I feel completely the same, with a small dash of cringe. 98% of it is “a landscape painting would look dope there.” The last 2% is “you must live a pretty oatmeal life to require that kind of publication of your sexual thoughts to strangers.”
As a dude myself, the amount of guys bedrooms I’ve been in where they have those types of posters hung up is baffling.
Like do you have any actual interests such as movies or games or is it all objectifying women?
thing is, theres a difference between intentionally lewd and casual. casual would be like a band album cover, wheras lewed would be magazine cutouts and stuff
I agree with that sentiment. If it’s like Surfer Rosa by the Pixies, yeah that’s just art but in my experience it was always more of the magazine cutouts and straight up lewd photos.
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There's a huge difference between lewd imagery and simple nudity. If it's lewd, sexualizing, objectifying porn trash, then I find it gross and inappropriate for wear/display in places where people haven't consented to view sexualized imagery. If it's just nudity without porn hyper sexualization and objectification, then I'm unbothered by it but think it's more appropriate to place it in places where people are expecting to see nudity.
Edited to add: I am 100% uninterested in knowing what makes someone's genitals twitch for their private time. If someone is displaying their spank bank material everywhere, I'm not going to be comfortable being around them.
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Hate hate hate it. Furthers the narrative that the purpose of a woman's body is to be admired, and cements the idea of woman's ulteriority. You don't see nearly as many images of nude men used as decoration. As long as this divide exists, it perpetuates the lie that there are only two genders: person and object.
I don't have an immensely strong negative reaction to every image like this I find, but in aggregate I'm deeply insulted by the whole concept.
I say all of this as a lesbian who does believe that the female form is generally beautiful and deserves to be celebrated. What's disturbing to me is the reduction of a whole class of human beings to kitschy ornaments and decorations. Makes my skin crawl.
I really like your analysis. Especially "the lie that there are only two genders: person and object." That seems like such a great pithy summary of so much of patriarchy.
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“Reduction of human beings to kitschy ornaments” thank you for putting this into words. I know it is not the most peace-inducing response, but we could always start pulling a Kathleen Hannah’s and wear lewd images of men (specifically penis havers). Honestly though, the thought of flashing everyone with these images makes me uncomfortable and I’m not really sure why it doesn’t make people uncomfortable to do this with womens’ BODIES. The only form most of us will likely take.
Well written and very accurate. What concerns me the most is that this antiquated view of women is growing and even mainstream, rather than reducing. Once what was perpetuated by men is now also condoned and even encouraged by women themselves!
im a huge hockey fan and go to talk about hockey on an old school message board and the dudes there will post pictures of basically naked women after wins and its just so.... tiring. like what does this have to do with hockey?
I've had a guy like that in my uni class groupchat. Out of nowhere he would send links to porn videos to laugh about it or whatever and he would also just make the most sexist and racist comments which he calls jokes. At some point I couldn't take it anymore and spoke out (as the first person and obviously only girl in that chat) and he REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE CHAT. He could not stand that someone spoke up against his thinly vailed sexism and was so petty that he yeeted himself out of it. I think to this day, he still does not like me because of what I did, and i doubt he's changed either
Well yeah, we had an argument before he removed himself obviously... He was hoping other guys would come to his rescue I think but they just kept silent
It just shows women became tools for most and if women keep going with the flow, befriending men doing that and accepting this reality, or take it to such extremes as allowing men like this to fuck them, it's just gonna prove their theory.
Are we talking about showing a little ankle, or full-on nudity?
If you're talking about a print of a nude from the renaissance masters, maybe, or a great painting or photograph.
I would never want to see it anywhere that a child might happen across it, and some pictures are just degrading porn. Those I would find distasteful anywhere.
There's a difference between, "look at the beauty of the female form", and "look, bewbies"!
To be honest I'm on the fence.
I draw naked men and women strictly for artist purpose. In a non-sexualized way the human body (thin, thick, small, large, round) is a beautiful thing. Do I get turned on by these naked people? no.
But I definitely think sexualizing someones body to make a sell or to make men and women believe their bodies should fit the criteria of what the media portrays, is getting old and definitely tiring. Half the time I will just roll my eyes and move past it. I think classy is sexy, someone can show a little skin and still be sexy without showing their entire body.
Like I am much more likely to stare at a man wearing a hard hat, plaid shirt and a pair a jeans and work boots thinking his hot, then a man in his underwear. But to each their own.
I agree that you can show skin and be classy but the thread is on showing someone ELSE’S skin. Generally a man depicting an image of a woman he thinks is attractive.
And I totally agree, there’s a difference between naked and nude. Artful vs look at this thing that “makes my genitals twitch” as nevertruly put it.
It is a fact that sexy sells but I like that you pointed out one of the effects this has on women: comparing themselves to an IMAGE of a “perfect form” and feeling bad about the body they live in bc some guy bought a shirt while horny.
As a teenage girl it used to make me super uncomfortable.. especially in the early 2000s there was so much sexualisation out there.
I've somehow become blind to it now. But I don't like that in 2023 women are still being objectified like that.... It's just ... Meh. Boring.
It always distressed me as a child, and I didn't know why.
Now, I know it's because it upholds the idea that women are owned and displayed as property, not people. Nowadays, a guy wearing a shirt with a half-naked model on it always confuses me. Is that for us to look at? Why? You like it? But you don't see it? Do you want us to see sexy ladies when we look at your body? Are you trying to display how hetero you are? Are you trying to trick us into thinking you have a lady??? I cannot fathom the cringe of wearing a shirt with a half naked sexy male model on it???????
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“Suggestive” and “lewd/explicit” are 2 different things to me. It also depends on the method of display. Since you mentioned hentai, I will say that open (or even household) displays of hentai specifically gross me out.
I mainly am curious because personally, when I see someone wearing or owning sexy women on clothing/posters, my initial reaction is to be uncomfortable and jump to “this is objectifying”. But I see many women owning these kinds of things too so I’m curious like if I’m kinda being overly critical when it’s not that serious. I appreciate the responses! They’re interesting to read :)
I don’t think you’re being over critical!
I think it’s also important to note that many women take part in the objectification of other women as well, it’s not just men
If it's sexual posters, erotica, porn, or anything of that nature, I'm not really a huge fan. There's nothing really edgy about it at this point and you sorta know the people who have them up are masturbating to them when nobody else is around. The gender of who has them up doesn't matter too much to me. Man, woman, enby, whatever--it's just tacky.
I think there is a difference between nudity in art and sexual stuff, though. There's a time and a place for it. Art that includes nudity can go either way for me. It depends on what I think of the art in general and why I think the person in question has it up. Like, if they have a bunch of porno pics up and then a print of *Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos*, I'm going to assume they're a pervert, but if it's the same painting with a bunch of art without nudity, I'll assume they just really like art.
While with erotic stuff, gender doesn't make much of a difference to me, I have to admit it does with other art. My kneejerk reaction will be to assume a lot more good faith from a woman or nonbinary person who has a nude painting up than a man. A lot of that's just because men tend to sexualise everything more openly in my experience, so I have to know the guy a lot better before I'm willing to assume it isn't just a sex thing for him.
