Since all women are supposed to look like they are 16-25, is LJ's problem here with the depiction of a male as subject of a female gaze, and charges of underaged depiction being used to cover this, because adult male desire of 15-18 year old appearing females is regarded as normal, and even mandatory, not deviant in western culture?
This is a really interesting point. Women are supposed to look borderline underage; women who apply the same logic to men are subverting the accepted paradigm. I wonder what the gender composition of whoever decides whether a work is "art" or not is? (That is, if it's actually a committee, however casual, vs. the whims of one person. *rolls eyes*)
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Date: 2007-08-06 01:28 pm (UTC)This is a really interesting point. Women are supposed to look borderline underage; women who apply the same logic to men are subverting the accepted paradigm. I wonder what the gender composition of whoever decides whether a work is "art" or not is? (That is, if it's actually a committee, however casual, vs. the whims of one person. *rolls eyes*)