I’ll go away now. At least I amused myself (Ha!? Ok, I’m leaving…).

simulation = stimulation

I believe her left hand is supposed to be simulating something…

How did I miss that!

Left hand path?

but as long as society dictates women must be pretty and shut up, must “please” but then impose a Victorian morale on them, the conflict resulting is doing much more harm than good.

And by now I totally strayed off topic I believe.

No! That is exactly *on* topic!

Have we really become so inhumane that we no longer understand the importance of responsibility to our loved ones?

Who exactly are you accusing of holding that inhumane viewpoint? Read carefully, as no one here is expressing that - only asking questions in order to engage people in conversations about what is *truly* important to us all.

And Maxim has made lots of money off of it. Since they can’t show you Scarlett Johansen completely buck naked, they’ll tantalize you instead. This will get you to buy the magazine or write about it in your blog.

I never liked Maxim, for the same reason I don’t like strip clubs: I don’t care for tantalization if there is no satisfying payoff. Plus, I was always a Playboy man– you can’t go wrong with complete nudity AND thoughtful articles.

Take away the allure of a celebrity who wouldn’t pose nude for Playboy getting semi-nude for Maxim, and what do you have left? A crap magazine, that’s what.

The Tease. It’s nothing new. Just ask Sheherezade.

Women have to be sexy all times, but they can absolutely not act on that sexuality. A woman who does, is in most circles directly branded as a “slut” or a “mattress” or more such terms. This ties together with the idea that sexuality for women is connected to “staying young” (aka fertile). So you are creating some kind of women who are desperate to stay young and sexy, yet they can never express that sexuality, otherwise they lose their status.

Which is definitely dangerous. Because from that stems that women who act in a sexy way, who are flirting, who are teasing, then suddenly cannot go through with the so-called “promise” their image seems to give out. And then you come to issues such as rape and abuse, where “she sought it herself, Mr. Judge” because she was wearing a short skirt. Don’t get me wrong, I believe the rapist/abuser is absolutely at fault here, but you cannot deny that this entire image of women as purely sexual objects plays a role here, as men come to think of women as objects, and then can get angry because they don’t get to play (I’m broadly generalising here, I realise not all men are going to jump on every short-skirted woman out there).

So not only is this false idea of beauty spread by magazines a disaster for self-esteem and health, it is also endangering women if you ask me. Nothing wrong with being/feeling sexy, nothing wrong with sexuality, but as long as society dictates women must be pretty and shut up, must “please” but then impose a Victorian morale on them, the conflict resulting is doing much more harm than good.

And by now I totally strayed off topic I believe.

You might as well ask….”WHat’s the point of having kids? What’s the point of of being a good dog owner? What’s the point of making your 5 yr old daughter eat her broccolli? What’s the point of taking your wife’s car to the mechanic for a tune up and alignment check? What’s the point in making a nice healthy dinner for you husband when he comes home from work?”

Have we really become so inhumane that we no longer understand the importance of responsibility to our loved ones?