Xaeyruudh's Index

Regarding Art

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Christians and puritans have been getting huffy about boobs since the beginning of their religions. Their opinions are no more rational or deserving of accommodation than stoning or witch hunts.

Drawing nipples is not an attack on women. I really don’t think it’s nipples that the feminists (note: I’m using that word properly; it’s not an insult) object to. Admiring the human body is not an attack. Even when the admiration veers into the realm of perving; it’s still not an attack. Disrespecting women is an attack on women, and the perving becomes a problem when it becomes disrespectful. Calling a woman slutty or cheap when she gets naked… that’s an attack, on her and on all women who exercise the same fundamental right to wear or not wear whatever they choose whenever they choose. So basically all women, at least in the USA, where women are arrested if anyone sees a bare nipple.

Pictures of naked women do not repel female gamers. At least, not the ones who have rejected the ridiculous fearmongering of their great-great-grandparents. Pictures of stupid women repel female gamers, because they promote disrespect of women. There’s some overlap, but they’re two different groups of pictures. A picture of a nude woman? Not offensive; I don’t know a single girl or woman who would refuse to read a book or play a game based solely on a picture of a naked woman… as long as the woman isn’t being portrayed as stupid. A picture of a woman choosing to fight a dangerous monster without the same amount of protection as men would choose to wear in that situation? That’s insulting. This isn’t rocket science. Nudity is not the problem. Lack of respect is the problem. And I’m guessing most artists know the difference… but they draw what they’re hired to draw. So ask them to draw smart women, and leave the door open for nudity within that context.

One final bit of food for thought on the subject of art. Drawing a woman who is clearly exposing herself deliberately, but “creatively” employing your artistic talents to cover her nipples with braids of her hair, or her arms, or a tree branch… that’s the biggest insult of all. You’re not just treating her differently than a man; that’s bad enough, but on top of that you’re depriving her of the right to be naked even when she makes the choice to be naked. You’re saying she doesn’t have the ability to expose herself, to even the same extent that we expect men to expose themselves whenever they walk outside in the summer months. Would you draw a picture of a guy barbecuing with his friends in the back yard, and use tree branches to block out his nipples? No, and it wouldn’t be artistic to do so… it would be pointless, and stupid. It is equally pointless and stupid to avoid showing a woman’s nipples. Either draw her dressed, or draw her undressed, but don’t make a special effort to hide her nipples.

Women have nipples, just like men, and —news flash— we’ve all seen them before. The sooner you stop making a big deal about women’s nipples, the sooner we’ll have less violent crime against women. So grow a spine, and welcome anyone who complains about it to the new millennium.

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