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In reply to the discussion: Sports Illustrated cover - practically porn? [View all]ChosenUnWisely
(588 posts)131. No not at all, porn requires penatration, however slight, to be porn
For the record I do not read SI or even look at it either.
If I want to get off on pics of women I look at porn
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Ok, how's this? If I am embarrassed for my teen to see most of her hairless vagina
adigal
Feb 2015
#116
Pet peeve of mine. The outer part is the labia. The vagina is the passageway between the
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#123
Yes, sorry, labeled her labia and mons pubis wrong. I was going to look it up but had no time
adigal
Feb 2015
#125
If this is embarrassing to you, how can you watch teevee, go to the beach,or go to a movie with him?
pipoman
Feb 2015
#338
If someone wrote "I find pictures of old women gross," that person would be attacked.
Orrex
Feb 2015
#507
No, not what I said at all. I said that stores want those products visible for a reason.
alp227
Feb 2015
#559
OK, if "shoving in your face" is too rough, how about something more complex and specific.
alp227
Feb 2015
#561
Gross? Wow...I would get in trouble if I posted pics here of what I think is gross
NoJusticeNoPeace
Feb 2015
#626
i believe "he" is a "she". as are most of the posters saying it's porn. whereas their opposition
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#303
Adrahil, I share many of your misgivings about social hierarchy and sexual objectification, but...
Threedifferentones
Feb 2015
#376
I imagine it's some sort of affectation, like wearing a fez or calling everyone "mac"
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#432
So if someone finds me attractive on the basis of my physical appearance, that means
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#191
Ok, let's pretend you are right...then what is the purpose of the cover if not sexual
adigal
Feb 2015
#541
Yes, objecting to the commodification is being intertwined with objecting to the body or sex
adigal
Feb 2015
#549
So you're picturing her with hair and you think others have a problem with objectifying women?
TransitJohn
Feb 2015
#477
Of course....because her bio says she COULD HAVE gone to college, she's brilliant! Rhodes Scholar
adigal
Feb 2015
#262
Are they going to say she's stupid?? And I have green eyes, most people love them, thanks!! Nt
adigal
Feb 2015
#389
Wow!!! Seven of them!! And do you seriously think Princeton didn't take Brooke Shields because she
adigal
Feb 2015
#450
She probably was an athlete, she looks like one...my point is that any dinky little high school
adigal
Feb 2015
#451
And Bill Frist thought he could see active intelligence and responses from a picture
mythology
Feb 2015
#534
pretty girl, fake boobs, shaved pubes, swimsuit pulled down. not selling swimsuits.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#307
And yet, one annual magazie issue somehow = ALL media, ALL of society's expecations for ALL women
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#606
No, I dont believe a woman in a bathing suit on a magazine cover equates in any fucking way, shape,
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#288
If you dont hate the SI swimsuit issue, you support stuff like lynching.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#290
Oh, they're RAMPED up for this year. Ready. Damn issue isn't even out yet.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#421
No, actually, you've got it backwards. And someone needs to break the news to her
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#568
LOL, I couldn't have added anything more to that thread if I'd tried, still makes me laugh.
polly7
Feb 2015
#533
Of course there is one rule for concealed female genitalia and another for stone penises.
Nye Bevan
Feb 2015
#214
If your daughter sold the photos she took (or paid the models) would that make it porn?
onenote
Feb 2015
#117
Outrage! Outrage I tell you! I am outraged that people would be outraged by this outrage!
Rex
Feb 2015
#48
You know, it may not be a priority to you, or even perhaps a particularly pressing issue
F4lconF16
Feb 2015
#86
Yep, and then there are those of us who think hand-wringing over sex and depictions of nudity or
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#199
even better, I'm entitled to think "insidious and systematic objectification" is just what happens
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#256
"It's interesting that the far right and the far left have such similar views about sexual topics."
prayin4rain
Feb 2015
#267
I'm unaware of any studies applying the scientific method conducted by MacKinnon n/t
prayin4rain
Feb 2015
#537
Thank heavens we have people to determine for us what constitutes "healthy sexual attraction".
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#510
Well if Dr. Perrin Elisha, Aspen Psychiatrist and Therapist says it's true, it MUST be!
