Comments on: Morrissey’s Seven Inch Plastic Strap-on

By: mla

mla — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:30:16 +0000

No qualifiers necessary are necessary – he doesn’t look hot “for a 50 year old”, he isn’t “not bad”… MOZ is HOT. Period!

By: adjoun

adjoun — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:22:50 +0000

gilbert & george got naked for their work and they’re much older already.

By: supermarky

supermarky — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:50:44 +0000

I’ve seen far worse 50 year old carcasses. I actually imagine that he imagines, rightly, he should be given credit for not looking too bad at all. I think the tan shocks me more than anything!

By: robbb

robbb — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:47:43 +0000

it’s a provocative shot, partly b/c he is saying ‘yes, here’s my 50-year-old body (and my pubes) – deal with it’. which yes, is a bit adolescent perhaps, but kinda refreshing in its odd glory. not playing by the rules. morrissey is actually fairly punk rock.

By: McShane

McShane — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:33:25 +0000

Simply an overreaction to feminism’s objection to women being objectified. Males have become very narcisistic, e.g. note the surfeit of straight exerecise & body building periodicals featuring male musculature. The one place where female bodies are ok is in the sale of sanitary products and similar health aids.
It is true in this context that some Americans would be so abtuse as to consider that a picture of Mos’s humble hairy arse was gay. But then they have an odd take on art all around.

By: arctic_jay

arctic_jay — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:36:25 +0000

If that is your assessment of popular media, then you are not seeing things objectively. Take any male body part and compare its treatment with the corresponding female body part and the latter will always be met with more controversy and moral outrage. Let’s go down the list:

Chests: Male chests are not considered nudity and are shown everywhere. Bare female chests are only shown in restricted media. A woman wearing a tightly fitting top is more scandalous than a topless man.

Butts: Male butts are shown on basic cable, rated-PG movies, billboards and magazine ads. Female butts are mostly relegated to R-rated movies.

Genitals: Male genitalia can be shown in rated-R movies, cable, videogames, and educational programs. Female genitalia is shown only, with very few exceptions, in porn.

“madonna, kylie minogue to name two frequently flash their aging bodies to sell records..”

Show me promotional ads that either of these women have done in the last ten years that show bare tits and bush.

“not to mention the stream of female nudity in many music videos at the moment.. x”

Music videos don’t show female nudity; they show females in skimpy clothing with their private areas covered. Men don’t wear skimpy clothing in videos, not because it’s taboo or considered shocking, but because they know people will think they look moronic.

By: johnsohn

johnsohn — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:46:07 +0000

noo who told you that. in television alone unclothed women are far more acceptable than naked men.. penises in particular are frowned upon.

madonna, kylie minogue to name two frequently flash their aging bodies to sell records.. not to mention the stream of female nudity in many music videos at the moment.. x

By: jetboy

jetboy — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:20:05 +0000

what are records they are ‘wearing’?

By: arctic_jay

arctic_jay — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:40:02 +0000

“were this literally any female artist it would be considered a requirement not a note of contention.”

This makes no sense considering that female nudity is generally far more controversial than male nudity. When’s the last time a popular, especially older, female artist showed her tits and bush in a promotional ad?

By: johnsohn

johnsohn — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:11:48 +0000

were this literally any female artist it would be considered a requirement not a note of contention. x