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Subject: 
Re: Best selection of parts to mess around with
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Date: 
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 04:09:37 GMT
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johnneal@*NoSpam*uswest.net
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Sproaticus wrote:

> Christopher Lannan wrote:
> > here's a fun one I thought of a while back-
> > Given- showing a man shirtless on TV with nipples exposed is ok.
> > Given- showing a shirtless woman on TV is ok as long as we black out the
> > nipples.
> > Question- If I were to take the area of the woman's nipples out of the
> > picture, and replace that area with a man's nipples, is that ok?

First, to answer Christopher-- No, it's not ok-- get into therapy NOW;-)

> What cracks me up is that a woman's nipple is the single most useful item on
> the breast.  It's like, showing a water fountain, but blacking out the
> nozzle.  How did breasts get to be so obscene?  IMO, a thong bikini is more
> obscene (and painful to think about), but is prevalent on too many shows on
> USA and MTV.
> 
> But then, I have family members who are la Leche League advisors; I've heard
> this frustration most of my life.  :-,
> 
> The only reason I can think up for this mixed-up logic about what's acceptable
> is that the world is run by men.  If women ran the show, I bet we'd get vastly
> different but equally illogical rules on what you could show.

Well, give guys a break, sproat.  There are mitigating factors involved, such as
the fact that we are genetically programmed to respond in a sexual way to breasts
and such.  Do not underestimate the power of <not cheese> hormones.  Advertisers
don't;-)

-John

> 
> 
> Cheers,
>  - jsproat
> 
> --
> Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
>  "Hello.  My name is Jeremy, and I'm a...a brick chewer."
>   (in unison) "Hi, Jeremy."



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  Re: Best selection of parts to mess around with
 
(...) What cracks me up is that a woman's nipple is the single most useful item on the breast. It's like, showing a water fountain, but blacking out the nozzle. How did breasts get to be so obscene? IMO, a thong bikini is more obscene (and painful (...) (27 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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