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I find it kind of interesting that people are still so shocked by this. Even the article itself is kind of skittish a bit with a cultural bias. Nudity and naked
by prox 4y ago
I find it kind of interesting that people are still so shocked by this. Even the article itself is kind of skittish a bit with a cultural bias. Nudity and nakedness, sex seems to be quite normal, especially before the 19th century. But victorian times, protestantism (US) and perhaps India as well made Nudity and Sex a lot more outlawed.
Afaik that was a kind of global phenomenon and I am interested what the historical factors were.
- hnbad 4y agoWell, to be fair, erect pensises and depictions of intercourse are considered risqué if not pornographic even in most of Europe where you might see naked breasts on magazine covers in corner store displays.
- prox 4y agoIndeed, no argument there. The point I am trying to make is that the moral framework changed so much apparently around the 19th century. Of course you have the British Victorian outlook, the US protestantism (which was quite more militant earlier probably, the pilgrim fathers were outcasts even among in Europe afaik) , and nudity in parts of India was not that strange, and statues tended to be nude as well. The British occupation might certainly have something to do with it. It’s interesting in as so much that it still pervades society these days, even though porn consumption is quite high in society probably. Someone I know worked for a sextoy factory and more conservative areas were much more likely to buy more and extreme toys interestingly enough.