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pnwmom

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142. When, on a mainstream publication, have you ever seen a similar cover picture --
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 01:29 PM
Feb 2014

of three young men wearing nothing but thongs, thrusting their butts to the camera, their arms wrapped around each other, and smiling coyly?

Why do young women appear this way in mainstream publications but not men?

Because if men were used in the photo people would see it for what it is: soft porn. But we're so used to seeing women depicted in that way we don't even notice.

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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