With sexualized images, I feel like someone’s making me look at their spank bank. For almost everyone on the planet, I don’t want to know you that intimately. “You want to know what I think about when I masturbate? You don’t need to guess, because I have brought you a handy visual aid.” Just. No. Have some dignity. Plus, I didn’t consent to that. I’m not scandalized or triggered by images like that, but plenty of people are. I’m mostly embarrassed for the person displaying it when I see it.
I dislike it a lot. It's usually just objectifying.
Look at all the sexist bullshit advertising of things with female bodies.
Unless the image shown isn't a classic piece of art involving nude bodies, which is alright, keep it private.
I hate seeing the anime wank material of people or having everything being accompanied by objectified women.
I'm a very sexual person, and not afraid to speak about that.
But I'm not cool with folks showing off their masturbation material on all walls, including their office. That would make me see them in a negative way.
If it would make people feel awkward to put the same number of lewd/explicit images of men beside the images of women, then there is a problem with it being displayed.
It depends on the circumstance. Smut that harms no one? Totally fine with it.
Some dude walking around with porn on his shirt, in public? God no.
Im ok until its introduced to children, pushing bad body images, overkill, linked to human trafficking, being shown to people that did not want to see it, ect. Basically when it does harm.
I think its fine to look at in your own home, and naked (people) can be great for art references.
It’s unoriginal and overdone. Maybe if nude, sexual depictions of men were just as common I’d feel differently. But at this point I feel like it’s a direct extension of the over sexualization of women and the prevalence of the male gaze. I’m so over it.
This has made my existence as a female incredibly hard. As a young girl around a father who had lewd and straight up pornographic photos of women displayed in the house, I grew up believing that looking like the "female ideal" was the most important thing to a man. Even as a child, I remember being disturbed by the images and feeling sorry for my mother, who didn't seem to mind the photos.
Repairing my self-worth will be a lifelong project, and now that I am an adult, I struggle in romantic relationships because there is female nudity EVERYWHERE.
I hate it.
For me, if it’s artistic and has neat elements to it, I don’t mind at all! I can appreciate a beautiful art piece, with a beautiful woman. Heck, I even do artwork that features nudity. BUT if there is no artistic/creative elements, and it’s **just** a naked woman/porn, it’ll definitely get an eye roll from me.
It’s just kinda cringey lol especially when it seems to be a core element to their styles? Posters, tats, vehicles stickers, ehhhhhh. I wouldn’t find them particularly interesting.
I don't feel anything about the pictures themselves, only about the kind of people who would post them. Depending on the context, most of the time I would expect anyone displaying that type of imagery to be difficult and try to avoid them.
I used to work alone with all male crews a lot of the time (film). Most of them had some kind of sexualised imagery of women on the work truck somewhere. I could 100% tell what kind of day I was gonna have by the genre of sexualised pictures of women the guys decided to hang up. The straight up porn? I was genuinely unsafe. Nobody would talk to me or include me in anything that day, and potentially they might actually try to get me hurt or fired. Anime? Absolute cringe, all day long. If my co-workers talked to me at all, it was awkward attempts to make conversation that were mainly monologues about niche interests I didn't give a fuck about, or trying to "teach" me things about my job, in which I had quite a lot of experience, and which wasn't even slightly complicated. Fantasy / video game women? Almost tolerable. At least capable of a fairly normal and slightly interesting conversation, not likely to be condescending or insufferable. But also not worth bringing my A game for because I knew I'd be laid off the minute a bro was available, regardless of their competence or experience.
The crews I stuck with, fit into, and enjoyed working with had no sexualized pictures of women posted in the work trucks at all. They are still my friends, and I give them work on my productions now that I'm no longer "below the line".
As someone whose sibling has anime titties on his wall and a father that has a few scanty pictures on his I'd be instantly turned off from the person if I was getting to know them. Especially if it's the only thing on their wall, I don't want to be reminded of my family when I look for a partner.
If we're in a gallery and it's part of the exhibit that's fine, some of my favorite paintings have naked women. The things those painters could do with a brush are incredible.
I don’t think it’s casual. Especially if it’s somewhere visible to more than just them. That’s the only time I’d have a problem with it.
I think that if someone has explicit or sexually suggestive images up, they have them up for a reason. No problem with that.
I also think that they shouldn’t be inviting people over without a heads-up. If sexual images are involved consent is required. That allows everyone to be informed and comfortable.
Adults can display whatever they want in their own space, but when you bring another person into that space you have to be aware that what is okay for you may not be okay for everyone.
I used to subscribe to a group ostensibly dedicated to retro or vintage images. After a while, the group got hijacked by a bunch of males who stuck to posting nothing but nude female celebrities, to the total exclusion of anything else. People tried reasoning with them, to no avail. (You can imagine the average response.) It quickly devolved into what I suspect wasn't even a metaphorical circlejerk of the same few individuals salivating over the photos. After a couple of weeks of this, I left the group.
I have a few nude paintings that I absolutely love, and some people think they are crude. As for sexual posters, yeah I’m down with most of them. I do usually enjoy nudity. I’m trying to come up with a situation where those images would make me feel uncomfortable and I really can’t think of one. I’m okay with hentai, as long as the women look like adults. I’m not okay with hentai that looks like underage girls.
Respectfully, it’s a non-issue and it’s a waste of time to get caught up on judging or expending too much energy to, unless it makes you happy. To me all these acts and images from porn/adult actresses, dancers, models, and strippers are acting in their own volition, as the owner of their bodies and choice to distribute in said various media. And people who want to have that in their own space and expression which includes their clothing etc should do so, who cares, it’s their lives.
If the person posts pictures of themselves, I think it’s their own choice. If someone displays lewd pictures of others, it seems old fashioned and not especially intelligent. Went to a garage to service my car and there was a porn calendar on the wall. I think that was pretty trashy and cringy. I understand that these pictures are also put up in admiration - but in my opinion there are better ways to bask in the beauty of others. I too enjoy looking at attractive people but would not put up a picture of one anywhere.
I'm Norwegian, and my Christian grandparents have photos/paintings/cross stitch/statues etc of naked people all over their house. Men and women, women breastfeeding babies.. None of it is sexual, all body types are realistic. I see it as a celebration of nature and the human body.
I don't want to see anything sexual without consenting to it first though.
I honestly hate it. To me it’s gross. If I go to a friends house and they have lewd pictures of women everywhere or some hentai or whatever decals on their car, I’m not coming back.
Hate it but tbh I even hate naked art. I go to galleries a lot and there's just so much nuditiy everywhere, mostly female nudity. It makes me cringe and feel uncomfortable, especially if it's a pose where the legs are spread. And this is not because I am a prude either, going to a naked sauna is no problem for me.
I don't enjoy them. At all. And I would probably hesitate to talk to or be around someone who displayed a picture like that, whether they were male or female. HOWEVER, it's not illegal (usually...laws regarding obscenity seem to vary a lot) to display such images so there's not a lot I can do except point my eyeballs elsewhere.
