Childhood Sexuality - Page 3

mousepod · 03-24-2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

In Japanese animation, it's considered obscene to draw pubic hair. That is why all the naked animated women are hairless and girl-like.

They'll have rape machines and demons killing women with their sperm, but drawn pubic hair? SCANDALOUS!

I do love, and am baffled by, the great cultural divides.

It may be urban legend, but I understand the Japanese banning of pubic hair started with MacArthur and the post-WWII occupation. It just became a part of the culture.

In some cases, it's funny and creative (I have a manga that features several suggestive panels of a fish sticking his head into a conch shell until he spits), in others, it's annoying (why does Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain" need genital fogging on an otherwise beautiful DVD?).

How these attitudes of taste become acceptable and part of popular culture is indeed a facscinating question...

Not Afraid · 03-24-2005, 02:39 PM

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How these attitudes of taste become acceptable and part of popular culture is indeed a facscinating question...

That, is also my fascination. Why are these a fasicnaiton for today's society? It certainly wasn't a practice in my sexual "bloonming".

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-24-2005, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

We like our woment to be girls "down there" but more than woman up top. Doesn't anyone else find that strange? What lengths will we go to for our men?

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That, is also my fascination. Why are these a fasicnaiton for today's society? It certainly wasn't a practice in my sexual "bloonming".

If you're going that way, then why is shaving your legs and armpits and plucking and bleaching in all kinds of other places not even questioned?

In the 70's there was quite a decent sized movement to get rid of female shaving entirely. I snuck out my parents' copy of The Joy of Sex enough to learn that "soon women will cease shaving altogether"....copyright date 1971. The 70's were a blip in American history.

When exactly did leg shaving become the thing to do? Did the aristocratic ladies of the 1700's shave their legs? Did the pioneer women of the 1800's take time to shave their legs? Just how much is that connected with the idea of a woman being a young girl? Or is it about tactile sensations instead?

"What lengths will we go to for our men?" I know it's my programming, but I shave because I feel better shaved - and that goes for all my shaving. I sure as hell don't endure shaving my nether-region for HIM - fvck, there's no way I'd do that. I do it for the better sex that I get out of it.

Prudence · 03-24-2005, 02:12 PM

I guess I never really understood that other people had different experiences than I did. I did what I wanted to do when I felt like doing it. For me, that was relatively late (by today's standards). Perhaps one of the advantages of being a social pariah is that no one pressures you to do things against your will.

I learned about sex from a cartoon-style book in the doctor's office. It must have been VERY early on, as it was no more exciting than a book on polar bears or tropical rain forests. I was reading on my own by age 3, so it was probably not long after that. I'll bet someone left it out thinking I couldn't possibly understand what it was.

Anyhow, I don't remember a time when I didn't know about the mechanics of sex. It was like pooping. We all do it, and there's nothing wrong with it, but that doesn't mean we talk about it at the dinner table.

But I didn't get to watch a lot of teevee growing up, so maybe that influenced (or DIDN'T influence) my opinions.

I am kind of curious that some think their exposure to various media sources influenced their later development. I can assure you that I had an EXTREMELY proper upbringing (no white shoes after labor day!) and yet as an adult I have quite the collection of various implements. So where did THOSE urges come from? Because I fantasized about that LONG before developing any explicitly sexual fantasies.

Not Afraid · 03-24-2005, 08:40 PM

I'm just glad I'm not hairy.

But, now, I'm singing "girls wear short shorts".

CoasterMatt · 03-24-2005, 08:46 PM

If you dare wear short shorts, Nair for short shorts...

Not Afraid · 03-24-2005, 08:49 PM

Damn you Matt!

CoasterMatt · 03-24-2005, 08:52 PM

Hey, at least I spared you the horror of me singing and dancing

Not Afraid · 03-24-2005, 09:00 PM

It's OK It's in my head - only you're wearing the short shorts in the "line" :shudder:

CoasterMatt · 03-24-2005, 09:08 PM

My work uniform shorts are pretty short

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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	I guess I never really understood that other people had different experiences than I did. I did what I wanted to do when I felt like doing it. For me, that was relatively late (by today's standards). Perhaps one of the advantages of being a social pariah is that no one pressures you to do things against your will. I learned about sex from a cartoon-style book in the doctor's office. It must have been VERY early on, as it was no more exciting than a book on polar bears or tropical rain forests. I was reading on my own by age 3, so it was probably not long after that. I'll bet someone left it out thinking I couldn't possibly understand what it was. Anyhow, I don't remember a time when I didn't know about the mechanics of sex. It was like pooping. We all do it, and there's nothing wrong with it, but that doesn't mean we talk about it at the dinner table. But I didn't get to watch a lot of teevee growing up, so maybe that influenced (or DIDN'T influence) my opinions. I am kind of curious that some think their exposure to various media sources influenced their later development. I can assure you that I had an EXTREMELY proper upbringing (no white shoes after labor day!) and yet as an adult I have quite the collection of various implements. So where did THOSE urges come from? Because I fantasized about that LONG before developing any explicitly sexual fantasies. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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