(I digress easily, sorry.)
Two other interesting minds which tackle the subject of male/female nudity in art are Sir Kenneth Clark and Camile Paglia.
I agree with a lot of what Kim is saying here - it's much less artistically tricky to portray passively posed female nudes than male nudes. In fact, if I were tackling a male nude (so to speak) I would probably twist him around, or place a sword, stick, or something simlar in the painting for him to be doing something.
I'm a fan of fantasy/comic art and what interests me is that there is much more opportunity for nude/scantily clad female "action figures" in that genre than there are in the "fine art world". If I can locate some Frazetta images I'll post them later.
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