The female body is a work of art, and as such, it is respected by both male and female alike. This does not apply to the male body. There is nothing artistic about a penis so let’s keep them off my dash. K? K.
Bollocks. “Nothing artistic about a penis” my ass.
aint no art museum like a nudist colony mofucka
Perhaps people believe that when one’s sexual organs show, the image is inherently sexual. That would explain why the female body is artistic and the male body is pornographic. (“Sexual” and “pornographic” are not synonymous, but that’s a different point.)
However, images of sexual organs are not always sexualized. Pornographic and sexualized images depend on both the artist, in the tone of the piece, and the audience, in how they perceive it.
If you see a nude with a penis, you probably think of sex.
But if you see a nude with a bellybutton, do you automatically think of birth? Probably not, unless you’re an OB/GYN.
And if you see a nude with a nose, do you think of breathing or smelling? Probably not, unless you’re an ENT doctor or a perfumer.
The thing is: you probably think this because you were raised to always associate penises with sex, since they stigmatized and never put in plain sight. In fact, the nose spends a lot more time doing things than the penis, so why is the association weaker for non-sexual parts? But there is no stigma about bellybuttons or noses, because socially, they’re just parts of the body. They’re just there.
However, if you just think penises are ugly, that’s a different thing. Of course you’re gonna think something’s ugly if it’s often feared, rarely seen, and kind of sticking randomly out of the body.
Maybe our attitude will change if we see penises for what they are - a part of the bodies of half of the people in the world that does stuff sometimes. And become accustomed to them by looking at more good nudes with penises.
