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#42
I've been there. Not hauled in but have to scrub the side of a theatre building one weekend. Go figure.

96tbird said:
Yes well I mean public nudity should not be illegal. Them nude beaches have special dispensation from gov't, etc. Other cultures don't make it a big deal, so it's not. Heck, in the USA you get hauled in for peein' on the side of the road! Man everyone's gotta pee!!
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#44
I've mainly always been in long term relationships, which meant I didn't uptake a lot of the 'niceties' that were on close call on the gigging scene for over 15 years or so.

So when I feel I'd like to recollect a bit, I use my imagination and complete those 'could have been's' with a nice ending of my own invention.

Porn, used to now and again, take or leave it really, I tend to have relationships with 'healthy appetite' women anyways ; )
 
#45
HEIST said:
My self-esteem took a nose-dive when I found out that kind of material my boyfriend looks at. Then the whole starvation thing, obsession with surgery, pills blah blah blah happened and it's still rough. He rarely views it now and he's focused on me, telling me I'm beautiful etc. and it helps but it'll always be something I struggle with.

Single Dad Laughing wrote an entry on Worthless women and the men who make them and while I do not think it's as well written as it could be and I do not necessary agree with everything he has said in the entry, I do know that women feel absolutely horrible for not being the 'ideal' in their men's eyes and that in itself creates a lot of mental issues and self-hate.

I find Magazines and print are a lot worse than videos in the way it illustrates women simply because every single image has been photoshopped to death, and young men in some of my classes (and some young women) believe what they see is real. These boys won't settle for anything less than a cover girl and the girls won't stop until they look like the cover girl.

I kind of went off on a tangent, but its been sitting on my mind lately.

I stumbled upon this on Digg [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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Gurl, men need to remember that women are human and everyone is beauty in their own way. Women judge us too in areas we have no control over. No one has the authority to do so. You are awesome as you are. Keep that man in line and if he don't, to the curb with him!:spit:
 
#46
I maintain forearm strength with visual aids occasionally.

IMO, it's unhealthy, but "unhealthy" in the same way that eating McDonalds is. OK once in a while, but all the time to the exclusion of real food, not so OK.

As for HEIST's post ... that's very true. I'm not sure what the best cure is ... I try to point out obvious photoshop artifacts to people whenever I can to break the illusion as much as possible, but we're surrounded by an ever-more-synthetic reality. Women mainly, but men's bodies are increasingly photoshopped as well so we're going to find ourselves more and more judged according to artificial standards as well.
 
#47
UncleFluffy said:
IMO, it's unhealthy, but "unhealthy" in the same way that eating McDonalds is. OK once in a while, but all the time to the exclusion of real food, not so OK.
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+1 I'd agree with this, it is a dopamine uptake drug you can get addicted to, for the buzz and it can alter your 'take' on what a normal relationship is way out of reality. Everything is pretty much over-sexualized these day's, it's a subliminal drug association, especially in advertising, sex sells, buy me, you'll feel good.
 
#50
I don't watch porn, look at nudie magazines or goto strip clubs. I do however enjoy looking at my wife naked as often as possible and doing those things with her.

My reason are due to the fact that I do my best to pattern my life after what the Word of God says. I am a Christian pastor and do not want to do anything hypocritical to what the Bible teaches. Also, I am a Corrections Officer and I deal with child molesters and sex offenders every day. With every single one of them, it started with pornography. I'm not saying that everyone who looks at porn will do what they have done but since that is where it starts, it is just one more reason why I choose not to look at it.
 
#51
Skitch it! said:
+1 I'd agree with this, it is a dopamine uptake drug you can get addicted to, for the buzz and it can alter your 'take' on what a normal relationship is way out of reality. Everything is pretty much over-sexualized these day's, it's a subliminal drug association, especially in advertising, sex sells, buy me, you'll feel good.
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To steal a Dilbert quote:

Scott Adams said:
Males are predictable creatures. That makes it easy to craft a marketing message that appeals to them. All successful advertising campaigns that target men include one of these two messages.

1.This will help you get dates with bikini models.
2.This product will save you time and money, which you’ll need if you want to date bikini models.

Compared to simple minded brutish men, women are much more intricate and complex. Your advertising message must appeal to women’s greater range of intellectual interests and aesthetic preferences. Specifically, your message has to say this:

1.If you buy this product, you’ll be a bikini model.
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If there is a hell, I hope there's a whole wing reserved for people who **** with other people's minds for profit.
 
#55
Jay Ralston said:
I don't watch porn, look at nudie magazines or goto strip clubs. I do however enjoy looking at my wife naked as often as possible and doing those things with her.

My reason are due to the fact that I do my best to pattern my life after what the Word of God says. I am a Christian pastor and do not want to do anything hypocritical to what the Bible teaches. Also, I am a Corrections Officer and I deal with child molesters and sex offenders every day. With every single one of them, it started with pornography. I'm not saying that everyone who looks at porn will do what they have done but since that is where it starts, it is just one more reason why I choose not to look at it.
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Oh give me a break....don't even go there dude.

There is so much incredibly false about your comment.

How about sex offenders before porn was readily available...huh?...go ahead and explain that one.

Sure sex offenders are drawn to porn...but porn does NOT create sex offenders.

It's kinda funny though that you are scared to look at it for reasons you may become a sex offender...hahaha, that's classic!!!!!

I however, am not worried.
 
#57
HEIST said:
My self-esteem took a nose-dive when I found out that kind of material my boyfriend looks at. Then the whole starvation thing, obsession with surgery, pills blah blah blah happened and it's still rough. He rarely views it now and he's focused on me, telling me I'm beautiful etc. and it helps but it'll always be something I struggle with.

Single Dad Laughing wrote an entry on Worthless women and the men who make them and while I do not think it's as well written as it could be and I do not necessary agree with everything he has said in the entry, I do know that women feel absolutely horrible for not being the 'ideal' in their men's eyes and that in itself creates a lot of mental issues and self-hate.

I find Magazines and print are a lot worse than videos in the way it illustrates women simply because every single image has been photoshopped to death, and young men in some of my classes (and some young women) believe what they see is real. These boys won't settle for anything less than a cover girl and the girls won't stop until they look like the cover girl.

I kind of went off on a tangent, but its been sitting on my mind lately.

I stumbled upon this on Digg [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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Wow, holy...just wow. Thanks, this definitely changed me for the better, I had no idea this could happen to girls.
 
#59
HEIST said:
My self-esteem took a nose-dive when I found out that kind of material my boyfriend looks at. Then the whole starvation thing, obsession with surgery, pills blah blah blah happened and it's still rough. He rarely views it now and he's focused on me, telling me I'm beautiful etc. and it helps but it'll always be something I struggle with.

Single Dad Laughing wrote an entry on Worthless women and the men who make them and while I do not think it's as well written as it could be and I do not necessary agree with everything he has said in the entry, I do know that women feel absolutely horrible for not being the 'ideal' in their men's eyes and that in itself creates a lot of mental issues and self-hate.

I find Magazines and print are a lot worse than videos in the way it illustrates women simply because every single image has been photoshopped to death, and young men in some of my classes (and some young women) believe what they see is real. These boys won't settle for anything less than a cover girl and the girls won't stop until they look like the cover girl.

I kind of went off on a tangent, but its been sitting on my mind lately.

I stumbled upon this on Digg [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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I think that cuts both ways much more than either gender would be willing to admit.
 

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