> However, I also do worry about double standards. For example, earlier
> somewhere someone suggested we visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochre
> where a barebreasted woman was used to illustrate the use of it as a
> body paint in Africa. I made the point that I really would like to know
> if men were painted and if the penis also was painted on men. Something
> tells me under that rule someone might have jumped all over me for
> "innuendo" since innuendo is in the mind of the behold. I actually in my
> mind had a heavy innuendo intention, but objectively speaking it
> probably didn't look that way. Others might have seen it as more of an
> innuendo than even I meant.
>
> So bottom line, whether or not it's debated, i think a little more
> detail needs to be added to make it clear that strong and intentional
> innuendo is a problem.

Yes, sexual innuendo is a rather ambiguous term, although certain
expressions obviously fall within its definition, and not just in the
mind of the beholder.

Fred



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