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In reply to the discussion: Can't a woman enjoy her sexuality without being called a whore? [View all]Matariki
(18,775 posts)288. +1 EXACTLY
Although it's not just women this applies to.
I know of talented male singers who were told by MTV producers they were 'too fat' to be on MTV.
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I think it's more like many piggish men (hopefully not including me) want to enjoy your sexuality...
raging_moderate
Feb 2013
#98
What do you mean when you say 'a spectacle of herself, counter to what the organizers might want'?
freshwest
Feb 2013
#221
Rush Limbaugh flaunts his jiggling body every day in the simulcasts of his radio show...
MADem
Feb 2013
#59
All the artists who performed at Super Bowl half-time shows do it for free
thelordofhell
Feb 2013
#58
Beyonce and her husband make enough money and are high enough in the star
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2013
#7
'Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" that's easy, neither the rooster did
leftyohiolib
Feb 2013
#49
they've had old men perform. the day they have an old woman perform is the day
BlancheSplanchnik
Feb 2013
#229
My only beef with that commercial is the assumption that straight guys don't buy CK underwear.
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2013
#179
Good Lord, I would love to tell you what I think about your judgmental shit tirade...
joeybee12
Feb 2013
#198
she's a smart business woman, who knows that sex sells, just like every corporation
noiretextatique
Feb 2013
#194
actually: it's the other way around: i don't give a fuck what you think
noiretextatique
Feb 2013
#280
Is that why the Ravens wore those skin-tight yoga pants, and the 49ers wore those butt hugging
MADem
Feb 2013
#76
Yeah, sure. Men always say things like that..It reminds me of the old joke I'd hear from guys:
whathehell
Feb 2013
#97
Well, you're not going to get your wish. You'll have to make do with fake skin on stage, and skin
MADem
Feb 2013
#79
Yes, they did--the felt the world would be thrown off its axis if Elvis's pelvis appeared on tee vee
MADem
Feb 2013
#216
Utlimately, we expect at least some of those children to reproduce and propagate the species
jberryhill
Feb 2013
#62
As opposed to guys charging at each other and trying to slam them into the ground to get brain
MADem
Feb 2013
#68
You'd rather your young children model the behavior of the guys cracking their skulls together?
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2013
#272
Choosing between a soft porn stripper act and a bunch of not-too-smart apes on 'driods
BlueStreak
Feb 2013
#273
I guess that's where we disagree. Sex doesn't bug me, and I didn't see Beyonce's "Privates", either.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2013
#274
Fair enough. I'm not a prude about sex, bit the messages we send kids are important
BlueStreak
Feb 2013
#276
Actually, in terms of 'whore' versus 'non-whore', it's probably best that men offer no opinion.
randome
Feb 2013
#66
All this being said, I enjoyed seeing someone up there who didn't look anorexic
woodsprite
Feb 2013
#73
How can I criticize a woman for doing what I do. I like sex, and for me, it has to be with a woman.
Dustlawyer
Feb 2013
#75
No. Sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#77
Not sure how to answer because your post is the first I have seen that term used......
yellowcanine
Feb 2013
#78
There were people who didn't like that Michael Jackson grabbed his crotch, too
thesquanderer
Feb 2013
#81
The Widespread use of slurs like "Slut" and "whore", even among the young, should give you
whathehell
Feb 2013
#88
I think the problem with such a question on a board like this where there are posters
plethoro
Feb 2013
#89
Not remotely in the land you do, sir. As far as my Taliban friends and I are concerned
plethoro
Feb 2013
#213
It's doing that now. Marriage rates and birthrates continue to fall. Host of other
plethoro
Feb 2013
#239
I agree. If anything should be criticized it's bashing heads for entertainment
flamingdem
Feb 2013
#91
have you a link to anyone using the word "whore" in reference to this other than your OP? nt
msongs
Feb 2013
#94
I read about ten threads and did not see it. I see that the author of the OP has flown.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#116
dammit. Well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad, but it sure as hell blows my argument. Nevermind.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#240
Agree that what's missing is some perspective about our truly puritanical culture
flamingdem
Feb 2013
#112
What Beyonce and her ilk do is MARKET their seuxality. Also known as whoring.
rocktivity
Feb 2013
#122
Oh, so if she goes out on the stage naked while Da Vinci paints her that's artistic.
Cleita
Feb 2013
#141
You mean Sasha Fierce? Overall, Beyonce's reception has been off the charts
SleeplessinSoCal
Feb 2013
#130
You're welcome, thought I'd better back it up, since it really is incredible...
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2013
#292
You're making the same points I tried to make upthread, albeit very much more eloquently
Democracyinkind
Feb 2013
#158
The Puritan attitude has cause tremendous psychological damage to women....
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#165
oh, I'm going to have to show that to my daughter. She would love that illustration.
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#173
Of course! Whoredom requires profit, which Beyonce surely wasn't... oh wait. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2013
#177
Amen, sister! And can't I enjoy her sexuality without being called an obscene phone caller!
Bucky
Feb 2013
#182
Well... The Ironic Thing Is... That The "Family Values" Folks... Right, Or Left...
WillyT
Feb 2013
#222
Because The Sexually Repressed Among Us... Cannot Handle The Sexually Secure...
WillyT
Feb 2013
#223
Yes! Sexy women rule! One must ask why the most violent society is also the most sexually repressed.
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#230
Oh for gods sakes what does her dancing have to do with how much she does or doesn't enjoy sex?
dkf
Feb 2013
#251
No offence, but maybe prime time televsion isn't the place for people to enjoy their sexuality.
Kurska
Feb 2013
#278
Personally, as a woman, I'd enjoy my sexuality a lot better if MEN were dancing suggestively
Matariki
Feb 2013
#285