tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post297651648999550371..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Anthony Weiner: Contemptuous and ContemptibleStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-19177065253305575792013-08-08T05:52:20.534-07:002013-08-08T05:52:20.534-07:00For the same reason you almost never see the exter...For the same reason you almost never see the external female genitalia. For most people there is nothing artistic about both male and female genitalia. There is something about the curves of the female body that creates flow and movement. The same cannot be said of the male's more angular form.<br />Why do we consider a circle more interesting than we do a square? Cubism not withstanding. In both art and photography we look for S's to create interest and to draw the eye to what the artist, photographer, et al wants to represent.<br />I suspect as humans we are programmed to see flow and movement which the female body is far more representative. Thats why "women in the style of "Rueben' were so popular for much of history.<br />Along that line, Why did those who were Scholastics deduce that orbits were perfect circles? Because GOD was perfect and would not produce something that was less than perfect. <br />If one wants an answer to a "Why" question there is the ability to search out the answers. Thats why the internet is such a valuable tool.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47334995252572011022013-08-08T04:39:32.092-07:002013-08-08T04:39:32.092-07:00"Images of naked women grace the world’s muse..."Images of naked women grace the world’s museums. Images of erect penises do not." Exactly. But could you explain why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-30893376505349532182013-08-07T19:20:55.209-07:002013-08-07T19:20:55.209-07:00Public sex reduces human beings to engaging in ani...Public sex reduces human beings to engaging in animal behavior. It is not sophisticated or cool or liberating, it is demeaning to the soul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-72417434025204535142013-08-07T10:22:05.457-07:002013-08-07T10:22:05.457-07:00So...not as bad as Bill Clinton, but waaaay more l...So...not as bad as Bill Clinton, but waaaay more ludicrous.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-8511015883360408892013-08-07T09:12:36.634-07:002013-08-07T09:12:36.634-07:00"Is this how the sexual revolution ends, not ..."Is this how the sexual revolution ends, not with a bang but a whimper?"<br /><br />That's a superb observation! As I think on what you say, clues come to mind that suggest various forms this might take. For instance, Japan's herbivores are discovering gratifications apart from women, to the extent of sensing disincentives to sex, relationships, and marriage. All that would be stressful and dangerous, and herbivores don't sense any particular reason why they can't continue on as they are indefinitely.<br /><br />Then there's the toxic combination of the decline of traditional dating, the replacement of this by hooking up and hanging out, the accelerated pace & volume of internet-sourced relationships (leading to desensitization, depersonalization, and churning), a high divorce rate, the normalization of out-of-wedlock births, and living one's life in public, on the social media, rather than one-on-one. In the future, people may decide to cut to the chase and enter into contractual relationships that amount to living separately-but-together, pooling selected resources in some sort of legal condition designed to confer parental status over the children they agree to produce and support together. That sounds like a piece of social futurism from the excellent sci-fi writers of the 1950's and 1960's. What would be left is the mere skeleton of a family structure, with heavy state involvement to fill in the gaps between the bones. And the sex? These paired up "life associates" will be getting that wherever they can or want, because that's part of the arrangement too. What Weiner did will no longer be risible, it will be normal -- just one of many options endorsed for its harmlessness as well as its hygiene.<br /><br />Lastangonoreply@blogger.com