Quote Originally Posted by bcipam
The Bazaar cover is different. It's shows basically a pregnant nekkid lady and regardless if its Brittany or anyone else (say Demi Moore back when) is in bad taste. Now if the photo were contained within the Babytalk magazine I probably would not have mind. Context, its all about context.
Hey there BC... excuse me while I deconstruct this statement more as a reflection of society, than of you personally... please understand these thoughts are not aimed at you.

*deep breath*

What I wonder, and I guess what I was trying to say in my earlier post (thank you Fresh, Lenusik, Denise) is why is it a problem to have a tasteful beautiful picture (no, I am NOT a fan of Brittney herself AT ALL) on any magazine? Why does it have to be a parenting magazine?

Parents know that pregnancy is miraculous and stunning, they know the gift they have been given in that child choosing them as her/his guardian.

What I would love to see is that the context for acknowledging the beauty of this time in a womans life be more than parenting circles.

We will always have young males drooling over every hint of "boobage" because everything else about women is hidden away and mysterious. Breasts are literally "out there" and an achievable 'goal'.

However, if we (as a society) took a sensible attitude to women's bodies and didn't ONLY show them as provocative and sexual, then surely our children would realise and understand - with our support and guidance through discussion - that women have this incredible power and beauty and sensuality that isn't always associated with sex.

Of course boys will grow into young men who are interested in sex - it is hormonally and socially programmed into them. We can make sure this interest doesn't become an obsession if we offer a different perspective.

But instead we endeavour to limit exposure to naked and semi-naked women to music videos, girly calendars, page 3 girls, rank lyrics, violent movies and so on.

How can some boys grow up with anything more than a drooling attitude when we do not give them a chance to see the naturalness and beauty that humanity is?