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I couldn't agree more. It is disturbing how quickly things change in regards to the freedom and the liberal way we see naked bodies. While my example gas nothi
by sdoering 4y ago
I couldn't agree more. It is disturbing how quickly things change in regards to the freedom and the liberal way we see naked bodies.
While my example gas nothing to do with the internet it might still be interesting.
When I grew up nudism wasn't uncommon in the GDR, but after being unified with western Germany not one generation later it is more than fringe.
We only see unified filtered body types and the normality of seeing many different bodies in a non sexual way. While on the other hand even non nude bodies on Instagram often are sexualized beyond belief to maximize engagement.
We denormalized nudity, the regular body but commoditized the stereotypical filtered body.
- voxic11 4y agoI don't really know if it supports or opposes you point here, but pornography in the GDR was illegal while in unified Germany it is generally legal. I guess it kind of supports your claims that peoples bodies have become more commoditized, that porn is more acceptable than simple nakedness. On the other hand it kind of shows how the previous regime had its own hangups about human sexuality.
- sdoering 4y agoAbsolutely. I wouldn't want to paint the former GDR regime in a positive way. But I agree. It paints an interesting picture.