The Otherness of Female Nudity

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Should I be disturbed that I understand and agree with this?

leek on February 1, 2011 at 4:34 PM

Nice observation.

Get Real on February 1, 2011 at 4:35 PM

Thank you, Mr. Mudede. It's sad to say that Male Nudity is still frowned upon, no matter how far or what year it's from.

P33nZine on February 1, 2011 at 4:49 PM

Time can change culture, but if it doesn't then the otherness isn't there. The variable that changes otherness is culture, not time.

Matt the Engineer on February 1, 2011 at 4:59 PM

Charles, you're posting pictures of young women above the age of 18, right? Because I believe it doesn't matter where the picture was taken, you can still get in trouble for pictures of underage boobs if you're an American, harmless or not.

Also, are those magazines now in the Mudede family library?

Banna on February 1, 2011 at 5:11 PM

5: Because the culture hasn't changed enough yet (as #4 implied)

Cynic Romantic on February 1, 2011 at 5:41 PM

I thought I finally understood WTF Mudede was saying in a Slog post. Then I realized that the last word of the post wasn't 'otter', but 'other'.

8Way on February 1, 2011 at 6:11 PM

ahhh, the beautiful women of swaziland. what a festive picture. add some whoonga (yo, how bout some rat poison detergent shit) and now i understand why so many whites want to live in africa.

dnt trust me on February 1, 2011 at 6:24 PM

Ellen Cleghorne used to do a bit around this same basic premise back in the 80's.

Dougsf on February 1, 2011 at 6:25 PM

I think that we're all a bit too uptight about nudity, male or female. There is beauty in the form and lines of our bodies, why do we let the 'moral' minority dictate what we can or should see?

catballou on February 1, 2011 at 6:38 PM

@ 11 Not to say you don't have good point buts how do you know they are a minority?

Democrat1234 on February 1, 2011 at 6:53 PM

I fapped to an ad for a brushed stainless steel refrigerator once. This shit isn't other worldly. It's just naked chicks.

Weirdo.

on February 1, 2011 at 6:54 PM

If those pictures were of recent vintage, they'd probably still treated the same. They're not more or less racy than a lot of magazine covers people see whenever they go to a supermarket. I don't think time or 'otherness' are at issue here.

Post_Mortem on February 1, 2011 at 10:41 PM

Nice, Thank you for putting the photo behind a link, It allows people like me to read slog today!

Fenrox on February 2, 2011 at 9:01 AM

I think the difference here, Mudede, is CONTEXT. The women of Swaziland aren't showing off for your titillation. Their nudity is not due to misogyny.

Fucking christ. And you're from Zim, I think? Oh, wait, still a MAN. That's part of your context.

femwanderluster on February 2, 2011 at 10:32 AM

What 16 said.

on February 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM

The National Geographic women are naked as a part of their everyday life; they are not naked for others' pleasure. An equivalent example of this harmless nudity in the western world is at topless beaches where women are partially nude for their own enjoyment, not as a job. There is nothing wrong with nudity in certain contexts, but the nude women in the Playboy magazines are posed naked so that they can be enjoyed by an audience.

on February 2, 2011 at 9:12 PM

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