On 2 Aug 2015, at 20:29, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 01/08/2015 9:06 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> Thank you very much for your kind words and support, Frank! >> >> >> If it is of any comfort to you, the model, Dorrie, fully participates >> in and approves of every part of the image creation process. > > I think this is where the whole "exploitation" via sexualization and > objectification argument falls on it's face. > When the subject is a willing participant in the process, who is being > exploited? > > [...] > > There is a very tired old argument that art was invented to get women out of > their clothes.
[...] I think that's slightly different from what we see here. The art thing may be similar to bower birds building their wacky bowers to attract females. > Perhaps it is true, perhaps it isn't, but the argument ignores the reality > that the subject has to be a willing participant in the process for the > process to happen, which effectively torpedoes the whole exploitation > argument. Not really because the way you've presented it is rather shallow and doesn't take into account all sorts of factors, such as economic power, which tend on average to reduce women's options compared to men's in many ways and to normalise other options, such as exploiting their body. B -- 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.
