On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:38 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Why is it sexist? I think it's mildly erotic and has sexual connotations, > but I don't find it demeaning to either sex. If a man opens his shirt and > lowers his pants a bit, is that sexist as well? Does something have to be demeaning to be sexist? Portraying someone as a sexual being first and a person second is sexist to me; you may not agree. And, yes, if a man opens his shirt and lowers his pants a bit, I'd say that's sexist, too. That being said, it's clearly not the same thing as what this photo portrays. Society has sexualized mammary glands - sexy though man's chest may or may not be it just isn't the same as a woman's chest. The fact that we see much, much more cheesecake than beefcake - both on this list and in society generally - speaks volumes, doesn't it? Women are portrayed as sexual creatures ~far~ more often than men are. I'm not saying that I'm offended or that such photos ought not be posted (far be it from me to be a censor!), I just find such "mild eroticism" (as you put it) to be rather needless and somewhat tedious. It's just not my thing, I guess. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
