Amen Claudia! That's exactly what I told my class this morning! If a woman wants to expose her breast(s), that's one thing (and btw, I think Americans could take a lesson from many other "Western" and "Third World" cultures alike-- whatever that means-- who allow topless bathing for everyone, god forbid). But if I were a woman, I would have had MUCH more of a problem with the fact that the portrayal was that of a male ripping off the female's clothing without her consent. In my mind, that's way more offensive than an exposed breast or nipple. People are so damned worried about a harmless exposed breast that they overlook the sexual hostility or aggressiveness. Whatever happened to enjoying sexuality and rejecting aggression and hostility!? What kind of a society are we becoming?
Okay, I'm going to light a candle, imbibe and listen to a Grateful Dead *album*. Peace, -S Claudia Stanny wrote: > Another question that has not been raised on the list is why such a big > deal is > made about the flash of the female anatomy and nothing has been said about the > expression of hostility and the violation of personal space associated with a > man ripping clothing off a woman. I should note that this objection was raised > by 2 of the 3 men at my lunch table today, one of whom noted that the only > person in his class who brought up this point was a male student. > > Shouldn't we be discussing the way that popular culture depicts acceptable > relationships between men and women? > > Claudia Stanny > > At 11:31 AM 2/3/2004 -0800, you wrote: > >EXACTLY!!!!!!!! > > > >Marte Fallshore > > > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/3/2004 9:07:13 AM >>> > >The real question for psychologists is why people object to a one > >second flash of a breast (are all conservatives bottle babies) but > >not to the glorified institutionalized violence of the game itself. > >-- > >* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > >* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University * > >* 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * > >* http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * > > > >--- > >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--- > >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ________________________________________________________ > > Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Associate Professor > Department of Psychology Phone: (850) 474 - 3163 > University of West Florida FAX: (850) 857 - 6060 > Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 "unanswered questions are less dangerous than unquestioned answers" --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
