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February 9, 2006
HNT: The sushi pics
"It's a rather lurid cover, I mean...it's, it's like naked women, and he's tied down to this table, and he's got these whips and they're all...semi-nude. Knockin' on 'im and it's like much worse..."
"What's the point?"
"Well the point is it's much worse than 'Smell the Glove'...he releases that he's number three"
"Because he's the victim. Their objections were that she was the victim. You see?"
"Oh..."
"That's alright, if the singer's the victim, it's different. It's not sexist."
"He did a twist on it. A twist and it s-"
"He did, he did. He turned it around."
"We shoulda thought of that...."
"We were so close...."
"I mean if we had all you guys tied up, that probably woulda been fine."
"It's such a fine line between stupid and...and clever."
A couple of years ago on orkut, there was a big argument raging about body sushi...whether or not it was inherently sexist and degrading. Naturally, I was arguing strongly on the side of "sexy, if done with consent and respect". The anti-sex, anti-porn brigade was taking up the other side.
As is normally the case with these kinds of discussions, eventually I got bored with arguing and started making fun of the argument. This time in the form of pictures, which my wife took, and which I posted to the "Hot or Not" forum with a link back from the sushi discussion.
The effect was stunning. All discussion in the sushi forum instantly stopped dead. While in the Hot or Not forum, the responses ranged from "Oh my fucking god", to "Gross!", to "Gluuuuuh", to "You're supposed to eat that off a beautiful Asian model, not some guy's hairy back".
Which was kind of ironic, when you think about it. When a women does this, the discussion is about whether she is being objectified as a woman, being disrespected as a human being. When a man does it, the comments are only about whether or not he's sexy, or fat, or hairy, or gross...thus completely objectifying and disrespecting the man without regard for his feelings or his intent.
Anyway, these aren't current. These days I'm about 25 pounds lighter with about 15 hours worth of additional ink.
And yeah, we ate the sushi. The wife figured she'd licked worse things than my back, and the boy is such a sushi-hound he'd eat sushi if he found it lying in the middle of the road on the way to school.
Happy Half-Nekkid Thursday.
Posted by ray at February 9, 2006 8:20 AM | Permalink
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Comments
oh my...those are some great photos! Gettin the little guy involved in them is priceless too! What a cutie!
Posted by: heather at February 9, 2006 9:28 AM
Ray Maki!
I love those pictures. Fuckin' brilliant.
Posted by: elvis at February 9, 2006 10:15 AM
I hate double standards too. I like the pics they really cool.
Happy HNT!
Posted by: david at February 9, 2006 10:25 AM
LMFAOOOO!!!
Looks like I'm not the only one to put food on my back this week, huh? LOL
HHNT! ;)
Posted by: Lil Bit at February 9, 2006 10:35 AM
But if a more chiseled man had the sushi on him or a fatter or hairier woman, would that make a difference?
Posted by: omit at February 9, 2006 11:24 AM
These are great :) HHNT!
Posted by: Crimson at February 9, 2006 12:23 PM
That's awesome. Looks like the kid needed to be restrained from diving in right away.
Posted by: alwaysarousedgirl at February 9, 2006 1:10 PM
omit, it's really not about the presentation. It's about the sushi.
Mmmm! Fresh!
Posted by: elvis at February 9, 2006 2:03 PM
COOL!!! What a great idea.
Posted by: binsk at February 9, 2006 2:37 PM
You posted it in something called "the Hot or Not forum"? That explains the dumbassed irony-impaired comments. It would seem the whole purpose of such a forum would be assess other people based on the most superficial criteria possible.
Don't get me wrong -- of course I believe all people should be accorded the same level of respect.
"Which was kind of ironic, when you think about it. When a women does this, the discussion is about whether she is being objectified as a woman, being disrespected as a human being. When a man does it, the comments are only about whether or not he's sexy, or fat, or hairy, or gross...thus completely objectifying and disrespecting the man without regard for his feelings or his intent."
Are you positing this as a general social phenomenon, or just specific to Orkut? I hear objectifying comments directed toward women, by both women and men, on a daily basis.
Posted by: Hiromi at February 9, 2006 4:36 PM
I am not a fan of eating Sushi but those are great photos! The look of glee on your son's face is priceless. Happy HNT
Posted by: Moosekahl at February 9, 2006 8:16 PM
As we said in the restaurant biz: Presentation is everything.
Posted by: Whirly at February 9, 2006 9:49 PM
OMG, i just watched TIST for the first time three weeks ago....i thought it was the funniest shit!
By the bye, they've opened a body sushi joint in Chicago, it's something like $400.
Posted by: Quinn at February 9, 2006 10:29 PM
That's hysterical! And I agree with you, by the way. Objectification goes both ways, just as respect does. If guys can look at women as objects, then I can look at men that way. And vice voisa! BTW, got my copy of "Do You Know What It Means..." yesterday! Yay!
Posted by: Bozoette Mary at February 10, 2006 3:11 PM
That's awesome Ray! I think I saw one or two of those pic's, but did not know the underlying story. Too good.
Posted by: Kristi at February 10, 2006 3:21 PM
Now that erosblog points here, I'm tempted to change the link just to piss off Bacchus.
Posted by: Ray at November 24, 2006 9:46 AM
Heh. No, then i won't be able to find them pictures next time i wanna link to em!
Posted by: Elvis at November 24, 2006 11:55 AM
That sushi looks very tasty!
Posted by: Sushi Lover at November 24, 2006 2:42 PM
I love how the model has to just be "Asian", despite the obvious fact that sushi is Japanese.
Posted by: Gloria at November 24, 2006 4:03 PM
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