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But "prudence" is being completely eradicated.Uptight, prudish and self-righteous are pretty much embedded in the USA's DNA
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But "prudence" is being completely eradicated.Uptight, prudish and self-righteous are pretty much embedded in the USA's DNA
I think we are mostly the ones responsible for the double standard you were talking about. Historically, males in general are find with showing boobs, scantily clad women, and naked women, but no so much okay with scantily clad or naked men.
I understand that & don't really disagree, but what does that have to do with being white?
Prudence is the enemy of progressive it seems.But "prudence" is being completely eradicated.
I understand that & don't really disagree, but what does that have to do with being white?
I wish we weren't so prudish here about nudity. But imbuing a sexual organ with powers to "save" children is something different than not being ashamed of our naked bodies and, frankly, sounds right out of the NAMBLA playbook.
I wish we weren't so prudish here about nudity. But imbuing a sexual organ with powers to "save" children is something different than not being ashamed of our naked bodies and, frankly, sounds right out of the NAMBLA playbook.
American society, and most societies in general, are created to cater majorly to MEN, period. or do you not think that a beer commercial with a half-naked woman doesn't have Asian/black/hispanic men in mind at all?I think American society would look different if it was created to cater Asian women. Just a hunch.
Yes, it's become oppression. When we fail to exercise prudence regarding children, however, I call it bad parenting.Prudence is the enemy of progressive it seems.
American society, and most societies in general, are created to cater majorly to MEN, period. or do you not think that a beer commercial with a half-naked woman Asian/black/hispanic men in mind at all?
I'll say this about american media these days. I think you're just as likely to see half naked guys or sexually provocative guys as you would girls. I just don't think that we see a guy running around with tight shorts and no shirt as being provocative or exploitative.the way we do with women.
The bolded is precisely the point I was making and I think that if you look at other non-white cultures that exist today then you would see this to be true. It's true that cultural acceptance would be different, such as Denmark vs America, but that has nothing at all to do with race.I mean, it's historically true that white people, specifically white men, have basically been in control of much of the media in this country through it's history, including newspapers, radio, TV, film studios, etc. And they have more or less been in control of the government, including the FCC which sets "decency" rules for broadcasts and the Federal Courts which decide what is indecent and/or pornography, so I think a pretty good argument could be made that any attitudes or actions regarding sexuality have historically been based on the opinions of white dudes in that regard. Of course, I doubt that the attitudes toward the double standard would be much different had black dudes gotten to make those rules (or any other male ethnic group for that matter), but the fact is that they didn't get to make those rules and white dudes did.
On the other hand, it would be much different if women made those decisions regardless of their race or culture.
You just can't lump this all together, though.I think you want something that would have to start with us not being so prudish about our bodies. Shooting lightning bolts out of your hand is fine for a cartoon superhero if you haven't been conditioned to think that hands were created purely for masturbation. How about changing the way we think about penises just being sexual.
Here's something else to consider. For the past 10-15 years, women have been trying to normalize breastfeeding babies in public in the US. Nothing sexual about feeding your child but women would get threatened or harassed for doing it. That's uptight and prudish. Needing to feed your child but having to wait because of how our society views/viewed it.
The bolded is precisely the point I was making and I think that if you look at other non-white cultures that exist today then you would see this to be true. It's true that cultural acceptance would be different, such as Denmark vs America, but that has nothing at all to do with race.
Yes, it's become oppression. When we fail to exercise prudence regarding children, however, I call it bad parenting.