My man cans are heaps sexy! On 01/11/2009, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
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