Army of GOD wrote:jake, how do you know YOU'RE not being a misogynist? Who are you to decide what is and isn't good for women? If clapper and Tisha (and the models who pose for the pictures) think it's ok for those pictures to be there, then f*ck, I don't see what's wrong.
I didn't decide what is and what isn't good for women - I was just questioning the idea that just because two women think it's ok, does that inherently mean that it is? (Which, is obviously subjective in itself - But I always find myself asking these questions) - I already said I don't care about the NSFW thread - I did not claim that it was 'not clever', like TG asserted, I just didn't think bringing them into another thread with retarded, unwitty remarks was clever.
I do have a problem with how our culture depicts women and the insidious, subtle way in which women's bodies are used to advertise products (mostly with unattainable, airbrushed and photoshopped faces and bodies). I have a problem with it because so many people (of all genders) find themselves with massive image and self-esteem issues - and we respond to this by presenting unhealthy and impossible bodies as some kind of goal for self-worthiness. Although I think the NSFW thread is an extension of this culture, it is slightly different because it isn't inherently advertising anything, and it is in its own place - If you do not want to see the thread, then it is easy to not click on the link. Therefore, I do not have a problem with the thread, or the people who choose to participate within it, but I do have my opinions, and when I feel the need to say them, I will.