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Well, as I have said in a number of places, it isn't really the nudie pics that are the problem, as far as I can see. It isn't about the tits per se. It's about the tone of what's being said and shown. And it's about prevalence of such images at any given time. A pic of a sexy chick, no problem. A stream of images of women in prone positions with captions and commentaries that reduce them to disposable objects is more problematic.
It goes back to one of my usual refrains, I think: it's about intent. Who is laughing at whom, and why? What's the basis for the humour, since we're mainly talking about the lulz posters really.
In his poke back at Bri, Grav posted some really nasty examples, which are somewhat more extreme than most of what goes into those threads. I think it's fair to say that he really doesn't usually go in for the nastier ones.
As I said, the other thing is frequency. The threads marked NSFW, are just that: not safe for work. I like pics that aren;t safe for work. I'm intrigued, titillated, horrified, and fascinated turn and turn about. But sometimes, just sometimes, it turns into the NSFWNF thread: not safe for work naked females thread. And it's like that's all there is. Page after page of silicone tits and ass, like a garage wall covered in centrefolds. At which point I think....yeah. This thread isn't for me. It's for the boys, I have no place here.
Mostly it just goes by. This is the world we live in, this is life. But now and again it bothers me. Because it is a continuation of something much bigger and all encompassing about life as a woman. Which is why I completely understood Bri's response to the latest flurry.
I don't know if that makes it any clearer.
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