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Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Protection from Pornography Week?!?!?
I don't.... understand...
But I'm glad there's a showing of Rocky tomorrow. It'll feel good to shove a symbolic stick up this proclamation's ass and say SEX IS A BEAUTIFUL THING! BEING SEXY IS NOT SHAMEFUL! If pornography is harmful to a relationship, there was something wrong with that relationship already that should be dealt with. What's next? Laws forbidding the exposure of a navel or shoulder in public? Classification of the female orgasm as a mental disorder?
Pornography, in my opinion, doesn't by itself objectify women. Pornography shows off human sexuality, yes, and I think that both the male body and the female body are attractive. The problem is that the ones who pay for the majority of porn prefer to ogle simply the female form, and by simple economics, more female porn is produced. Honestly, take a look around the Louvre. There's a bunch of paintings and statues of naked women, in some pretty lewd poses by the standards of the day. There are actually depictions of PEOPLE HAVING SEX! Even some gods! This is art, this is a celebration of the beauty of the human body!
Honestly, people, if you're going to say that God created Man in his image, you might as well take some pride in that image.
Maybe sometime tonight I'll take a trip to Sensations to buy some porn in protest. I won't show it in the lounge, but I might in my room. Anyone with me?
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I don't.... understand...
But I'm glad there's a showing of Rocky tomorrow. It'll feel good to shove a symbolic stick up this proclamation's ass and say SEX IS A BEAUTIFUL THING! BEING SEXY IS NOT SHAMEFUL! If pornography is harmful to a relationship, there was something wrong with that relationship already that should be dealt with. What's next? Laws forbidding the exposure of a navel or shoulder in public? Classification of the female orgasm as a mental disorder?
Pornography, in my opinion, doesn't by itself objectify women. Pornography shows off human sexuality, yes, and I think that both the male body and the female body are attractive. The problem is that the ones who pay for the majority of porn prefer to ogle simply the female form, and by simple economics, more female porn is produced. Honestly, take a look around the Louvre. There's a bunch of paintings and statues of naked women, in some pretty lewd poses by the standards of the day. There are actually depictions of PEOPLE HAVING SEX! Even some gods! This is art, this is a celebration of the beauty of the human body!
Honestly, people, if you're going to say that God created Man in his image, you might as well take some pride in that image.
Maybe sometime tonight I'll take a trip to Sensations to buy some porn in protest. I won't show it in the lounge, but I might in my room. Anyone with me?
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It's a telling mark of what is considered proper and customary public exposure by the artist and the exhibitors. (By "exhibitors", I meant of the painting/scuplture, not the original model). Frankly, if an exhibitor thinks that a particular piece of art is too open for the exhibitor's tastes and the culture's tastes, the exhibitor can either not display it, modify it (a prospect of which I'm not exactly happy, especially if the artist is not alive to give permission), or put up a TMI filter--which may not be an available option.