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by rquantz 4482 days ago
I think it's interesting that in conceiving "nasty" icons, the images are almost entirely either violent or scatological, rather than sexual (the bare-breasted woman being the only exception I noticed). I imagine a few possible explanations: a) the creators considered sexuality too risqué for what they were doing, b) they considered it not nasty at all, or c) the emphasis was on a childish nastiness, rather than a grown up one.

It may speak to the relative acceptance of violence vs sexuality in our culture?

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Using the word "nasty" to describe nudity makes me very sad. I can imagine a very small niche of sexual practices that I would label in this way, but to regard sexuality in general as "nasty" seems ludicrous to me.
There is also the stripper and the vibrator
Ah, so there are! I don't know how I missed those. Still, that's three out of 45.
We could do a kickstarter.
This comment totally adds to nothing but the overanalysis in this place is pretty wicked. Its a damn icon set...