Pornography and the eye of the beholder

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Hagoth
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Pornography and the eye of the beholder

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Mrs. Hagoth was sharing travel notes with a TBM neighbor. The neighbor (mother of one of the newest GAs) talked about what a horrible experience they had visiting Athens. They were shocked and disgusted by the pornography EVERYWHERE The conversation went something like:

Mrs. H: "Wow, things must have changed. We didn't see anything pornographic."
Mrs. TBM: "Are you kidding, it was everywhere!"
Mrs. H: "Really?"
Mrs. TBM: "Penises. Penises everywhere you look!"
Mrs. H: "Wait, you're talking about the sculptures in the museums?"
Mrs. TBM: "We had out 18-year old son with us and we were trying to keep him worthy to go on a mission."
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So penises are evil, but a woman's breast is perfectly fine? Man, there is some weird sexism with their definition of pornography.


Insert a reference to the movie ZARDOZ here...
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Unless the kid was gay, why would penises be a problem.

Maybe HE wasn't the one having the lustful thoughts?
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Yep. Classic case of a protective mother projecting her own desires on her son.
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Just This Guy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 14, 2025 10:45 am So penises are evil, but a woman's breast is perfectly fine? Man, there is some weird sexism with their definition of pornography.


Insert a reference to the movie ZARDOZ here...
Although there are certainly exceptions, Greek art usually has men naked and women clothed.

Ha. I saw Zardoz at the drive-in when I was a teenager.
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deacon blues wrote: ↑Sun Nov 23, 2025 9:39 am Yep. Classic case of a protective mother projecting her own desires on her son.
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