[sudo-discuss] Erotica and women's bodies

[Andrew]

There are ofcourse other reasons for porn. Just pointing out a major one.
On May 4, 2013 7:53 PM, "Andrew" <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:

> People want porn for somthing easy to focus on while masturbating.
> Masturbating being a natural part of life. I also dont think that all
> people who can have sex with others, but don't , are doing so because they
> don't have the "skills"
> On May 4, 2013 7:20 PM, "Sonja Trauss" <sonja.trauss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Or less representation of sex altogether. What does anyone need porn for?
>> On May 4, 2013 7:10 PM, "Andrew" <andrew at vagabondballroom.com> wrote:
>>
>>> When i ran an erotic event in oakland our crew made it a point to
>>> balence genders as much as possible. We had male and female co-hosts and
>>> male and female strippers.
>>>
>>> Also. Somthing to keep in mind is that there are more than two genders.
>>> In my mind objectification is not the issue. Representation is. Porn is
>>> mostly filmed from a hetero-cis-male perspective and because of that, taken
>>> as a whole, is exploitive. There is porn that fights this perspective and
>>> representation of sex and there needs to be more.
>>> On May 4, 2013 6:55 PM, "Sonja Trauss" <sonja.trauss at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can I get a link for this gonorreah story?
>>>> On May 4, 2013 6:42 PM, "GtwoG PublicOhOne" <g2g-public01 at att.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Romy & Yo's-
>>>>>
>>>>> Re. "womens' bodies with their faces cut off."
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow.  Thanks for pointing that out.  I never noticed that before (OTOH
>>>>> attempts to do "sexy" in advertising generally don't get my attention),
>>>>> but I vaguely recall seeing ads like that somewhere.
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree, a torso minus a face is depersonalizing and objectifying as
>>>>> hell, unless there's a very good reason for taking a photo that way
>>>>> (e.g. medical contexts).  Being looked at "that way" produces the
>>>>> creepy
>>>>> feeling that the looker's intentions are non-consensual.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only borderline-legit reason I could see for doing it in clothing
>>>>> ads is, "we want you to imagine yourself wearing this, and we don't
>>>>> want
>>>>> to risk putting you off by showing a face that's substantially
>>>>> different
>>>>> to yours, so imagine your face on this person's body."  But it would be
>>>>> foolish to think that's what's intended every time that photographic
>>>>> method is used.
>>>>>
>>>>> This brings up the question of what people find sexy in photography.
>>>>> For me (gay male), a photo minus a face is a non-starter: there's no
>>>>> cue
>>>>> for communication with the person.  Nudes in general don't do it
>>>>> either:
>>>>> all the usual contextual cues as to someone's personality are missing,
>>>>> so why would I even begin to imagine being in an intimate context with
>>>>> someone I don't really know?  I've always felt that way but now we have
>>>>> the HIV pandemic to reinforce it: in general it's not a good idea to
>>>>> get
>>>>> intimate with someone you don't know very well, because the outcome
>>>>> could be a life-threatening illness.
>>>>>
>>>>> For that matter, now that massively-drug-resistant gonorrhea is loose
>>>>> in
>>>>> the USA, which is hella' easier to catch than HIV and can kill you in a
>>>>> matter of days through a raging bacterial infection, it's probably a
>>>>> darn good idea for everyone to "get smart & play safe" ALL the time,
>>>>> zero exceptions, even more so than with HIV.  In which case photography
>>>>> that portrays an objectified sexuality without communications isn't
>>>>> just
>>>>> gross and exploitative, it's a public health hazard that reinforces
>>>>> attitudes that put people at risk for their lives.
>>>>>
>>>>> -G.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> =====
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13-05-04-Sat 10:34 AM, Romy Snowyla wrote:
>>>>> > It's interesting to me how porn a
>>>>> > Nd erotica always advertise with women's bodies with their faces cut
>>>>> off
>>>>> > American apparel digs this etc
>>>>> > Lots of art theory discusses this
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I would love for any Sudo room event to break the mold and show
>>>>> men's bodies in any erotic theme as well ... Also would love to see the
>>>>> male body as the focus of any erotic film or dance to balance out the
>>>>> Imbalance and unnatural obsession with t and a we see on the porn industry
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Sent from my iPad
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