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Instead of being an objectionable objectification of female anatomy, it could alternatively be interpreted as a positive statement celebrating and glorifying the female power of pregnancy and birth-giving. (Damn, when did I turn into a postmodernist theoretical feminist? Just how much did that damn tick suck out???)
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That to me would make more sense.
If this display was at a male club, and all the people climbing in were men...then there'd be an argument for its being exploitative. BUt it isn't. There's a danger with attitudes like your friend's that any depiction of the female form becomes problematic. Why shouldn't we celebrate it? Why shouldn't we celebrate the role of women as life-givers?
Male and female, young and old, we all come from the same place. That's a powerful thing.