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IS NUDE BODY PORNOGRAPHIC?


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created Fri Oct 08, 04

I like nude photography. I like looking at the human form, without encumbrances of clothing and makeup. Coming from a fervent religious family background, I know how some people view nude body as pornographic. What do you think?

Nude Body is Pornographic
It's not Porn, but at the same time it should be hidden from public view
It's not porn, but it should be kept away from children
It's not pornographic, but I am uncomfortable with it
It's not pornographic, and I have no problem seeing it.
it's not porn, but it sure is boring
It's all in the presentation
Seeing titties gives me a boner!
Only boners and boner sex are pornographic?
I'm nude now
Only if it shows genitals in sexual positions
No! The nude body is NOT pornographic!
Porn is in the mind of the beholder!
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The human body is disgusting and unnatural, and we should make every attempt to hide it. We're not animals.

entered by : Applerod
Submitted on : Oct 08,2004 5:43:47 am

COMMENTS
It depends on how you view it -- the intentions. One man's porn is another man's art.

by Counciltucky on Fri Oct 08, 04 3:50am [+]

The human body is disgusting and unnatural, and we should make every attempt to hide it. We're not animals.
by Applerod on Fri Oct 08, 04 5:43am [+]

You are both right.
by johan_moritz on Fri Oct 08, 04 5:55am [+]

Nudity is innocent; we are born naked. It depends how it is depicted. I'm sure most people have an inner radar that tells them whether they are looking at something natural or something pornographic.

There's a world of difference between sensuality and pornography.
by mojo on Fri Oct 08, 04 9:01am [+]

The word pornographic applies to artifacts (pictures, films, etc.) created for sexual arousal. The body is not an artifact.
by Framante on Fri Oct 08, 04 9:17am [+]

The human body is a beautiful thing. It is only the associations with which we've slapped it that cause some groups to label it obscene.
by Cathexis on Fri Oct 08, 04 10:01am [+]

What kind of world do we live in where nudity is considered obscene and our most common forms of entertainment revel in murder, gunfights, explosions, and other forms of violence?
by Cathexis on Fri Oct 08, 04 10:03am [+]

There is nothing pornographic about bare breasts. Nurturer of life. Giver of sustenance.

Show off those ta-tas, ladies!
by _Beelzebubba on Fri Oct 08, 04 12:21pm [+]

Stewie, Applerod... LOL!
by magdalenasdollar on Fri Oct 08, 04 12:36pm [+]

Only if the orfices are shown
by blanket on Fri Oct 08, 04 2:41pm [+]

Mojo is a heretic! BURN HER!
by Applerod on Fri Oct 08, 04 8:25pm [+]

Imagine ALL human beings just get naked and never wear anything from now on.....PARADISE!

I reckon that would be a very beautiful world!
by stranger7800 on Fri Oct 08, 04 9:52pm [+]

Applerod it depends on whose body. If the body is hideous looking, then I agree. If the body is presentable (i.e. the person takes care of their body with grooming and is reasonably fit), and the person is nude in an appropriate place where nudity is allowed, what is the problem? It depends whose body is nude. If the person has the physique of
an extremely overweight person, then I would not want to see it. The same applies for extremely underweight. Anoerxic types should leave it on.
If the person is only slightly overweight (chubby), is slightly underweight (thin), or within the normal weight range, then I guess it's ok. When I mean slight (I
mean within 5 lbs of their acceptable normal weight range for their height and bone structure and sex).
by Stingray on Fri Oct 08, 04 10:25pm [+]

Stingray - I was being sarcastic. ;)

I was merely ridiculing the perverse, puritanical "morals" that have corrupted Americans' attitudes towards sex and the human body.

And, to be honest, I really don't care WHO walks around nude! If it's a body that is unappealing to me, then I just won't look at it. And to be honest, I am attracted to women with some meat on their bones. (To me, it's like a sign of fertility) I don't think fat people are disgusting.
by Applerod on Fri Oct 08, 04 11:28pm [+]

Ok, I don't think fat people are disgusting necessarily, but I wouldn't want to look at them naked. Some meat is fine, but I'm talking about being fairly overweight. I guess it depends on how that weight is carried. I think you asked how the Canadian political system works on another ballot. Basically,
there are federal parties, and they vy for seats. The party candidate with the most votes wins the seat.
It's possible for someone to win a seat with less than 50% of the total ballots cast. The party with the most seats usually governs in a majority government (greater than or equal to 50% of the total seats won), or in a minority government (less than 50% of the total seats won, as
is the case is now). The leader of the governing party is the Prime Minister. Generally, elections are held every 4 years or so, but that can vary. Canada doesn't have a set date for elections, like you do in the USA (i.e. first November Tuesday every four years).
I guess the saying one's man trash is another man's
treasure might apply in this case, depending on how you look at it. :-)
by Stingray on Sat Oct 09, 04 5:36pm [+]

it depends, if the person is hot then it is porn, if it is an ugly person than it is just photograpy
by Preparation_H on Sun Oct 10, 04 10:57am [+]

You are talking about two different things here, chum...p.

Nude photography, is about form and usually involves just one person in the photograph.

Pornography involoves sexual content and usually more than one person.

I see myself naked every morning and there is nothing sexy about that

If you can't look at a naked body without getting a boner you need to get out more often.
by Mantits on Mon Oct 11, 04 12:02pm [+]

For something to be "obscene" it must be shown that the average person, applying contemporary community standards and viewing the material as a whole, would find (1) that the work appeals predominantly to "prurient" interest; (2) that it depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and (3) that it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.

An appeal to "prurient" interest is an appeal to a morbid, degrading and unhealthy interest in sex, as distinguished from a mere candid interest in sex.

The first test to be applied, therefore, in determining whether given material is obscene, is whether the predominant theme or purpose of the material, when viewed as a whole and not part by part, and when considered in relation to the intended and probable recipients, is an appeal to the prurient interest of the average person of the community as a whole, or the prurient interest of members of a deviant sexual group, as the case might be.

So you can see that something others might find offensive isn't always offensive to everyone.
by Drayfitt on Sun Oct 24, 04 1:24pm [+]

Nude bodies are not pornographic when presented in an artistic, tasteful fashion, but people look better with clothes on, even the so-called good-looking ones.
by zorra on Wed Dec 15, 04 3:45am [+]

Voted : It's not porn, but it should be kept away from children
I know sometimes nude designs is art, but I don't think it should be shown to children. I went to a local museum and they had a display of private parts showing nipples, penises, ect and my mom wouldn't let me see it and I sure wouldn't let my kids look at it.
by piggie8 on Fri Jul 11, 08 12:46pm [+]





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