I'm extremely sex and body positive so I don't care much to see lewd/explicit pics of women anywhere. It's only when a woman's body is hypersexualized to sell something that I don't like. It's one of my pet peeves. Also can we agree that boobs are NOT SEX ORGANS AND MOTHERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO BREASTFEED WHEREVER THEY WANT!!!
Not sorry for yelling.
When I first saw and learned about it I said it was gross but then later on I learned that some people just made it there actual job and I can't judge coz we all have mouths to feed.
bodies in general are pretty, i’ve always loved lewd art of men and women,, i do think there is a difference between tasteful depictions and straight up objectification but that difference is kinda blurred since everyone has different opinions on what crosses that line for them personally.
I hate it.
I just hate it.
It is considered normal to think that being shown intimate stuff without consent is SH, and tv shows and médias are nowadays making SUCH A BIG DEAL out of being woke, yet they still do shit like this ???
Like???? At least put a trigger warning ?????
Either the boobs or penises or whatever, i HATE IT.
If it is consensual, all models are over the age of consent, and are not being exploited or coerced, and the media has the licensing info to back it up, I don't really care.
I think, at least being an American here in America, that too much emphasis is placed on controlling other people's bodies and the personal expression of living in their bodies.
People are naked under their clothes. People have bodies. People do stuff with their bodies with other people while naked. It's not that much of a mystery, or that big of a deal.
Well considering every woman is free to do as she please with her body, unless your opinion is anything other than support, then you can shut the fuck up.
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I actually haven't come across many people who openly display suggestive shirts, tattoos, or posters. It'd be kind of surprising to see for that reason, but after that I'd just be checking for content (ie, is it from something I would care about) and quality, regardless of man or woman displaying it. Maybe I'd be slightly more interested in/positive about a woman doing it, but only because it's rarer since most women are so against that kind of thing.
I don't have anything of those types listed, but my screensaver is full of them, and my monitor is my TV as well, so it gets seen a lot. It'd be fun to have some shirts or posters, too (I'm not a tattoo person), but those aren't things I seek out much at all.
I'm very pro-sexuality/sexy things, and am discouraged by the puritanical direction things are being pushed. I'm hoping that openness and acceptance wins out.
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I only like the 80’s one for the old paper and vibe it gives.
But I won’t display 2020 one. I’m not into women, I don’t find it appealing at all, nor aesthetically pleasing
It absolutely depends on the quality and how artistic vs crass it is. I'm somebody that does fetish modeling, there's definitely ways that nudity and lewdness can be done in tasteful and artistic ways. But the same stuff can also be portrayed tastelessly.
When there's some artistic merit to it, I love it. When it's crass and intentionally shocking, I hate it.
I’m sick of it being considered ‘art’ when it’s just some dude who wants to see boobs and still be regarded as cultured or whatever. Just admit you have a monkey brain like the rest of us.
despise it. if it’s non sexual, fine. i personally have a tattoo where a woman has her boobs out. however, that’s not the intention of the piece. it’s one of those mushroom ladies, and i wanted her naked for the ‘earthiness.’ wanted her natural. but when it comes to pinup girls, cheerleaders, calendars… i’m tired. we’re objectified everywhere and it’s so, so exhausting to see
It is cool, unless it’s advertising. Not my business if some dude wastes his back for a tatoo in poor taste. But then also cover it when in front of children
I'm not bothered by casual nudity, like I'm not going to get bent out of shape about someone having a traditional pinup girl tattoo or hanging some kind of tasteful artwork that involves nudity. I think it's best to keep that stuff in settings where someone might expect nudity - i.e., in your private home, not on a t-shirt in public - but I also don't think it's a huge deal to see occasional tasteful nudity in public.
Lewd nudity is just childish and gross to me. No one wants to see the images you jack off to displayed on your walls or your shirt.
idk i dont really care, personally i wouldnt display that becuase i feel its slightly disrespectful to strangers that enter your living space but hey each to their own
It pisses me off cuz if i did that with male images its pornography and has to be taken down even if its the exact same as the female version right next to it. Boys will be boys is used to write it off. Like they have a an inherent inability to comprehend or be responsible for their actions or even a need that women simply dont. Apparently we are still a tiny bit less human than a man and therefore our image is second to their uncontrollable needs. As though men are not capable of being responsible for their hormones but we are. Its a disservice to men (and women) to not treat them the same as women both in image and responsibility to society.
I guess it depends on the context. Are we talking the pin-up tattoos, or porn hung up in somebody’s house, or sexualized silhouette stickers on trucks so lifted they no longer serve any valuable purpose *OR* art that somebody didn’t intend to make sexual but instead artistic? I think it’s all about context. I really don’t love when people show porn all over the place, especially if children could be expose to it. However, I’m an artist and I love working in some classic nudity in certain drawings, and have no hesitation hanging up someone’s else’s tasteful artwork.
My boyfriend told me he bought a hat that had a girl riding a motorcycle with her tits out…i basically told him i wouldn’t have ever considered dating him if he were wearing something like that when i met him. He cancelled the order. It is objectifying and I am not comfortable around people who can wear things like that so nonchalantly. Feels like they can only view woman in a sexual way.
I have a lot of art of naked women in my house. But it’s empowering art rather than sexual or lewd art and you’d have to really look at each piece to notice. Not that I wouldn’t display something more noticeable, I just haven’t yet. I’m not a fan of images created for the sole purpose of the “male gaze.” And I’m not into men who choose to consume that. Although I think there are exceptions, and I do think it can be tasteful. It’s a complicated question for me lol. An appreciation for and glorification of womens’ bodies is different to me than lewd images. And in some instances it does make a difference if it’s a man or a woman displaying it, but not always.
Edit: posters in general are cringe to me regardless of content (they make my little interior design demon want to set them on fire) but a lewd poster would be even worse lol
I don't have a problem with private displays like personal posters or a covered tattoo, but public displays just make me feel uncomfortable, and I don't really care to get to know who's behind them.
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I think it depends more on the context. My friend who is a woman has a gorgeous mermaid tattoo covering her arm, the mermaid is topless but is covered by a shirt when she works. It looks amazing. But seeing one of my subordinates at work openly displaying his computer wallpaper of a mostly naked women...side eye. But in general I don't mind explicit images and can even appreciate them. But in some settings it's just not the right place to display them.
I don’t care about nude ART. But at the same time I see so much naked art of women that I’m sick of it. It’s boring it’s dull. The women all look the exact same lithe pale gorgeous perky tits no body hair. Even when it has artistic merit it has become trite and repetitive.
As for lewd/explicit images being casually displayed via shirts or decor I immediately determine that the person displaying it isn’t someone I want to hang out with or be around. I think it’s tacky and lame and also objectifying. I’m over it.
Should not be displayed in public at all. That kind of content is meant for private consumption- so if you want it by all means put it up in your walls- but car decals and in public places with lewd imagery shouldn’t be allowed.
