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06/09/09
People like sexy pictures and that's fine, but the labia doesn't belong on the cover of a book about legs. It belongs as a discrete cover to a porno mag.
I don't think we're going to get fewer sexualized images of women, so what I really want are more sexualized images of men. Back when we had the post about the Apatow boys photo shoot in Vanity Fair, I went back and looked at the past covers online. Every female cover was heavily sexualized, but only one male cover (Brad Pitt) was similarly sexualized. Several of the guys got sexy women as props for their covers, but they didn't have to be sexy themselves. I'm really not interested in labia, so I want some gender parity- Tina Fey in a business suit surrounded by shirtless, headless men or a wet, naked Clive Owen.
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Long clip, but worth it.
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The other great thing about legs as a sexy part of the body is that you don't have to be super thin to have great legs. It's really more about the shapeliness of the gams than about thinness.
But really, the question is, why shouldn't any part of the body be considered sexually appealing by someone?
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@LAkebandit: @gangey: @philoclea: You ladies think soccer player's legs are nice (I've dated tons of them) wait until you see cyclists legs. My fiance is a cyclist and damn they are even better than soccer player's legs. HUGE muscular thighs and calves. Yum!
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But he's not wearing the fetching shin guards when he bikes, so I still prefer the soccer look!
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Sorry, I'm not really a prude, but it's just so fucking tiresome.
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@blueberrypancake: I haven't seen this book in particular, but I have seen the 'Big Book of Breasts' at Barnes and Noble, and if it weren't for it being there I wouldn't have been exposed to the series.
The whole being able to see it while browsing articles is an interesting one, because should I be forced to go into an adult bookstore to buy books with artistic nudes, or should you be forced to look away because it does not adhere to your moral standards.
ps. I am not trying to be confrontational, I honestly think it is an interesting discussion to have.
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Once inside, you've chosen to look at it.
Again, I'm sort of playing devil's advocate here, as I'm all for vagina pride, but I can see where it could be offensive to someone who might be very open-minded but, perhaps, have a child or parent along.
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But I do not like it when people complain about labia or 'camel toe' showing through panties or swimsuits, it is naturally occurring on some women and they shouldn't be made to feel about about what they look like.
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Kind of like how if a magazine or something shows a close-up of the bulge in a guy's briefs. That'd be "sexy" (or some would say), but if it showed like, enough detail to see the ridge on the head of the guy's boner, that's taking it to another level, even though it's perfectly natural and normal.
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A few weeks ago, I was wearing a skirt (business skirt) and walking down a busy street in downtown Chicago. A man stopped me and gestured for me to take off my headphones. I hoped that nothing was wrong, so I listened to him. "You have amazing legs. Can I photograph them?"
No, creepo. You can't. He was wearing a suit and tie. I'm still skeeved out by it.
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... and yet I can't stop looking at that cover.
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03/13/09
As an amputee since birth, I can attest that this is true. As a kid I was the most outgoing person ever. Yeah, I knew I looked different, but I didn't care because I had an incredible and supportive family and friends who liked me for me. People always assume that my childhood was full of ridicule and ostracism, but that couldn't be further from the truth. When I was mainstreamed in first grade, I went up before the class, talked about myself, answered a few questions, and never really had any issues my entire grade school career. Kids knew why I looked the way I do and to them it was no big deal.
Unfortunately that self-confidence didn't survive the appearance and perfection-obsessed onslaught of high school or college. Now, at 25, I long for the days of my kiddiehood, when I could just be without people being afraid, or patronizing, or feeling uncomfortable by my mere presence. Even so, I don't hide myself or my disability, and I think that that fact will make all the difference in the long run. The more people with disabilities are seen out and about living their lives, the sooner society at large will come to see us as the normal people we are and treat us accordingly. Thanks to talented and competent people like Aimee, I'm hoping that that time will come sooner rather than later.
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