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In reply to the discussion: Because the 'Swimsuit Issue' is not an original concept… [View all]question everything
(47,432 posts)5. Only 20 images? Why not 50?
Can you really not see the difference between your swimsuits that fully cover the asses and the breasts , and the ones from the current cover that leaves very little to the imagination? Perhaps someone should conduct a poll among the males on DU and find out how many feel aroused looking at the current issue of the porn illustrated.
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The question is why any swimsuit pictures need to be posted on a progressive political website.
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#48
Cat threads, gun threads, and pope threads aren't equivalent to T & A photos. The SI photo
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#67
Not if what I seek is to see nude bodies on a political site. But if I want to see nude bodies...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#121
I think soft porn-like photos of women in mainstream publications, as in the SI cover,
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#146
Sure. If I were going to a soft porn site, where it's common to see things like that, absolutely
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#120
So has hard porn, so have pimps, so has breaking and entering, rape, pedophilia.
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#129
Wrong. Subjects which degrade women sexually, need to be off limits. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#135
That is your opinion. I don't think you progress by limiting and censoring discussion. nt.
My Good Babushka
Feb 2014
#136
Women already are degraded publicly through the media and the culture. We hardly need more
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#138
Who's "deciding" anything?. I'm stating a fact. Sorry if that fact doesn't work for your agenda.
whathehell
Feb 2014
#165
"It was stated above"?!..Who "stated above"?...It seems you're getting flustered,
whathehell
Feb 2014
#169
I think they are, but the point is, the pictures themselves are not "discussion".
whathehell
Feb 2014
#160
Some want to be in charge of denigrating language and images of racial minorities.
whathehell
Feb 2014
#184
They were/are social magazines, which cover everything from movie stars, to current fashions, to...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#119
All those magazines feature fashion and cultural trends. They aren't dedicated to sports.
KittyWampus
Feb 2014
#153
Whoa, is it possible that sexual objectification of women has existed for a long time?
Gravitycollapse
Feb 2014
#2
Only if you are going for a "tied in a sack and thrown in the river" kinda workout.
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2014
#63
I can think of only one, actually - Male Domination. Typically, you confuse Male Preference for
whathehell
Feb 2014
#143
Exactly....this is outright willful ignorance to continue down this path....
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#11
Are you an admins here with the right to tell women where to post and where not to post
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#131
The viewing of people solely as de-personalized objects of desire instead of as individuals with...
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#125
Why would anyone assume that a woman who has chosen a career, say in modelling
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#193
Are you asking about swimsuit models specifically? All models? Or Sports Illustrated's
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#195
Such as prostitution, porn, soft porn, making a sexual clown of oneself, etc?
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#200
Riiight. They probably let them play like that before they fed them to the lions.
R B Garr
Feb 2014
#40
Then don't spread the stupid shit, either. I guess that's the moral of the story.
R B Garr
Feb 2014
#71
I've always found it strange in documentaries they say a French man invented the bikini
Tx4obama
Feb 2014
#225
Apparently it involved an oddly googly-eyed Deity being sprayed with a soda spritzer.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#53
Are you having trouble finding places to do just that? Because even though I am a woman
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#47
the point is....you want to be able to harrass women on GD to stifle their voices...
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#183
Have you lost your way? Why do you think this belongs on a progressive political website? n/t
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#37
Because you don't understand what's going on with DU you decide to try and perpetuate it
cui bono
Feb 2014
#42
You miss the point. It's not the mere mention of them. It's the flaunting of them on a POLITICAL
cui bono
Feb 2014
#69
so your whole point is that it's always been does this way so it's ok. we're going to have
TheFrenchRazor
Feb 2014
#54
The SI models weren't actually wearing bathing suits. They were wearing thongs with no tops.
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#68
When, on a mainstream publication, have you ever seen a similar cover picture --
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#142
Yes, the cool girls are all with the boys on this: EROTIC photos of young women.
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#157
Why do you belittle those women as "girls?" That's the language of the patriarchy.
Orrex
Feb 2014
#162
Your arguments will make sense when similar erotic pictures of young men are as commonplace
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#164
Why would I, when I don't think erotic photos belong in a place for political discussions? n/t
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#186
If cats are ever able to participate in serious political discussions, maybe it will be time to
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#191
So? Some people have never minded other people's cigarette smoke either. How many times
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#203
straw man. the argument isn't about "civilized" or "allowing". It's about the intent of SI
KittyWampus
Feb 2014
#155
BTW, here's what happened when Toni Lee wore a topless maillot on a public beach:
OilemFirchen
Feb 2014
#97
The 2 guys on the extreme left appear to be suffering from objectification.
Old and In the Way
Feb 2014
#116
If you think that's weird, you should have seen the fucked up shit they had in Omni magazine.
JVS
Feb 2014
#84
Becaues those were the golden days of gender relations. Women never had it so good as when
geek tragedy
Feb 2014
#94
Because hating Obama because of the color of his skin isn't an original concept.
NCTraveler
Feb 2014
#98
Bathing Suits. How quaint. Wonder the cost difference for all that fabric vs. the cost of the thongs
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2014
#109
anyone notice? the pre-airbrush kneesock photo...one of the woman has face of a baby on knee!
Sunlei
Feb 2014
#114
Maybe a way to stop all these redundant and unnecessary posts is to point out...
randome
Feb 2014
#132