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Well, again, Sports Illustrated is not a fashion magazine. Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #1
McCall's, Ebony, Jet... TeeYiYi Feb 2014 #15
The question is why any swimsuit pictures need to be posted on a progressive political website. pnwmom Feb 2014 #48
Threads in GD run the gamut... TeeYiYi Feb 2014 #61
Cat threads, gun threads, and pope threads aren't equivalent to T & A photos. The SI photo pnwmom Feb 2014 #67
I don't see it as porn... TeeYiYi Feb 2014 #70
Three women wearing thongs, no tops, with their arms around each other, pnwmom Feb 2014 #73
Do these covers make you nervous?... TeeYiYi Feb 2014 #79
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
You attempt to make anyone commenting on the SI cover as "nervous". KittyWampus Feb 2014 #154
Those old photos were considered on the edge of "racy" in their time. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #85
I'm not sure pics from SI need to be in GD 1awake Feb 2014 #86
soft porn? madrchsod Feb 2014 #188
So sorry about your discomfort, whathehell Feb 2014 #137
It is self-infantilizing My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #87
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
the SI Swimsuit Issue has become a cultural landmark My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #127
So has hard porn, so have pimps, so has breaking and entering, rape, pedophilia. Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #129
I said that no subject should be off-limits My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #133
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 is "we"? My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #144
Females and males. There is no biological third gender. nt Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #158
Sorry, but soft porn T & A pictures aren't "discussion". whathehell Feb 2014 #147
Who are you to decide My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #149
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: "WE hardly need" this discussion on DU My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #167
"It was stated above"?!..Who "stated above"?...It seems you're getting flustered, whathehell Feb 2014 #169
That isn't soft porn pintobean Feb 2014 #156
I think they are, but the point is, the pictures themselves are not "discussion". whathehell Feb 2014 #160
Nothing here is until there is a reply. pintobean Feb 2014 #163
Are pictures, in and of themselves, a "discussion"? whathehell Feb 2014 #166
Yes, of course My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #171
I didn't claim that. pintobean Feb 2014 #180
No, you evaded the question instead.. whathehell Feb 2014 #182
BWAHAHAHAHAHHA.. whathehell Feb 2014 #181
Sez you.. whathehell Feb 2014 #139
Racism can and should end My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #161
I see..Racism should end, but Mysogyny should continue indefinitely, lol. whathehell Feb 2014 #168
I disagree that every nude human body = misogyny My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #170
You're "disagreeing" with an opinion I never held nor expressed, lol whathehell Feb 2014 #175
You want to be in charge of which naked people My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #179
Some want to be in charge of denigrating language and images of racial minorities. whathehell Feb 2014 #184
You are conflating human sexuality with racism, again. My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #217
Um, no, you are conflating human sexuality with Objectification, again whathehell Feb 2014 #223
Falls under the broad category of "General Discussion" Lost_Count Feb 2014 #100
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
LOL, it's has always been so it must always be... laundry_queen Feb 2014 #13
K&R Cleita Feb 2014 #3
burkhas, the perfect swim suit nt msongs Feb 2014 #4
Only if you are going for a "tied in a sack and thrown in the river" kinda workout. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #63
Only 20 images? Why not 50? question everything Feb 2014 #5
I prefer the women in these pictures to the SI ones. Jetboy Feb 2014 #10
They didn't call it the Saturday Evening Post For nothin'. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #17
Are you in favor of banning women's bodies from being seen in public? sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #41
"asses and the breasts"... TeeYiYi Feb 2014 #52
Did you not notice that many of those swim suits did NOT have modesty panels? RC Feb 2014 #115
Talking on the phone while in the pool was never a good idea. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #6
LOL Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #104
K&R. There are very good reasons women have been the subject of both great art quinnox Feb 2014 #7
Art? lol Porn starts are VERY artistic then, eh? nt Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #122
I can think of only one, actually - Male Domination. Typically, you confuse Male Preference for whathehell Feb 2014 #143
I like these a lot more than cat pictures! Corruption Inc Feb 2014 #8
Agreed Sherman A1 Feb 2014 #65
Here is the point BainsBane Feb 2014 #9
Exactly....this is outright willful ignorance to continue down this path.... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #11
Out of how many members who didn't recommend it? (nt) The Straight Story Feb 2014 #14
compare it to the pro-objectification threads BainsBane Feb 2014 #19
