Eye of the Beholder

[qos]

I've been thinking a lot about my own reaction to the statue I posted about last night. The fact is, I have plenty of sexual images in my own collection -- including one small statue of a scantily dressed female pirate -- which many people would find as offensive (if not moreso) as the Mary Jane statue.

So what is is about *this* statue that bugs me? And what does the answer say about me? And why am I disgusted by bent-over MJ when I have far more explicit images that I enjoy?

I'm still working on good answers to these questions, but I intend to post about it when I do. There will be images involved, so it will be posted under my General Sexuality filter.

Just wanted everyone to know this topic is not yet closed for me.

Comments

[amqu.livejournal.com]

I don't read comic books. Therefore, I'm not sure how she is portrayed in that venue. My experience with MJ is from the Spiderman movies. Personally, she annoys the crap out of me. I believe there's a man that can actually spin webs and fly around the city more than I believe he would actually love MJ.

So I guess to me, this statue doesn't diminish her so much as embody her.