I was so excited a few years ago when I stumbled upon a discounted hula man (of the dashboard variety) in a gift store at an amusement park. He was surrounded by several of his identical twins. It was a sad little display, but I felt compelled to buy one of these depressing miniature hula men simply because of their unusal status. No one thinks of a hula man sitting on a dashboard in someone's car, only of hula women with their short skirts and bikini tops or coconut bras.

Why, in this era of gender equality and empowerment, do we not have more hula men figurines in the world? We now know that women objectify men as much as men objectify women. There are many figurines of buxom females in skimpy outfits performing various tasks. So why do we not often see such charming figurines of men?