December 2011
190 posts
“Society’s wariness toward sex is highlighted by contrasting it with the greater societal tolerance toward violence. This dichotomy is especially vivid in the media and mass culture, where violent depictions are far more accepted than sexual ones. The contrast was aptly capsulized by Martin Shafer, a top executive at a film production company, when he noted, ‘If a man touches a woman’s breast in a movie, it’s an R rating, but if he cuts off a limb with a chain saw, it’s a PG-13.’”
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Nadine Strossen (from ‘Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women’s Rights’)
Ding ding ding! So much truth in this.
(via missgingerlee)
Or how the extremely violent rape in “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” gets an R rating, but show a woman receiving oral sex and it’s NC-17.
Everyday Princess.
And then I used Tumblr as Livejournal and mused about the future in the afterglow of a quiet, productive day.