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Not being able to cope with nudity seems to be a USA specific phenomenon. I female friend of mine was almost arrested in the US for dancing too suggestively, a

Not being able to cope with nudity seems to be a USA specific phenomenon. I female friend of mine was almost arrested in the US for dancing too suggestively, and she was far from being nude. Seems to be a puritanism thing.

syshum 5y ago
I am willing to bet there is ALOT more to the story than simply "dancing too suggestively"
sneak 5y ago
Instagram is a US company, staffed primarily by people from the US culture, so the problems with this USA-specific phenomenon are being exported to billions of others who aren't part of that culture.
- mlang23 5y ago
  I know. Its sad. And it happens with other things too. That is the price we (the rest of the west) pay for never having emanicpated ourselves. This "the US defines what west is" thing pretty much goes on my nerves since I realized how it works. It is also likely a reason for anti-US-attitudes. The loud and extroverted bully is never really a darling of everyone.
- iso1631 5y ago
  > so the problems with this USA-specific phenomenon are being exported to billions of others who aren't part of that culture This is the case on the vast majority of technology developments -- things to solve mainly US centric problems are pushed out with massive amount of money to try to "solve" problems that don't exist. A byproduct of this push is often to create those problems in other cultures. It's like the British empire of the 17th century.
- mschuster91 5y ago
  It's not US culture that's the issue - ever heard about the utterly ridiculous regulations Germany has on pornography (tl;dr: a simple "are you 18" prompt isn't sufficient, you need a certified online identity provider verifying your age against a government issued ID)? Reddit, in contrast to Instagram, hosts porn of all varieties - from softcore nude art to hardcore fetish stuff. The issue with the US is "family friendly" brand/advertising culture - no big brand advertisers want their ads to go next to a blowjob - and credit card regulations.
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syshum 5y ago

I am willing to bet there is ALOT more to the story than simply "dancing too suggestively"

sneak 5y ago

Instagram is a US company, staffed primarily by people from the US culture, so the problems with this USA-specific phenomenon are being exported to billions of others who aren't part of that culture.

mlang23 5y ago
I know. Its sad. And it happens with other things too. That is the price we (the rest of the west) pay for never having emanicpated ourselves. This "the US defines what west is" thing pretty much goes on my nerves since I realized how it works. It is also likely a reason for anti-US-attitudes. The loud and extroverted bully is never really a darling of everyone.
iso1631 5y ago
> so the problems with this USA-specific phenomenon are being exported to billions of others who aren't part of that culture This is the case on the vast majority of technology developments -- things to solve mainly US centric problems are pushed out with massive amount of money to try to "solve" problems that don't exist. A byproduct of this push is often to create those problems in other cultures. It's like the British empire of the 17th century.
mschuster91 5y ago
It's not US culture that's the issue - ever heard about the utterly ridiculous regulations Germany has on pornography (tl;dr: a simple "are you 18" prompt isn't sufficient, you need a certified online identity provider verifying your age against a government issued ID)? Reddit, in contrast to Instagram, hosts porn of all varieties - from softcore nude art to hardcore fetish stuff. The issue with the US is "family friendly" brand/advertising culture - no big brand advertisers want their ads to go next to a blowjob - and credit card regulations.

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