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Argument 1: "Our paranoia around sexuality is just making things worse. We cover up breasts, hide magazines, shame people about their bodies. This actually ends up oversexualizing things - like how burkas imply that the thing it's hiding is so sexual it must be contained." (cont)
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Argument 2: "Sexuality is actually real and powerful and pretending it's not is ignoring the facts. Haven't you seen a dude in the subway jacking off to a girl in a short skirt? Sexual displays get sexual reactions, and removing the boundary is what oversexualizes things." (cont)
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Arg.1 notices that protecting against something increases the potency of the thing we're protecting against (problem is the pushback) Arg.1 notices that failing to protect will unleash the potency of the thing we're protecting against (problem exists is regardless of pushback)
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Really, both are probably true - the thing is both inherent *and* created. This feels like it has a lot of similarities to the current discussions around gender, which sometimes says the problem is the divisions we create, and sometimes says the problems are inherent.
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As in: Gender isn't real (we create the division) but trans people seem very biologically driven to present as the stereotype of the other gender (reinforcing the division). Your gender is your feelings (we create division) but women need a safe space (reinforcing the division)
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