tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708511191873202959.post6876240245945504765..comments2022-09-30T06:07:37.018-07:00Comments on Mr Voxpopper: Pornography in the permissive societyMr Right Winghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429960825672092103noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708511191873202959.post-34107787343011673002017-03-05T10:08:30.130-08:002017-03-05T10:08:30.130-08:00I defer to your deeper knowledge of this kind of f...I defer to your deeper knowledge of this kind of film from the early sixties when I was still quite a youngster. My memories are that most young men of that period would have had no problems with nymphomania as what they were invariably faced with was young ladies uptight about sexual relations, probably influenced by their mothers to 'save themselves' for the right man and marriage. Adult society would have taken a more censorious view on nymphomania on the grounds of promiscuity. Mr Right Winghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429960825672092103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708511191873202959.post-14989142410608479102017-03-03T10:48:14.900-08:002017-03-03T10:48:14.900-08:00Misunderstanding about nymphomania. I don't me...Misunderstanding about nymphomania. I don't mean that nymphomania is necessarily prevalent; what I was trying to get at was that the fear of sexually available women as nymphomaniacs is a deep-seated Anglo-Saxon phobic thing. Hence the movies, where as soon as women were becoming sexually independent via the pill, the culture started having the collywobbles.<br /><br />The films I'm referencing were not titillation. One starred Lee Remick, a very serious New England actressMoor Larkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05275057917684784541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708511191873202959.post-43319289274595387012017-02-23T15:30:23.125-08:002017-02-23T15:30:23.125-08:00Some interesting observations.
I’m a little scep...Some interesting observations.<br /><br /><br />I’m a little sceptical about your views on nymphomania. I dare say it sometimes happens but I would image it to be relatively rare. I suspect the kind of films you mention were aimed more at titillating male audiences rather than reflecting a ‘deeper social angst’. However, I would agree with you that women often make bad choices of partner, as graphically illustrated in the latest murder trial. <br /><br />Regarding your observations on the reasons for the lack of interest by women in pornography, I doubt whether the greater explicitness of male imagery now available on the internet has much more than curiosity value for most women, although to be honest I make no claims to being an authority on this subject. The reason for this lack of interest may be due to biology, as males generally tend to be the more active party in generating sexual encounters and thus porn would have much more appeal to them. <br />Mr Right Winghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429960825672092103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708511191873202959.post-60758990018054920382017-02-22T14:36:45.421-08:002017-02-22T14:36:45.421-08:00Not entirely sure about your thesis about the worr...Not entirely sure about your thesis about the worries concerning pornography being viewed as "a bad thing" because it encourages men to view women as always sexually available.<br /><br />Though I'm sure that applies, I also think a deeper social angst is precisely the opposite, that is to say that women desire to have an awful lot of sex. That is a profoundly disturbing idea and if you browse through early sixties films, a frequent meme is the woman who cannot resist the allure of an [alpha] male. The notion of the female deteriorating into Nymphomania is a plain concern in these movies. The women are often depicted as making poor choices, with some virtuous ma always there for them, but they keep on going for the "bad boys".<br /><br />Modern pornography is graphic but it involves real women with real bodies, and unless one subscribes to the enslavement theories of feminism, I think the worry that such women exist, is some kind of existential crisis for "womanhood".<br /><br />I won't dwell on another aspect too much, since this is a family blog, but I also nurse a pet theory that the ubiquity of the male erection has caused a major dislocation in Anglo-Saxon culture. Many years ago I asked a girlfriend why she and by extension all women, were not interested in pornography. By this time, men were in the images but always photographed discreetly since erections were prohibited. She replied that she was never interested in porn because she could not see the thing that she was mostly interested in. Such are anecdotes... :-)<br /><br />Moor Larkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05275057917684784541noreply@blogger.com