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#514
One can find women in bathing suits attractive and oppose the commodification of such.
alp227
Feb 2015
#516
So if the same woman is on the beach in the same suit, it's okay to find her attractive.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#517
You know what you should do? You should go to admin and demand that I be taken off of the
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#614
Your definition of "healthy sexuality" is not objective, or science-based, it's a completely
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#609
You know....you need to visit some of the NJ nude beaches. It might do you good. nt
msanthrope
Feb 2015
#395
Your son has found a way to avoid the dead end exploitation of his physical beauty
fasttense
Feb 2015
#550
Battling the evil hordes on our sister site. It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
The Straight Story
Feb 2015
#228
Mons pubs is showing and another mm her labias would be showing. Happy now?? Nt
adigal
Feb 2015
#141
No. Not porn. Typical beachwear most places, in many places women wear far less
riderinthestorm
Feb 2015
#124
Yes I get that for the purposes of this discussion SI is not Porn at all
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#273
Threads like this are interesting it shows who is liberal and progressive and who is an uptight
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#278
I will just lurk when it comes out why argue over something silly and pointless
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#280
As far as I know it is. I wonder if memebrs of congress still get their free
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#283
So Meta was like dropping a hand grenade in a room full of people! My kinda place!
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#526
Outside of Kiddie Porn, Real Porn requires penetration otherwise it is art!
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#341
Sorry Charlie, BDSM is art to many, and one could also make a good argument that bukkake is art
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#345
Some could call it performance art, who am I to judge what is good or bad art
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#351
Unless you get out between 2 am and 6 am I doubt we ran into each other.
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#368
So I am f-ed up why do you care? You don't know me, I don't know you. So feel good about
ChosenUnWisely
Feb 2015
#358
Not porn but she shaves right to the edge of the naughty bits so we got that question answered.
Monk06
Feb 2015
#136
Next week is the 50 Shades of Grey Suckfest Movie Opening. It's best to get this done early. nt
msanthrope
Feb 2015
#399
And as usual, we get a thread hundreds of posts long over a magazine cover...
nomorenomore08
Feb 2015
#151
I wanted to make it so the nun is actually coming out of her bathing suit
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#203
Right? It's a ridiculous picture, no purpose except to push the envelope as far as they can
adigal
Feb 2015
#266
The entire purpose of the photo is to be sexually enticing. Isn't that the definition of porn?
DebJ
Feb 2015
#231
Thanks, HappyMe. I'm all prepared now for this years attempt to break the trainwreck record....
Violet_Crumble
Feb 2015
#324
Absurd...a pilot being burned alive doesn't keep people from having other concerns
adigal
Feb 2015
#374
Don't worry mom...your teenage sons have actual porn for their sexual pleasure...
pipoman
Feb 2015
#339
Can you imagine?? They put a size 16 woman into one of their editions this year
adigal
Feb 2015
#373
i know I did. I think it's funny that you're bemoaning the bad-mouthing of SI swimsuit models
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#455
Oh, another faux-clever response. How cute. But this is a serious issue, and many women are
adigal
Feb 2015
#459
You're trying to change the subject. You were complaining about people bad-mouthing the models.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#465
Right, last year some people were goin' on all day long about how no one can look like the 3
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#439
No images of the prophet muhammad or of women in bikinis seems to be a theme with some folks
The Straight Story
Feb 2015
#462
Do you suppose that men appear on a lot of magazine covers without makeup and photoshopping?
Orrex
Feb 2015
#488
"It's porn!" "No it isn't!" Yawn. Grow up. Don't look at it if you don't like it.
yellowcanine
Feb 2015
#391
So you are assuming they don't??? So if a girl is affected by media images, that means her mother
adigal
Feb 2015
#493
Are you seriously posting a Daily Mail article that describes a woman as the property of Derek Jeter
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#411
Does the picture arouse you? If not then it is not porn, if so then yes it is porn.
Rex
Feb 2015
#440
Sweet! It's totally time for another round of good old fashioned DU prudery!
TransitJohn
Feb 2015
#475
Finding women in bikinis attractive is apparently "unhealthy sexuality"
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#519
I would hold open the door for someone buying the spiderwoman comic
The Straight Story
Feb 2015
#524
Lol. The moral outrage here definitely compares well to the religious right at times.
Calista241
Feb 2015
#548
Not my type. Too skinny and boney. It's not porn to me 'cause she looks just silly.
BlueJazz
Feb 2015
#572
What they really want is to tell EVERYONE what they should or shouldn't do...
NaturalHigh
Feb 2015
#630
People who are offended by and made uncomfortable by the human body or the act of sex
NoJusticeNoPeace
Feb 2015
#627