History of Feminism

Gravitycollapse

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8. Because it turns the naked body of a female into a sexual object to be consumed by mass strangers.

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 08:22 PM

Mar 2014

Maybe you have confused my OP. What I'm saying is that there is no essentialist argument that a naked human body is a sex object. The sexualization of the human body takes place in the mind of other humans.

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A naked human body is a naked human body, not a sex object. [View all] Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 OP

I never understood the juxtaposition of "men are in charge" and "men can't control themselves". uppityperson Mar 2014 #1

I've also never understood the fragility of these person's sexualities. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #2

if humans all went naked most of these issues would disappear IMO nt msongs Mar 2014 #3

The fabrication of the human body as taboo is what has driven us to such instability. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #4

then why all the harrumphing over the si swimsuit issue? Doctor_J Mar 2014 #5

Because it turns the naked body of a female into a sexual object to be consumed by mass strangers. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #8

your op is perfectly clear in and of itself, but is in direct Doctor_J Mar 2014 #16

Your argument essentially amounts to "women want it." Which is deplorable. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #17

If were not sexually attracted to each other, we would be extinct liberal N proud Mar 2014 #6

All objectification is demeaning. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #7

I realize it is used by ignorant people in regard to homosexuality liberal N proud Mar 2014 #9

No, you're acting exactly like those ignorant people... Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #11

It is what it is! liberal N proud Mar 2014 #13

Would you like some soap for that hand wash? Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #15

Wonderful, yet unsupported bumper-sticker you recited there, little fella! LanternWaste Mar 2014 #45

Huh? liberal N proud Mar 2014 #46

But, but! xfundy Mar 2014 #10

Here pipoman Mar 2014 #12

I guess I was being too subtle. I'm saying men can control themselves but choose not to. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #14

I saw what you said pipoman Mar 2014 #18

No, of course not. But the difference in conduct between the sexes is staggering. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #19

so why is it fair to attribute the acts of some pipoman Mar 2014 #20

This is a question I have often asked. davidthegnome Mar 2014 #25

I think perhaps that F4lconF16 Mar 2014 #26

seems pretty easy to put in a reference like pipoman Mar 2014 #27

If you deny yourself contextual inference, interpretation and textual criticism... LanternWaste Mar 2014 #44

Yep. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2014 #28

Read post 12 and 14 and explain how anyone pipoman Mar 2014 #31

I'm sorry, you lost me here... A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2014 #32

fat fingers on a tiny keyboard. .fixed it. . pipoman Mar 2014 #33

Maybe it's my turn in the will to misunderstand chair A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2014 #34

+1 F4lconF16 Mar 2014 #42

I've heard if you keep asking a question, it's premise eventually becomes true. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #35

And dodging a question after several inquiries pipoman Mar 2014 #36

I've literally answered your stupid question in this very thread. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #37

If 14 is the answer pipoman Mar 2014 #38

Two things... Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #39

Misogyny and misandry have no bounds.. pipoman Mar 2014 #40

Would you like to expound on that? Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #41

The sexuality of a naked body is in the eye of the beholder Gman Mar 2014 #21

Why are we the only primate to be naked? ErikJ Mar 2014 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #24

K&R Heathen57 Mar 2014 #23

Hmmm . . . cer7711 Mar 2014 #29

And when you say "community-based sex play" you mean what exactly? Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #43

I'm having a lot of fun rereading Barbara Walker's "encyclopedia" ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #30