Perhaps we shouldn't care

It's amazing how juvenile people are.

--Mike

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't watch reality TV shows and only pay attention to news
> reports about them when something really unusual happens like,
> say, former U.S. congressman Tom Delay decides to participate
> in one of these farces.  However, today my attention was drawn
> to a news item that suggests that a dance show on the Fox network
> had a "Sharon Stone" moment: see the Daily News story which is
> handled in impeccable tabloid style:
> http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/09/30/2009-09-30_so_you_think_you_can_dance_contestant_flashes_national_tv_audience.html
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/yer5e7s
>
> For you pervs, er, professors who would like to see the original
> video and determine whether it is the real McCoy or just a panties
> crease, our friends at the Huffington Post have thoughtfully provided
> the video snippet to us (they even have a poll: is it the real McCoy or
> a panties crease -- though they don't use the term "real McCoy"):
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/30/vagina-exposed-on-so-you_n_304592.html
>
> Teachable moments for psychology classes:
>
> (1)  When the "liberal" CBS network had Janet Jackson'd infamous
> wardrobe malfunction during the half-time show of the SuperBowl
> footbal game, CBS was fined for partial exposure of a female breast.
> What will the "conservative" Fox network pay in terms of money or
> other form of punishment for this display of female flesh?  Will it be:
> a)  More than CBS, given the body part exposed
> b)  Same as CBS
> c)  Less than CBS, because the conservatives at Fox obviously
> had made a mistake while the liberals at CBS obviously planned
> the wardrobe malfunction
> d)  No fine because the prudes who fined CBS will be good submissive
> authoritarians and not fine their media overlords at FOX.
>
> (2)  As noted in the one of the replies on the Huffington Post website,
> if actual flesh was shown, was a "vagina" really shown?
> a) Yes
> b)  No
> As a commenter makes clear, the vagina in an internal orgram and
> the outer visual portion could be the labia and clitoris (or as another
> commenter points out, perhaps a thigh fat row).  If people answer "Yes"
> to question (2), does this point out the need for more "Human
> Sexuality" courses?
>
> Finally, if panties/underwear are really optional, does that mean that
> Tom Delay is dancing around without .....
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
> [email protected]
>
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