Pornographic photography in 1910s (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
I happened to see a letter to face book posted on face book this week.
The accompanying
photo was a scientific illustration of a vulva
with all of
the working parts clearly labelled.
My students
used to give a collective "YUCK" when we
discussed
the same drawing in grade 6 Health class.
But don't
feel bad if you have lady parts, on penis day the
reaction
was exactly the same.
Anyway, my
point is that scientific illustrations are not sexy
or
pornographic.
They are,
in fact, yucky.
The letter to
face book was from the woman who had posted
the
illustration on her wall.
Face book
shut her site down within hours she said, although
the
illustration was part of a series of discussions a group of
nursing
moms were having.
FB said the
drawing was pornographic.
The letter
writer was outraged that she was shut down but
'Wet Pussies'
wasn't.
"WTF?" I thought.
I quickly typed
in 'Wet Pussies'..
There
weren't any on display.
Wet or dry.
But there
were a lot of big boobs, tiny thongs and suggestive
posturing.
Soft porn.
Face book
has some 'splainin' to do.
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