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You don't want to know where I'm going with this...
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"It is the sex or creative impulse which inspires her warmth of affection, her intensity of purpose, her desire to devote herself to the welfare of humanity."
How the hell did humanity make it through the 40's with notions as stupid as this? And what's with the kid on the first one that looks like frequent wet dreams have caused him to lose his mind? "Pay them no heed... they'll only drive you instantly insane like the young man shown above."
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That's a woman in drag with her in that poster Aban...
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Of course. Because asking a gentleman to pretend to seduce a woman for the purposes of a photograph would be against the sensabilities of the times. But asking a transvestite actress to hold hands with another woman was just fine.
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Lousy past! I'll show you! ...show you all!
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We sure have a lousy past, we existing beings.
There's that time I called that guy fat in 3rd grade, and the Holocaust, also The White Man's Burden.
I disagree with Aban's vitriolic response to the poster with the strawberry-girl. I think it seems very non-"Edwardian era" in its view on sex, the authors actually credit sex with actual positive remarks, not the "Close your eyes and think of England!" attitude.
A month ago I read a long article written by fashion professor Lundgren, she said that full cover clothes and high-buttoned jackets are coming back into women's fashion. After having experienced a total slutfest for the past ten years, many people "in the business" predict that the western world will enter into another 50's period come 2005-2015, but with more style and less prejudice this time around. The main idea seems to be to "leave more to the imagination". I think I might like it, the article's pictures showed some example-girls in duffle jackets, checkered long-coats and tall brown suede boots. Looked noice, one of the girls reminded me of Diana Rigg (in 1966).
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I'm not saying that there are no benefits to sex. Heck yah, there are (or so I'm told). I'm just saying that crediting it as the sole reason a woman might develop a desire to benefit society is a little weird.
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