OK, this would really interest you: I once found a book on Kelantan (in a Canadian library, go figure) which discussed the social mores of the society there, which used to be matrilocal. This was in the early 50's, way before the Islamism of the 70's, in a rural area. The authour noted that women walked around wearing the same thing as men - sarongs, and bare-chested, and nobody batted an eyelid.
Sometimes, these "traditional" values aren't as traditional as we think they are. Somehow or another, the people who think women (or the human body) are sexual objects got in charge and put that into our mythos.
I think one of the problems with the hyper-sexualization is the fact that we do SO much to "hide" the naked body - thus portraying the naked body as something forbidden, and thus, arousing. Whereas in certain parts of the world, topless boys and girls hang out in a pool and flirt without getting hot and heavy by it. Normalize the human body, teach children that the naked body is perfectly natural, and we wouldn't have all this hyper-sexualisation.
AAAAAARGH RE: Asian models in stereotypically sexpot poses! It seems like that's ALL you see Asian models in. That, or in these commercial "safe" stuff. There are the few who do differently, but they are clearly mixed. I don't blame them entirely since they are only supplying, not creating the demand (and most Asian models are too short to do anything other than trade shows, using sex to sell cars and stuff).
Funny how a bikini seems to make that much of a difference in whether something is 'porn' or not for some people, too.
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Sometimes, these "traditional" values aren't as traditional as we think they are. Somehow or another, the people who think women (or the human body) are sexual objects got in charge and put that into our mythos.
I think one of the problems with the hyper-sexualization is the fact that we do SO much to "hide" the naked body - thus portraying the naked body as something forbidden, and thus, arousing. Whereas in certain parts of the world, topless boys and girls hang out in a pool and flirt without getting hot and heavy by it. Normalize the human body, teach children that the naked body is perfectly natural, and we wouldn't have all this hyper-sexualisation.
AAAAAARGH RE: Asian models in stereotypically sexpot poses! It seems like that's ALL you see Asian models in. That, or in these commercial "safe" stuff. There are the few who do differently, but they are clearly mixed. I don't blame them entirely since they are only supplying, not creating the demand (and most Asian models are too short to do anything other than trade shows, using sex to sell cars and stuff).
Funny how a bikini seems to make that much of a difference in whether something is 'porn' or not for some people, too.