Well, to be fair... Scootaloo Feb 2014 #28
Great video, thanks. Nika Feb 2014 #18
I still love this video! JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #81
+1 redqueen Feb 2014 #101
This is not HoF. RC Feb 2014 #117
Yet now 171 posters BainsBane Feb 2014 #126
Now it is only 170? RC Feb 2014 #130
173 BainsBane Feb 2014 #151
So you are declaring a win and going home? RC Feb 2014 #173
Jury results hack89 Feb 2014 #196
Time for a cat's life. /nt pintobean Feb 2014 #199
lol ... ouch. 1000words Feb 2014 #206
Six to zero! OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #216
It doesn't have to be HOF...If you don't like the vid, whathehell Feb 2014 #176
I never watched the video. RC Feb 2014 #205
Wow...What a surprise, lol whathehell Feb 2014 #222
So you want to hide women's bodies from the public, is that it? Why? sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #118
take your straw elsewhere BainsBane Feb 2014 #123
Are you an admins here with the right to tell women where to post and where not to post sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #131
yes it does.... madrchsod Feb 2014 #190
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
I'm asking about women making business decisions that earn them a whole lot sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #198
Such as prostitution, porn, soft porn, making a sexual clown of oneself, etc? Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #200
Great video..Thanks. n/t whathehell Feb 2014 #145
Lol K&R Katashi_itto Feb 2014 #12
You didn't go back far enough. Archae Feb 2014 #16
Isn't that fabulous? Cleita Feb 2014 #26
It's photoshopped; they don't even TRY to hide the pixels Scootaloo Feb 2014 #29
I've seen that same mosaic many time for over 40 years. Cleita Feb 2014 #30
Well, this is going to blow your mind... The one on the left? Scootaloo Feb 2014 #32
Why not. He can be cute when he isn't crazy. Cleita Feb 2014 #34
And when is that, oh pray tell? Scootaloo Feb 2014 #44
You think I like him. No I don't bother with his movies but Cleita Feb 2014 #49
OK, that laugh was worth wading through this thread LadyHawkAZ Feb 2014 #38
No, it's not photoshopped. MADem Feb 2014 #72
... Scootaloo Feb 2014 #75
It did fly right on by me.... MADem Feb 2014 #77
Riiight. They probably let them play like that before they fed them to the lions. R B Garr Feb 2014 #40
I've read a lot of ignorant things here lately, Cleita Feb 2014 #45
You must be right, then. It's fabulous beach volleyball for Ancient Romans. R B Garr Feb 2014 #60
Oh shut up. I'm not even interested in this stupid shit. Cleita Feb 2014 #62
Then don't spread the stupid shit, either. I guess that's the moral of the story. R B Garr Feb 2014 #71
what! madrchsod Feb 2014 #192
I've always found it strange in documentaries they say a French man invented the bikini Tx4obama Feb 2014 #225
And the reason people keep posting this shit ain't original, either. Iggo Feb 2014 #20
Lame gait? Train wait? Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #21
Check mate? ..nt TeeYiYi Feb 2014 #22
Nope. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #23
Blamegate works. ..nt TeeYiYi Feb 2014 #25
* Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #55
As does Lamegate...nt Bobbie Jo Feb 2014 #209
brilliant n/t RainDog Feb 2014 #33
Well said. n/t whathehell Feb 2014 #148
Okay, just hold on one con-sarned minute, here. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #24
Price 50 cents? Cleita Feb 2014 #27
That's the creation of the universe, according to Etruscan mythology Scootaloo Feb 2014 #31
I know a lot about Etruscans. Ask me. Cleita Feb 2014 #36
Apparently it involved an oddly googly-eyed Deity being sprayed with a soda spritzer. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #53
Someone's gonna get spritzed with seltzer water. lob1 Feb 2014 #57
He clearly has some sort of fluid buildup in his eyeballs Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #58
He has a case of bugging eyes, which happens to cartoon men near lob1 Feb 2014 #66
"Quick, we must sound the alarm!" Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #74
seltzerboarding JVS Feb 2014 #83
It's not technically torture Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #211
And we haven't even started on what Jennifer Lopez... TreasonousBastard Feb 2014 #35
Are you having trouble finding places to do just that? Because even though I am a woman VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #47
Missed the point again. TreasonousBastard Feb 2014 #50
No, I'm afraid you missed it. whathehell Feb 2014 #172
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
Sadly, my only take away from this post is that Xyzse Feb 2014 #39
Four of them are showing much too much skin... Historic NY Feb 2014 #111
I know. Xyzse Feb 2014 #113
I had the same thought. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #212
It is very possible. Xyzse Feb 2014 #213
Because you don't understand what's going on with DU you decide to try and perpetuate it cui bono Feb 2014 #42
Oh, bullshit... TreasonousBastard Feb 2014 #51
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
False equivalence..... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #43
Wow! That Vogue issue with the phone and cyan theme is awesome! tofuandbeer Feb 2014 #46
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
Yeah, isn't that one of the arguments they made against the suffragettes? KitSileya Feb 2014 #78
