Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!aero-c!nadel From: uunet!igor!rutabaga!jls@ncar.UCAR.EDU (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: does healthy, mutual erotica exist? Message-ID: Date: 16 Apr 91 03:51:28 GMT References: <1991Apr8.175404.9017@aero.org> <1991Apr10.020732.12773@cavebbs.gen.nz> Sender: uunet!igor!news@ncar.UCAR.EDU Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA Lines: 16 Approved: nadel@aerospace.aero.org Status: R Originator: nadel@aerospace.aero.org >Could the side that does believe in "healthy, mutual erotica" give me >some examples in the field of film and video? My wife and I enjoy a wide range of pornographic tapes, so by our definition these tapes constitute "healthy, mutual erotica". Others, of course, are convinced that these very same tapes are horrid exploitations of women (oddly enough, they have men in them too but of course THEY'RE not exploited...). This is the crux of the problem: "healthy, mutual erotica" is in the eye of the beholder. It exists if you see it. It doesn't exist if you don't see it. -- * The opinions expressed herein are my own, except in the realm of software * * engineering, in which case I borrowed them from incredibly smart people. * * * * Rational: cutting-edge software engineering technology and services. *