I've been thinking lately, what with the lift on the 'women going topless' ban and the guy streaking at a BC Lions game - that I don't really get how people get so offended by general nakedness.
I'd get it if there was a certain perverse quality while bearing one's privates, but the streaker was banned forever from the stadium for his 'public indecency'. One woman was quoted at saying something like, "I was there with my 7-year-old daughter, it was a disgrace." Say whaaaa? Guy is just running with his lil ding-dong swaying back in forth in fast motion. No big deal! She should know what a ding-dong looks like without thinking about sex! It's part of the body!
Same with boobs. Going to Third Beach, I'm relaxing and reading my book - and as I look up to do some people watching my eyes are met with naked breasts. I'll admit at first I had to remind myself that it's cool to show your boobs off like any man shows his (there is not a lack of man boobs at the beach), but then I had to question why I was so surprised? We should be okay with nakedness and not assume that it's all about sex, right?
Not that I think we should be naked all the time - Wreck Beach or your highly visible apartment in a high rise is the place to be for that shit - but I think we should be more exposed to nakedness as something that isn't purely sexual; it's a natural and normal thing - that people's bodies look different and whatnot (some people have huge boobs, some are small, some bums sag lower than others, some balls are huge, some aren't so huge).
What really got me to writing this was a discussion on Q about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jxwi2l7NrE
Video was taken down for the sole reason that you can see her vagina at one point in the video...which is totally stupid, considering she's eating fucking corn nuts and talking about her Mom and buying things on sale. THATS UNSEXY.
I just don't understand how seeing something like that could soil some young mind (that isn't already dirty as hell).
Friday, July 30, 2010
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