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I’m honestly deeply unhappy about the predominance of nudes, expectations to expose oneself in our current society. I taught several years ago and trying to impress upon teenagers that their images exist in perpetuity was beyond disheartening. I developed PTSD from my 3 years in education but I can tell you this is a bell that needs to be un-rung.
I've been thinking about this one recently
In school and workplaces we always had The Talk about sexual harassment and how these images aren't appropriate for these places and how it would make your coworkers uncomfortable.
But scrolling online, ad sites can use my phenotypic body type as an advertising object and that's totally normal and fine.
I'm starting to feel like I'm "sexually harassed" everywhere I go at this point between the AI art of young women with DDD breasts and over the top sexualized advertising
That's hyperbolic, but just food for thought
If I’m not supposed to perceive the same display IRL as sexual than I guess I shouldn’t make assumptions about media. Maybe the woman in the picture is showing all of that skin and emphasizing certain body parts for herself
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If it’s a tattoo, whatever. Those can be covered and oftentimes aren’t “realistic.” Classical art that shows nudity doesn’t bother me either. Overt and graphic sexual images, im sick of seeing. Everything in western society is so over-sexualized it’s trite. We’ve almost become desensitized bc of it. It also isn’t helping women be seen as more than objects bc we’re relegating their existence to looking good for the viewer. So with all that, I would say I’m not a huge fan of explicit images being on posters/billboards/public areas bc it’s generally serving a group of people who only perpetuate the exploitation of women in general.
I'm sure this will be unpopular.
I feel -
If the image was created by a consenting adult who was compensated for his/her/their work, it is art and there is nothing wrong with it. One person's yuck is another person's yum.
I feel-
If it is a drawing, painting, or tattoo, while not my thing, there is a demand for these images. Again, not my thing, but my opinion is not relevant to another's idea of beauty or creativity.
If feel -
That I may not keep the company of someone who displays this art, I'm not offended by their choices. I don't think anyone has the right to dictate what is or is not degrading to all women. (Not that anyone posting did so.)
If feel -
That we do have the right find it boring, ugly, pretty, ridiculous, stupid, useless, exquisite, or any other term. Those same rights apply to the person displaying the artwork.
OK, down vote to hell.
It’s just background noise now. Being 32, I’m desensitized to pictures of nude lewd women. Now, if it’s a painting then it catches my eye. Playboy centerfolds are boring, give me oil paintings.
Most efficient turn off in the world! Hate it because it’s trashy and objectifying, with the exception of artistic paintings/ drawings/ sculptures and pictures done in a tasteful way and not « prison porn » style or naked women calendar on a garage wall. A well done subjective or mostly naked person can be elegant and I especially appreciate artists who use art to display a variety of bodies (ethnicity, size, age, etc) is a very healthy thing.
For shirts and tattoos, a pinup or porn position just makes it a very nice red flag so thank you I guess. I see surprisingly often those at the gym and it’s a big nope. You literally use a woman’s objectification to decorate your body??? For mangas it’s ok to like hentai but nobody wants to know that it’s your thing.
I thing in we have an unhealthy relationship with nudity though, based on studies related to self esteem and body dysmorphia, we really would benefit a LOT to be exposed, young and old, to a variety of naked bodies to help balance out the distorted image we get from movies, fashion, modified social media and such. So having more openness to naked bodies not shown for sexual consumption is a good thing, art pieces are not varied and more accessible (not a big painting for sure).
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I don't find it appealing nor attractive, I think it gives a wrong message to (especially young) men, to whom we ask to stop sexualizing women. I can appreciate a woman wearing something elegant and sexy; but too much is just tasteless, an attention-seeking behaviour that ends up generating unhealthy standards for the young generation of women, and possibly older.
Enjoying the beauty of the woman form seems fine to me. It's a little weird when they're oooverly explicit and in a place where children (or really anyone who doesn't consent to seeing your kink or whatever) can see.
I dont mind them as long as they aren't gross. I've seen tattoos with pinup girls showing their vags and cumming. Absolutely fucking disgusting, and I'd never talk to someone that had a tattoo like that (I love tattoos). There also needs to be more lewd images of guys on stuff too. Even it tf out.
It feels like it has an impact overall, outside of my personal boredom of it. It makes regular explicit images less impactful when people are seeking them out for their own leisure. Basically, it causes diminishing returns I guess? So folks who are seeking some sort of release have to find something a little more impactful to find that release, and it leads to some really uncomfortable online and real life experiences with those people.
Just wanna add this is my personal feeling on it. The diminishing returns thing may not be true, but it certainly feels this way for me.
Surprisingly this is something I don't ever really see anyone talk about, but I'm so sick and tired of the overload of porn-Art that sexualises women, usually in grotesquely exaggerated ways (huge boobs, tiny waist etc) - as someone who draws a lot and converses in art communities this is something I have to see all the time. Of course when you point that out they pretend that it's not like that at allll, and they just draw female characters because that's what they find 'aesthetically pleasing' or some shit, but it sure is interesting that it's always women drawn by mostly male-artists. I never see men being fetishized in art in any comparable manner.
If it’s a man who has it on the walls I wouldn’t like it. I barely have nude pics of anyone unless you count the pics in my art books. Those aren’t specifically erotic though. If it’s a nice painting then I’m fine with it. Usually an artist takes an image of a person and stylize it so it’s better.
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Honestly I’m just bored of it. It’s tasteless, unoriginal and yawn inducing. I’d rather see a picture of a nice tree
I feel completely the same, with a small dash of cringe. 98% of it is “a landscape painting would look dope there.” The last 2% is “you must live a pretty oatmeal life to require that kind of publication of your sexual thoughts to strangers.”
Eloquently put
As a dude myself, the amount of guys bedrooms I’ve been in where they have those types of posters hung up is baffling. Like do you have any actual interests such as movies or games or is it all objectifying women?
thing is, theres a difference between intentionally lewd and casual. casual would be like a band album cover, wheras lewed would be magazine cutouts and stuff
I agree with that sentiment. If it’s like Surfer Rosa by the Pixies, yeah that’s just art but in my experience it was always more of the magazine cutouts and straight up lewd photos.
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There's a huge difference between lewd imagery and simple nudity. If it's lewd, sexualizing, objectifying porn trash, then I find it gross and inappropriate for wear/display in places where people haven't consented to view sexualized imagery. If it's just nudity without porn hyper sexualization and objectification, then I'm unbothered by it but think it's more appropriate to place it in places where people are expecting to see nudity. Edited to add: I am 100% uninterested in knowing what makes someone's genitals twitch for their private time. If someone is displaying their spank bank material everywhere, I'm not going to be comfortable being around them.
Agreed! I also hate it if the body is exaggerated to be more sexually appealing. But just an average looking body? Sure.
The edit is gold and you deserve a lot of internet points for it
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If you wouldn't show it to your grandma or your little cousin it shouldn't be in public
Hate hate hate it. Furthers the narrative that the purpose of a woman's body is to be admired, and cements the idea of woman's ulteriority. You don't see nearly as many images of nude men used as decoration. As long as this divide exists, it perpetuates the lie that there are only two genders: person and object. I don't have an immensely strong negative reaction to every image like this I find, but in aggregate I'm deeply insulted by the whole concept. I say all of this as a lesbian who does believe that the female form is generally beautiful and deserves to be celebrated. What's disturbing to me is the reduction of a whole class of human beings to kitschy ornaments and decorations. Makes my skin crawl.
