LaBeouf (wearing clothes). Courtesy of www.latimes.com

Some would argue that Shia LaBeouf’s major breakout moment as an actor was playing Sam Witwicky in Transformers. But we here at USDemocrazy know that his true breakout moment occurred just this year–and he really put himself out there.

Confused? Well, allow us to take the cover off and put the naked truth out there for our devoted Democrazy followers: LaBeouf sported full-frontal nudity in a rather avant-garde music video for Icelandic band Sigur Rós.

According to the director, Alma Har’el, the video shows LaBeouf and his female costar as:

“a man and a woman locked in a never-ending cycle of addiction and desire.”

The premise of the video is quite interesting, and so is the very naked LaBeouf, but for a different reason: major male actors doing full-frontal nudity is generally a rare occurrence.

There are a few exceptions, of course, such as this music video and the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but clearly our culture is far more accustomed to seeing lady bits. Otherwise, this whole LaBeouf story wouldn’t be a big deal, right?

But perhaps that’s just the problem–maybe it shouldn’t be such a big deal. Nude (or very close to nude) women are often featured in movies, television shows, and music videos. So if seeing naked women on a screen doesn’t generate much talk, then why should one nude guy in a music video be worth discussing?

Or maybe it actually is a big deal. After all, a woman’s breasts, many argue, aren’t exactly the equivalent of a man’s genitalia.

We’d like to hear what you think about the matter. And, if you need a little more time to reflect, you can take a few minutes to view the Sigur Rós video here.

PLEASE NOTE: You should NOT watch this video if you’re uncomfortable with nudity because, as you have hopefully gathered from this post, it does, in fact, feature naked people.