“3/27/2008, 4:13pm EST”
Using sex to sell veganism: What's the problem? →
What is it about public sexual displays — in particular, those that are put on with a reasonable degree of consent by the participants — that ruffle some feminist feathers? I suspect that this anti-public sexuality dogma is little more than a manifestation of personal psychological issues so deeply rooted that some feminist intellectuals bypass their respective intellects altogether, instead going straight with their guts. This irrational response then sparks a strained rationalization that seeks to justify that initial response through the lens of “feminism.”
Ironically, this undermines genuine feminism. The affirmation of an individual’s right to do with her body whatever she wishes, as long as she does no harm to other beings, is a natural feminist — and vegan — stance. Assuming that a nude female photograph subject, for example, must be an object of some kind of gender oppression, rather than someone who simply enjoys exhibiting her body, or chooses to display her body to promote important positions that she deems worthy, strikes me as the only extraordinarily demeaning part of this discussion.
If someone wants to promote veganism via such a morally innocuous tactic (and an effectively attention-grabbing one at that), I am all for it.
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