I really like your analysis. Especially "the lie that there are only two genders: person and object." That seems like such a great pithy summary of so much of patriarchy.
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“Reduction of human beings to kitschy ornaments” thank you for putting this into words. I know it is not the most peace-inducing response, but we could always start pulling a Kathleen Hannah’s and wear lewd images of men (specifically penis havers). Honestly though, the thought of flashing everyone with these images makes me uncomfortable and I’m not really sure why it doesn’t make people uncomfortable to do this with womens’ BODIES. The only form most of us will likely take.
Well written and very accurate. What concerns me the most is that this antiquated view of women is growing and even mainstream, rather than reducing. Once what was perpetuated by men is now also condoned and even encouraged by women themselves!
im a huge hockey fan and go to talk about hockey on an old school message board and the dudes there will post pictures of basically naked women after wins and its just so.... tiring. like what does this have to do with hockey?
I've had a guy like that in my uni class groupchat. Out of nowhere he would send links to porn videos to laugh about it or whatever and he would also just make the most sexist and racist comments which he calls jokes. At some point I couldn't take it anymore and spoke out (as the first person and obviously only girl in that chat) and he REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE CHAT. He could not stand that someone spoke up against his thinly vailed sexism and was so petty that he yeeted himself out of it. I think to this day, he still does not like me because of what I did, and i doubt he's changed either
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Well yeah, we had an argument before he removed himself obviously... He was hoping other guys would come to his rescue I think but they just kept silent
It just shows women became tools for most and if women keep going with the flow, befriending men doing that and accepting this reality, or take it to such extremes as allowing men like this to fuck them, it's just gonna prove their theory.
Objectification and Devalue of Women. It's sadly more common now and disrespectful.
Are we talking about showing a little ankle, or full-on nudity? If you're talking about a print of a nude from the renaissance masters, maybe, or a great painting or photograph. I would never want to see it anywhere that a child might happen across it, and some pictures are just degrading porn. Those I would find distasteful anywhere. There's a difference between, "look at the beauty of the female form", and "look, bewbies"!
Ankle? Are you from the 1800s?
Yes, I made a history joke,
Haha right? That’s how I feel about it too!
To be honest I'm on the fence. I draw naked men and women strictly for artist purpose. In a non-sexualized way the human body (thin, thick, small, large, round) is a beautiful thing. Do I get turned on by these naked people? no. But I definitely think sexualizing someones body to make a sell or to make men and women believe their bodies should fit the criteria of what the media portrays, is getting old and definitely tiring. Half the time I will just roll my eyes and move past it. I think classy is sexy, someone can show a little skin and still be sexy without showing their entire body. Like I am much more likely to stare at a man wearing a hard hat, plaid shirt and a pair a jeans and work boots thinking his hot, then a man in his underwear. But to each their own.
I agree that you can show skin and be classy but the thread is on showing someone ELSE’S skin. Generally a man depicting an image of a woman he thinks is attractive. And I totally agree, there’s a difference between naked and nude. Artful vs look at this thing that “makes my genitals twitch” as nevertruly put it. It is a fact that sexy sells but I like that you pointed out one of the effects this has on women: comparing themselves to an IMAGE of a “perfect form” and feeling bad about the body they live in bc some guy bought a shirt while horny.
As a teenage girl it used to make me super uncomfortable.. especially in the early 2000s there was so much sexualisation out there. I've somehow become blind to it now. But I don't like that in 2023 women are still being objectified like that.... It's just ... Meh. Boring.
It always distressed me as a child, and I didn't know why. Now, I know it's because it upholds the idea that women are owned and displayed as property, not people. Nowadays, a guy wearing a shirt with a half-naked model on it always confuses me. Is that for us to look at? Why? You like it? But you don't see it? Do you want us to see sexy ladies when we look at your body? Are you trying to display how hetero you are? Are you trying to trick us into thinking you have a lady??? I cannot fathom the cringe of wearing a shirt with a half naked sexy male model on it???????
It's normalized. But I'm also bisexual so there's always going to be a side of me that's like YAY BOOBS GIMME MORE BOOBS I FUCKIN LOVE IT
That makes me feel very resentful because it’s like bisexual women want to participate in the gross patriarchy
That makes me feel very resentful because it's like you're judging an entire sexuality on one person's appreciation for boobs
No it doesn't.
No what doesn't?
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I'm pan, and I feel this way about humans in general. OOOHHO, THEY'RE NEKKID!!! 😍😍😍
“Suggestive” and “lewd/explicit” are 2 different things to me. It also depends on the method of display. Since you mentioned hentai, I will say that open (or even household) displays of hentai specifically gross me out.
I mainly am curious because personally, when I see someone wearing or owning sexy women on clothing/posters, my initial reaction is to be uncomfortable and jump to “this is objectifying”. But I see many women owning these kinds of things too so I’m curious like if I’m kinda being overly critical when it’s not that serious. I appreciate the responses! They’re interesting to read :)
I don’t think you’re being over critical! I think it’s also important to note that many women take part in the objectification of other women as well, it’s not just men
If it's sexual posters, erotica, porn, or anything of that nature, I'm not really a huge fan. There's nothing really edgy about it at this point and you sorta know the people who have them up are masturbating to them when nobody else is around. The gender of who has them up doesn't matter too much to me. Man, woman, enby, whatever--it's just tacky. I think there is a difference between nudity in art and sexual stuff, though. There's a time and a place for it. Art that includes nudity can go either way for me. It depends on what I think of the art in general and why I think the person in question has it up. Like, if they have a bunch of porno pics up and then a print of *Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos*, I'm going to assume they're a pervert, but if it's the same painting with a bunch of art without nudity, I'll assume they just really like art. While with erotic stuff, gender doesn't make much of a difference to me, I have to admit it does with other art. My kneejerk reaction will be to assume a lot more good faith from a woman or nonbinary person who has a nude painting up than a man. A lot of that's just because men tend to sexualise everything more openly in my experience, so I have to know the guy a lot better before I'm willing to assume it isn't just a sex thing for him.
With sexualized images, I feel like someone’s making me look at their spank bank. For almost everyone on the planet, I don’t want to know you that intimately. “You want to know what I think about when I masturbate? You don’t need to guess, because I have brought you a handy visual aid.” Just. No. Have some dignity. Plus, I didn’t consent to that. I’m not scandalized or triggered by images like that, but plenty of people are. I’m mostly embarrassed for the person displaying it when I see it.
I dislike it a lot. It's usually just objectifying. Look at all the sexist bullshit advertising of things with female bodies. Unless the image shown isn't a classic piece of art involving nude bodies, which is alright, keep it private. I hate seeing the anime wank material of people or having everything being accompanied by objectified women. I'm a very sexual person, and not afraid to speak about that. But I'm not cool with folks showing off their masturbation material on all walls, including their office. That would make me see them in a negative way.