Because we didn't objectify... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #56
Any woman wearing a bathing suit... TeeYiYi Feb 2014 #64
The SI models weren't actually wearing bathing suits. They were wearing thongs with no tops. pnwmom Feb 2014 #68
Surely no civilized nation would allow women to be seen topless in thongs Orrex Feb 2014 #91
When, on a mainstream publication, have you ever seen a similar cover picture -- pnwmom Feb 2014 #142
If three male models were posed that way, it would be interpreted as homoerotic Orrex Feb 2014 #152
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
Post as many pictures of young men as you wish. Who's stopping you? Orrex Feb 2014 #185
Why would I, when I don't think erotic photos belong in a place for political discussions? n/t pnwmom Feb 2014 #186
Well, it's a reasonably open forum. Orrex Feb 2014 #189
If cats are ever able to participate in serious political discussions, maybe it will be time to pnwmom Feb 2014 #191
But some women don't find it disrespectful. Orrex Feb 2014 #201
So? Some people have never minded other people's cigarette smoke either. How many times pnwmom Feb 2014 #203
We can discuss cigarettes in another thread if you'd like. Orrex Feb 2014 #208
No, I didn't say it should be banned. I said I wish people would respect pnwmom Feb 2014 #215
That's an impossible task. Orrex Feb 2014 #219
straw man. the argument isn't about "civilized" or "allowing". It's about the intent of SI KittyWampus Feb 2014 #155
Argument by assertion. You are declaring it to be soft porn. Orrex Feb 2014 #202
Life Magazine July, 1964... OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #95
BTW, here's what happened when Toni Lee wore a topless maillot on a public beach: OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #97
Sending posts to yourself, lol? whathehell Feb 2014 #177
WTF are you on about? OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #218
BWHAHAHAHHA! whathehell Feb 2014 #221
..and your point is? whathehell Feb 2014 #178
No "point" actually, merely an observation. OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #187
That's what I thought.. whathehell Feb 2014 #220
This might help pintobean Feb 2014 #224
This this might help you.. whathehell Feb 2014 #226
Huffington Post has dozens of sex story links. ErikJ Feb 2014 #59
HuffPo is an alt-med & celebrity gossip site with occasional political stories Orrex Feb 2014 #90
LOL malaise Feb 2014 #76
DU is not where I come for fashion discussions JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #80
And something for the ladies My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #82
Well. I'm going to get a tophat for swimming now. Inkfreak Feb 2014 #89
Of course you must My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #92
The 2 guys on the extreme left appear to be suffering from objectification. Old and In the Way Feb 2014 #116
The guy in the ostrich pose pulling his nipples, is my kind of guy. bravenak Feb 2014 #204
They look cold. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #210
If you think that's weird, you should have seen the fucked up shit they had in Omni magazine. JVS Feb 2014 #84
In Omni? NaturalHigh Feb 2014 #140
Only thing I got out of this baiting, narcissistic post and this thread... Triana Feb 2014 #88
So because we've always objectified women we should continue to do so, CrispyQ Feb 2014 #93
Becaues those were the golden days of gender relations. Women never had it so good as when geek tragedy Feb 2014 #94
Yes. The same crap has been going on for years. MineralMan Feb 2014 #96
I'm going to ask you a question azurnoir Feb 2014 #102
I doubt that the models consider themselves to be victims, but that's MineralMan Feb 2014 #105
but that's the point azurnoir Feb 2014 #106
And my point is that the models have nothing to do with MineralMan Feb 2014 #108
again though without the models themselves none of this would be possible azurnoir Feb 2014 #110
It is always about the individuals when individuals are involved. MineralMan Feb 2014 #124
They say... antiquie Feb 2014 #107
Because hating Obama because of the color of his skin isn't an original concept. NCTraveler Feb 2014 #98
Very interesting contrast. The more things change the more they remain Autumn Feb 2014 #99
Those are all pretty old treestar Feb 2014 #103
Very good point. Before the women's movement, anything went. nt Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #128
Bathing Suits. How quaint. Wonder the cost difference for all that fabric vs. the cost of the thongs Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #109
good post. Even the negative publicity and posts help sell more issues! Sunlei Feb 2014 #112
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
I think some people at DU are overreaching... TeeYiYi Feb 2014 #134
I would say gollygee Feb 2014 #150
Is that what you think?...Really? whathehell Feb 2014 #159
I remember seeing a picture... NaturalHigh Feb 2014 #141
Thank you for the look back at over a century of advertising GoneOffShore Feb 2014 #174
i like this one from 1909 madrchsod Feb 2014 #194
I'm not entirely sure whats the issue here? Mrdrboi Feb 2014 #197
The issue is that women must be free to do what they want, RC Feb 2014 #214
Yes, I'm sure that's the "issue" you're concerned about, lol whathehell Feb 2014 #227
IBTL nt ecstatic Feb 2014 #207
So the use of T & A (objectification of women) has been going on forever. thucythucy Feb 2014 #228
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