I agree. I think we Americans are an interesting species in that all of us seem to think you cannot look at a nude woman without objectifying her. It’s the American disease.
Perhaps we should change that quote to “there aren’t many problems that being a naked lady can’t fix”. If everyone were to step into the shoes? of a naked woman, at least some problems could be solved.
I figure Blayze was half-joking when she said that, but only half-joking. I was in my 30s before I realized that nudity was not necessarily sexual. And that, moreover, watching a beautiful nude woman could be every bit as life affirming an experience as watching a gorgeous sunrise or sunlight playing on the waves in a lake. There’s something about beauty — regardless of what kind of beauty — that has the potential to make us feel like affirming life. And, a little bit harder to understand at times, there’s a way in which beauty draws us into life, makes us go beyond ourselves, so to speak — or get out of our shells.
Very true. But what do you do with people who look at an innocent nude image, say of mom and baby, and innapropriately find it sexual instead of life-affirming?
I’m absolutely sure that happens, Prairienymph. There are over 300 million people in our country alone — let alone the rest of the world. With numbers like that, the odds are excellent that we could find people who lust to hump lampposts, let alone find people who are sexually stimulated by an innocent nude photo.
I guess it comes down to how much you want to let yourself be governed by those people. Suppose, for instance, that you owned a fine art portrait of a nude mother and child. Further suppose that you decided to deprive yourself of that portrait — to sell it, hide it, or perhaps destroy it — because somewhere at sometime someone might get turned on by it. You would have every right to do that. But the choice of whether to live in reaction to others should be yours — no one else’s.
You know, Paul, watching naked ladies doesn’t do a thing for me. I prefer football. Maybe it’s the men in tight pants?
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That’s an excellent point. Obviously, we’re going to need to add a qualification to “Blayze’s Law of Naked Ladies”, CD. 😀
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Does watching naked ladies fix the objectification of women?
Just curious. 🙂
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I agree. I think we Americans are an interesting species in that all of us seem to think you cannot look at a nude woman without objectifying her. It’s the American disease.
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Perhaps we should change that quote to “there aren’t many problems that being a naked lady can’t fix”. If everyone were to step into the shoes? of a naked woman, at least some problems could be solved.
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I figure Blayze was half-joking when she said that, but only half-joking. I was in my 30s before I realized that nudity was not necessarily sexual. And that, moreover, watching a beautiful nude woman could be every bit as life affirming an experience as watching a gorgeous sunrise or sunlight playing on the waves in a lake. There’s something about beauty — regardless of what kind of beauty — that has the potential to make us feel like affirming life. And, a little bit harder to understand at times, there’s a way in which beauty draws us into life, makes us go beyond ourselves, so to speak — or get out of our shells.
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Very true. But what do you do with people who look at an innocent nude image, say of mom and baby, and innapropriately find it sexual instead of life-affirming?
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I’m absolutely sure that happens, Prairienymph. There are over 300 million people in our country alone — let alone the rest of the world. With numbers like that, the odds are excellent that we could find people who lust to hump lampposts, let alone find people who are sexually stimulated by an innocent nude photo.
I guess it comes down to how much you want to let yourself be governed by those people. Suppose, for instance, that you owned a fine art portrait of a nude mother and child. Further suppose that you decided to deprive yourself of that portrait — to sell it, hide it, or perhaps destroy it — because somewhere at sometime someone might get turned on by it. You would have every right to do that. But the choice of whether to live in reaction to others should be yours — no one else’s.
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