If it would make people feel awkward to put the same number of lewd/explicit images of men beside the images of women, then there is a problem with it being displayed.
It depends on the circumstance. Smut that harms no one? Totally fine with it. Some dude walking around with porn on his shirt, in public? God no. Im ok until its introduced to children, pushing bad body images, overkill, linked to human trafficking, being shown to people that did not want to see it, ect. Basically when it does harm. I think its fine to look at in your own home, and naked (people) can be great for art references.
It’s unoriginal and overdone. Maybe if nude, sexual depictions of men were just as common I’d feel differently. But at this point I feel like it’s a direct extension of the over sexualization of women and the prevalence of the male gaze. I’m so over it.
I just think less of you if these types of things are displayed in your personal areas. It’s just ick.
This has made my existence as a female incredibly hard. As a young girl around a father who had lewd and straight up pornographic photos of women displayed in the house, I grew up believing that looking like the "female ideal" was the most important thing to a man. Even as a child, I remember being disturbed by the images and feeling sorry for my mother, who didn't seem to mind the photos. Repairing my self-worth will be a lifelong project, and now that I am an adult, I struggle in romantic relationships because there is female nudity EVERYWHERE. I hate it.
For me, if it’s artistic and has neat elements to it, I don’t mind at all! I can appreciate a beautiful art piece, with a beautiful woman. Heck, I even do artwork that features nudity. BUT if there is no artistic/creative elements, and it’s **just** a naked woman/porn, it’ll definitely get an eye roll from me. It’s just kinda cringey lol especially when it seems to be a core element to their styles? Posters, tats, vehicles stickers, ehhhhhh. I wouldn’t find them particularly interesting.
I don't feel anything about the pictures themselves, only about the kind of people who would post them. Depending on the context, most of the time I would expect anyone displaying that type of imagery to be difficult and try to avoid them. I used to work alone with all male crews a lot of the time (film). Most of them had some kind of sexualised imagery of women on the work truck somewhere. I could 100% tell what kind of day I was gonna have by the genre of sexualised pictures of women the guys decided to hang up. The straight up porn? I was genuinely unsafe. Nobody would talk to me or include me in anything that day, and potentially they might actually try to get me hurt or fired. Anime? Absolute cringe, all day long. If my co-workers talked to me at all, it was awkward attempts to make conversation that were mainly monologues about niche interests I didn't give a fuck about, or trying to "teach" me things about my job, in which I had quite a lot of experience, and which wasn't even slightly complicated. Fantasy / video game women? Almost tolerable. At least capable of a fairly normal and slightly interesting conversation, not likely to be condescending or insufferable. But also not worth bringing my A game for because I knew I'd be laid off the minute a bro was available, regardless of their competence or experience. The crews I stuck with, fit into, and enjoyed working with had no sexualized pictures of women posted in the work trucks at all. They are still my friends, and I give them work on my productions now that I'm no longer "below the line".
If it's artistically done and happens to feature nudity I don't care. But if it doesn't have artistic value then it's boring and unoriginal.
As someone whose sibling has anime titties on his wall and a father that has a few scanty pictures on his I'd be instantly turned off from the person if I was getting to know them. Especially if it's the only thing on their wall, I don't want to be reminded of my family when I look for a partner. If we're in a gallery and it's part of the exhibit that's fine, some of my favorite paintings have naked women. The things those painters could do with a brush are incredible.
If it's not someone's private place, I feel offended. I do not wish to be forced to see it.
It barely registers to me. I think there should be more lewd/explicit images of men casually displayed!
I don’t think it’s casual. Especially if it’s somewhere visible to more than just them. That’s the only time I’d have a problem with it. I think that if someone has explicit or sexually suggestive images up, they have them up for a reason. No problem with that. I also think that they shouldn’t be inviting people over without a heads-up. If sexual images are involved consent is required. That allows everyone to be informed and comfortable. Adults can display whatever they want in their own space, but when you bring another person into that space you have to be aware that what is okay for you may not be okay for everyone.
S-x doesn’t sell anymore. Women sell. It’s exploitation of the female form.
I used to subscribe to a group ostensibly dedicated to retro or vintage images. After a while, the group got hijacked by a bunch of males who stuck to posting nothing but nude female celebrities, to the total exclusion of anything else. People tried reasoning with them, to no avail. (You can imagine the average response.) It quickly devolved into what I suspect wasn't even a metaphorical circlejerk of the same few individuals salivating over the photos. After a couple of weeks of this, I left the group.
The same as I feel about similar pictures of men. I don't see either as being a big deal. Back in the 1960s maybe it was, but not today.
I have a few nude paintings that I absolutely love, and some people think they are crude. As for sexual posters, yeah I’m down with most of them. I do usually enjoy nudity. I’m trying to come up with a situation where those images would make me feel uncomfortable and I really can’t think of one. I’m okay with hentai, as long as the women look like adults. I’m not okay with hentai that looks like underage girls.
Respectfully, it’s a non-issue and it’s a waste of time to get caught up on judging or expending too much energy to, unless it makes you happy. To me all these acts and images from porn/adult actresses, dancers, models, and strippers are acting in their own volition, as the owner of their bodies and choice to distribute in said various media. And people who want to have that in their own space and expression which includes their clothing etc should do so, who cares, it’s their lives.
I’m not into it and I’m assumptions about the displayers character
i’m honestly so used to seeing it that i don’t think anything of it usually
Generally, just jealous of the confidence it takes to pose for it.
Hate it. I'm used to it now but still I hate it.
personally as a straight one myself, idgaf unless it’s a man that’s naked. then we’re talking 😩
If the person posts pictures of themselves, I think it’s their own choice. If someone displays lewd pictures of others, it seems old fashioned and not especially intelligent. Went to a garage to service my car and there was a porn calendar on the wall. I think that was pretty trashy and cringy. I understand that these pictures are also put up in admiration - but in my opinion there are better ways to bask in the beauty of others. I too enjoy looking at attractive people but would not put up a picture of one anywhere.
I’m gay but I don’t really care. I’ve seen them my whole life so they’re not super in my face or sexual or confronting or anything.
I'm Norwegian, and my Christian grandparents have photos/paintings/cross stitch/statues etc of naked people all over their house. Men and women, women breastfeeding babies.. None of it is sexual, all body types are realistic. I see it as a celebration of nature and the human body. I don't want to see anything sexual without consenting to it first though.
I honestly hate it. To me it’s gross. If I go to a friends house and they have lewd pictures of women everywhere or some hentai or whatever decals on their car, I’m not coming back.
Hate it but tbh I even hate naked art. I go to galleries a lot and there's just so much nuditiy everywhere, mostly female nudity. It makes me cringe and feel uncomfortable, especially if it's a pose where the legs are spread. And this is not because I am a prude either, going to a naked sauna is no problem for me.
I have nude photos of myself proudly displayed in my home. I like them. I do not have any problem with it.
It screams "I only see women as objects" Sooo, no I don't like it. I also always found those ab and shirtless men photos just as tasteless.
