Tigerblade: Yep, of course. Haha… forgot to mention that. :)

Dan A: Yeah, it kind of comes in spurts for me, but 3-5 posts a month usually feels about right for me.

chris s: Totally agree.

Chad: Good question. I just checked and they all seem pretty normal except one of them — “Older Man Married Women… Free to Join. 1000’s of pictures of Handsome Single Older Men”. Hmmmmmm.

The ad — seemed more like an unnessary state of sexuality. It is sexual. It’s not meant for kids and doesn’t drive me to the product.

Oh wait — it’s supposed to drive to the product. I forgot that part.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6448421.stm

I once saw a bumper sticker said, “9 out of 10 women are battered, I prefer mine plain”, I laughed out loud , my wife shot me a raised brow. I said, “what, its funny, offensive – yes, but funny.”

I guess people really need to not be wrapped up in PC mentality and work to view things in a more objective light even if their views are subjective. As a society though, we are still grappling with trying to reconcile our morality and ethics within the context of a heterogeneous society making this a challenge.

I think it’s because you get men who are saying what they think women want to hear them say, and then you get women who are eager to not be pigeonholed into a more traditional viewpoint arguing the opposite.

So it goes:

1. Men express disgust to please women.
2. Women express that it’s not a big deal to.
3. Men agree that it’s not a big deal.

And, looking up, I realize that I’ve said the same thing that Sam said.

So, uh…I agree with Sam.

I was going to check the Newsvine thread, but Newsvine is down which means I must now hope that 1) the tournament bracket is getting set up or 2) the redesign is going live.

:)

but that’s just me.

And many don’t. I just ran through a list of married friends in my head and came up with about and equal combination of pass/pass or agg/agg compared to agg/pass.

I think what impressed upon me most in this last post was the amount of global statements. Which is ironic since really what we were all talking about was – “do you like this piece of art?” But we all felt compelled to support our own opinions (subjective) with some sort of objectivity.

What’s interesting is that between your post and what I read on other blogs (and newsvine), I did not come away with the impression that “Most women seem either entirely unoffended or at least more forgiving of the imagery.”

Even if we took the time to go and put all the responses in a “reaction matrix” (any volunteers?) I doubt we’d get the real story. Sexual topics/conversations, especially on the phone or online, tend to bring out gender posers en masse.

But I didn’t want to be smug.

Have you at all noticed if the Google ads have changed due to the recent content of the posts?

I believe you may be right with one caveat. I think this pressure is imposed by less aggressive men and more aggressive women. IE., anyone who does not benefit from the ‘classic’ sexual dynamic. I don’t believe in major differences between the sexes per se, however many relationships contain the active / passive – aggressive / receptive relationship. It is difficult to maintain a relationship in which both parties are aggressive or receptive. Nature seems to demand a harmony.