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From: joy@mit-vax.UUCP (Joy Hoppe)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.women
Subject: Objectification & Penthouse
Message-ID: <2687@mit-vax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 12:17:54 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  2 12:17:54 1984
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For he who asked why the pictures in magazines like _Penthouse_ or
	(say) _Hustler_ are degrading, etc......

I believe one of the main objections is that PARTS (not the whole) of
the female anatomy are shown, especially in _Hustler_, and many people
knowledgeable in psychology, etc., think that this helps to dehumanize
a man's view of a woman.  Allows him to think of her as just a set of
breasts, legs, whatever part appeals to him: not as a person with feelings.

Let me state, for the record, that I believe that these magazines should
have the right to print what they will.  And that the women/men who pose
for them should not be deprived of their opportunity to do so, providing
they do so of their own free will.

					joy