Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Is the Nude Female Breast Always Erotic?

According to the conservative administration of Warsaw, Poland, it is, even if the bare-breasted female happens to be the city's symbol. The artist who created the 2006 Miss World poster was ordered to cover up his offending creation by adding a white scarf because the exposed mammary gland was deemed to be "too suggestive" and "strongly erotic". Women should be outraged that the masculine sex can exert such overt control over a female body part. Hell, lips are probably the most erotic part of any human body and we don't see cries for covering up everybody's mouths. Why are men's nipples perfectly OK for public consumption, yet the female nipple is an object of shame and is criminalized? The breast is a symbol of life, of love, of nurturing. Narrow-minded conservatives should not be allowed to censor art to this degree, it's utterly nonsensical.

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