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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)There may well be some truth to this, though the discussion may also be beyond the scope of DU. I tend to think "prude-shaming" is just as dumb and misguided as "slut-shaming" a lot of the time, but I also place myself firmly in the anti-censorship camp. I have no problem with cheesecake photos as such, I just think there are better venues than GD for such material.
What we call "lust" is a perfectly natural, animal response. Whereas capitalist commodification of "lust" (e.g. Kate Upton's boobs all over the place) is not, and I think it's unfortunate how a lot of people seem to conflate their own sexuality with capitalist commodification of same, as if by, say, critiquing the porn industry, one were personally attacking them as a sexual being.
Otherwise, I'm in total agreement that no one should be ashamed of their own body or their own desires, so long as they don't act out in a way that's harmful to others. I think there's still way too much shame and judgement around sex in our culture, and I agree that any form of feminism which contributes to that is questionable at best - I just think the "you hate men/sex" card is thrown out way too frequently, and oftentimes as a pure strawman.