verilon wrote:And substituting David in for MILD porn would be different how? Softcore porn is just that ~ softcore porn, meaning that it doesn't necessarily haeanything but a sexually luring atmosphere about it.
I see your point, but the statue of David is, as far as I'm concerned, the most perfect sculpture of the human form ever created. Comparing it to softcore porn just struck me wrong. David is ART. Porn is... well... erotica. The two overlap sometimes, but jiggling titties will never compare to the beauty that is David.
And a sculpture of a naked wo/man couldn't intrigue a child in the same way...?
Oh, of course it could. In fact, one might lead to the other. The child could, say, see the Venus de Milo, and say, "Wow! Naked women are fascinating!" (Probably not in those words, of course.) It would follow naturally, then, that he would be intrigued by porn. Or, conversely, the child could be introduced to porn, and say, "Wow! Naked women fascinate me, but sexual postures are a little to extreme for me." (Again, diction notwithstanding.) In such a case, less-sexually-agressive works of art (like the Venus de Milo, The Birth of Venus (Aphrodite?)) might be more appealing.
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