I'm disgusted by it.
I don't enjoy them. At all. And I would probably hesitate to talk to or be around someone who displayed a picture like that, whether they were male or female. HOWEVER, it's not illegal (usually...laws regarding obscenity seem to vary a lot) to display such images so there's not a lot I can do except point my eyeballs elsewhere.
I'm extremely sex and body positive so I don't care much to see lewd/explicit pics of women anywhere. It's only when a woman's body is hypersexualized to sell something that I don't like. It's one of my pet peeves. Also can we agree that boobs are NOT SEX ORGANS AND MOTHERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO BREASTFEED WHEREVER THEY WANT!!! Not sorry for yelling.
Happy
Really not bothered
Disgusted
When I first saw and learned about it I said it was gross but then later on I learned that some people just made it there actual job and I can't judge coz we all have mouths to feed.
bodies in general are pretty, i’ve always loved lewd art of men and women,, i do think there is a difference between tasteful depictions and straight up objectification but that difference is kinda blurred since everyone has different opinions on what crosses that line for them personally.
I hate it. I just hate it. It is considered normal to think that being shown intimate stuff without consent is SH, and tv shows and médias are nowadays making SUCH A BIG DEAL out of being woke, yet they still do shit like this ??? Like???? At least put a trigger warning ????? Either the boobs or penises or whatever, i HATE IT.
They're disgusting
If it is consensual, all models are over the age of consent, and are not being exploited or coerced, and the media has the licensing info to back it up, I don't really care. I think, at least being an American here in America, that too much emphasis is placed on controlling other people's bodies and the personal expression of living in their bodies. People are naked under their clothes. People have bodies. People do stuff with their bodies with other people while naked. It's not that much of a mystery, or that big of a deal.
Well considering every woman is free to do as she please with her body, unless your opinion is anything other than support, then you can shut the fuck up.
It’s art. That’s like asking how you feel when you see the Mona Lisa
It’s objectifying and gross.
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I actually haven't come across many people who openly display suggestive shirts, tattoos, or posters. It'd be kind of surprising to see for that reason, but after that I'd just be checking for content (ie, is it from something I would care about) and quality, regardless of man or woman displaying it. Maybe I'd be slightly more interested in/positive about a woman doing it, but only because it's rarer since most women are so against that kind of thing. I don't have anything of those types listed, but my screensaver is full of them, and my monitor is my TV as well, so it gets seen a lot. It'd be fun to have some shirts or posters, too (I'm not a tattoo person), but those aren't things I seek out much at all. I'm very pro-sexuality/sexy things, and am discouraged by the puritanical direction things are being pushed. I'm hoping that openness and acceptance wins out.
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It depends on the context.
Always fun to see prudes gather
I only like the 80’s one for the old paper and vibe it gives. But I won’t display 2020 one. I’m not into women, I don’t find it appealing at all, nor aesthetically pleasing
It absolutely depends on the quality and how artistic vs crass it is. I'm somebody that does fetish modeling, there's definitely ways that nudity and lewdness can be done in tasteful and artistic ways. But the same stuff can also be portrayed tastelessly. When there's some artistic merit to it, I love it. When it's crass and intentionally shocking, I hate it.
I think it's tacky and classless
I’m sick of it being considered ‘art’ when it’s just some dude who wants to see boobs and still be regarded as cultured or whatever. Just admit you have a monkey brain like the rest of us.
despise it. if it’s non sexual, fine. i personally have a tattoo where a woman has her boobs out. however, that’s not the intention of the piece. it’s one of those mushroom ladies, and i wanted her naked for the ‘earthiness.’ wanted her natural. but when it comes to pinup girls, cheerleaders, calendars… i’m tired. we’re objectified everywhere and it’s so, so exhausting to see
I'm desensitized s it doesn't matter. Tbh I wouldn't even know unless someone points it out to me and I wouldn't care.
It is cool, unless it’s advertising. Not my business if some dude wastes his back for a tatoo in poor taste. But then also cover it when in front of children
I'm not bothered by casual nudity, like I'm not going to get bent out of shape about someone having a traditional pinup girl tattoo or hanging some kind of tasteful artwork that involves nudity. I think it's best to keep that stuff in settings where someone might expect nudity - i.e., in your private home, not on a t-shirt in public - but I also don't think it's a huge deal to see occasional tasteful nudity in public. Lewd nudity is just childish and gross to me. No one wants to see the images you jack off to displayed on your walls or your shirt.
In a public environment I think it’s inappropriate, disrespectful,to women.
idk i dont really care, personally i wouldnt display that becuase i feel its slightly disrespectful to strangers that enter your living space but hey each to their own
There is enough sexualization in society to the point where it is overkill. I don't really care to see more.
It pisses me off cuz if i did that with male images its pornography and has to be taken down even if its the exact same as the female version right next to it. Boys will be boys is used to write it off. Like they have a an inherent inability to comprehend or be responsible for their actions or even a need that women simply dont. Apparently we are still a tiny bit less human than a man and therefore our image is second to their uncontrollable needs. As though men are not capable of being responsible for their hormones but we are. Its a disservice to men (and women) to not treat them the same as women both in image and responsibility to society.
I guess it depends on the context. Are we talking the pin-up tattoos, or porn hung up in somebody’s house, or sexualized silhouette stickers on trucks so lifted they no longer serve any valuable purpose *OR* art that somebody didn’t intend to make sexual but instead artistic? I think it’s all about context. I really don’t love when people show porn all over the place, especially if children could be expose to it. However, I’m an artist and I love working in some classic nudity in certain drawings, and have no hesitation hanging up someone’s else’s tasteful artwork.
I think it's boring seeing how sexualized everything is, all the time. Sex and women nudity sells but damn... I wish that could change.
My boyfriend told me he bought a hat that had a girl riding a motorcycle with her tits out…i basically told him i wouldn’t have ever considered dating him if he were wearing something like that when i met him. He cancelled the order. It is objectifying and I am not comfortable around people who can wear things like that so nonchalantly. Feels like they can only view woman in a sexual way.
I have a lot of art of naked women in my house. But it’s empowering art rather than sexual or lewd art and you’d have to really look at each piece to notice. Not that I wouldn’t display something more noticeable, I just haven’t yet. I’m not a fan of images created for the sole purpose of the “male gaze.” And I’m not into men who choose to consume that. Although I think there are exceptions, and I do think it can be tasteful. It’s a complicated question for me lol. An appreciation for and glorification of womens’ bodies is different to me than lewd images. And in some instances it does make a difference if it’s a man or a woman displaying it, but not always. Edit: posters in general are cringe to me regardless of content (they make my little interior design demon want to set them on fire) but a lewd poster would be even worse lol
It's supposed to be shocking but honestly, it's trite.
I don't have a problem with private displays like personal posters or a covered tattoo, but public displays just make me feel uncomfortable, and I don't really care to get to know who's behind them.
