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by fleitz 4599 days ago
What's unethical about using sex to sell?

Our society is really fucked up and repressed about sex.

I'm really glad there's a man around to tell my partner that if she wears bathing suits to the beach and a man sees her backside that she's a victim instead of advocating she wear whatever the fuck she wants (including nothing) to the beach.

When my partner and I go to the beach we have to travel an extra 15 minutes because she'd rather go topless, that's fucked up and repressed. I can go around where ever I want with my top off, but thanks to white knights like the writer of the article she has to travel an extra 15 minutes lest a man (who is uncomfortable with naked pictures of his own gender) have to see her tits.

I'd be more impressed if people like the author could look at a woman wearing a bathing suit with out immediately thinking about sex than any blog post he could ever write about how women are sexualized. It's really fucked up that he can't think a woman at the beach in a bathing suit is doing anything other than being sexualized.

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I agree with the second part.

I think this example is unethical because of the standards it creates for women. It makes women think that their primary role is for sex, which is shitty.

I don't like the standards placed on men either, like how we're supposed to be emotionless, or the current trend of "idiot men" in commercials.

http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment_300/327_top_10_li...