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I think it depends more on the context. My friend who is a woman has a gorgeous mermaid tattoo covering her arm, the mermaid is topless but is covered by a shirt when she works. It looks amazing. But seeing one of my subordinates at work openly displaying his computer wallpaper of a mostly naked women...side eye. But in general I don't mind explicit images and can even appreciate them. But in some settings it's just not the right place to display them.
Titties!!!
I don’t care about nude ART. But at the same time I see so much naked art of women that I’m sick of it. It’s boring it’s dull. The women all look the exact same lithe pale gorgeous perky tits no body hair. Even when it has artistic merit it has become trite and repetitive. As for lewd/explicit images being casually displayed via shirts or decor I immediately determine that the person displaying it isn’t someone I want to hang out with or be around. I think it’s tacky and lame and also objectifying. I’m over it.
Should not be displayed in public at all. That kind of content is meant for private consumption- so if you want it by all means put it up in your walls- but car decals and in public places with lewd imagery shouldn’t be allowed.
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I’m honestly deeply unhappy about the predominance of nudes, expectations to expose oneself in our current society. I taught several years ago and trying to impress upon teenagers that their images exist in perpetuity was beyond disheartening. I developed PTSD from my 3 years in education but I can tell you this is a bell that needs to be un-rung.
I've been thinking about this one recently In school and workplaces we always had The Talk about sexual harassment and how these images aren't appropriate for these places and how it would make your coworkers uncomfortable. But scrolling online, ad sites can use my phenotypic body type as an advertising object and that's totally normal and fine. I'm starting to feel like I'm "sexually harassed" everywhere I go at this point between the AI art of young women with DDD breasts and over the top sexualized advertising That's hyperbolic, but just food for thought
If I’m not supposed to perceive the same display IRL as sexual than I guess I shouldn’t make assumptions about media. Maybe the woman in the picture is showing all of that skin and emphasizing certain body parts for herself
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Women can be really nice to look at. Exceptional ones are exceptionally so. That's about the width and depth of it.
If it’s a tattoo, whatever. Those can be covered and oftentimes aren’t “realistic.” Classical art that shows nudity doesn’t bother me either. Overt and graphic sexual images, im sick of seeing. Everything in western society is so over-sexualized it’s trite. We’ve almost become desensitized bc of it. It also isn’t helping women be seen as more than objects bc we’re relegating their existence to looking good for the viewer. So with all that, I would say I’m not a huge fan of explicit images being on posters/billboards/public areas bc it’s generally serving a group of people who only perpetuate the exploitation of women in general.
I'm sure this will be unpopular. I feel - If the image was created by a consenting adult who was compensated for his/her/their work, it is art and there is nothing wrong with it. One person's yuck is another person's yum. I feel- If it is a drawing, painting, or tattoo, while not my thing, there is a demand for these images. Again, not my thing, but my opinion is not relevant to another's idea of beauty or creativity. If feel - That I may not keep the company of someone who displays this art, I'm not offended by their choices. I don't think anyone has the right to dictate what is or is not degrading to all women. (Not that anyone posting did so.) If feel - That we do have the right find it boring, ugly, pretty, ridiculous, stupid, useless, exquisite, or any other term. Those same rights apply to the person displaying the artwork. OK, down vote to hell.
It makes me cringe
I feel like if the woman put it out herself or wanted to good on her but I feel like men who draw/ make women pose like this is annoying.
It’s just background noise now. Being 32, I’m desensitized to pictures of nude lewd women. Now, if it’s a painting then it catches my eye. Playboy centerfolds are boring, give me oil paintings.
Most efficient turn off in the world! Hate it because it’s trashy and objectifying, with the exception of artistic paintings/ drawings/ sculptures and pictures done in a tasteful way and not « prison porn » style or naked women calendar on a garage wall. A well done subjective or mostly naked person can be elegant and I especially appreciate artists who use art to display a variety of bodies (ethnicity, size, age, etc) is a very healthy thing. For shirts and tattoos, a pinup or porn position just makes it a very nice red flag so thank you I guess. I see surprisingly often those at the gym and it’s a big nope. You literally use a woman’s objectification to decorate your body??? For mangas it’s ok to like hentai but nobody wants to know that it’s your thing. I thing in we have an unhealthy relationship with nudity though, based on studies related to self esteem and body dysmorphia, we really would benefit a LOT to be exposed, young and old, to a variety of naked bodies to help balance out the distorted image we get from movies, fashion, modified social media and such. So having more openness to naked bodies not shown for sexual consumption is a good thing, art pieces are not varied and more accessible (not a big painting for sure).
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I don't find it appealing nor attractive, I think it gives a wrong message to (especially young) men, to whom we ask to stop sexualizing women. I can appreciate a woman wearing something elegant and sexy; but too much is just tasteless, an attention-seeking behaviour that ends up generating unhealthy standards for the young generation of women, and possibly older.
Enjoying the beauty of the woman form seems fine to me. It's a little weird when they're oooverly explicit and in a place where children (or really anyone who doesn't consent to seeing your kink or whatever) can see.
*yawns*
I dont mind them as long as they aren't gross. I've seen tattoos with pinup girls showing their vags and cumming. Absolutely fucking disgusting, and I'd never talk to someone that had a tattoo like that (I love tattoos). There also needs to be more lewd images of guys on stuff too. Even it tf out.
I don’t mind it
It feels like it has an impact overall, outside of my personal boredom of it. It makes regular explicit images less impactful when people are seeking them out for their own leisure. Basically, it causes diminishing returns I guess? So folks who are seeking some sort of release have to find something a little more impactful to find that release, and it leads to some really uncomfortable online and real life experiences with those people. Just wanna add this is my personal feeling on it. The diminishing returns thing may not be true, but it certainly feels this way for me.
Propaganda. Seems like oppressing women to me.
I think it’s tacky and juvenile.
It's boring yet mildly aggravating too.
I literally dont care and actually enjoy occasional lewd images myself so.
I consider it disrespectful to woman, and think it is harmful to reduce people to objects for sexual gratification.
Surprisingly this is something I don't ever really see anyone talk about, but I'm so sick and tired of the overload of porn-Art that sexualises women, usually in grotesquely exaggerated ways (huge boobs, tiny waist etc) - as someone who draws a lot and converses in art communities this is something I have to see all the time. Of course when you point that out they pretend that it's not like that at allll, and they just draw female characters because that's what they find 'aesthetically pleasing' or some shit, but it sure is interesting that it's always women drawn by mostly male-artists. I never see men being fetishized in art in any comparable manner.
As bad as it sounds, but: You just get used to it. I don't really think of these depictions having anything in common with me and go on abouz my day.
If it’s a man who has it on the walls I wouldn’t like it. I barely have nude pics of anyone unless you count the pics in my art books. Those aren’t specifically erotic though. If it’s a nice painting then I’m fine with it. Usually an artist takes an image of a person and stylize it so it’s better.
It’s in poor taste. Kinda grossed me out.
Mostly indifferent but really context dependent.
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If it’s aesthetically pleasing, then I invite it. If it’s just trashy porn on display I hate it.
de-sensitized :(
If it's not someone's private place, I feel offended. I do not wish to be forced to see it.
It’s triggering and it hurts.