> Just because you think it's terrible for young women to gyrate
> their bodies

Ummm, no. YOU think it's terrible; I don't.

> I think most people would agree with me on this.

And I think most people would agree with me, so I guess we're going
to have to agree to disagree.

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is the biggest selling issue
of any magazine on the newsstand today for a reason, and I'm fairly
certain it's not because of the articles.

Let's take this issue one step further. What do you think of
Victoria Secret catalogues? And what about stores like Fredericks of
Hollywood?

An even better question: What does it say that sensible,
respectable, intelligent women *choose* to pose nude in Playboy? I'm
going to go out on a limb here and say you probably think of it
as "filth" and "degrading to women", but answer me this: If that's
true, why do women actively try to appear in the magazine? And why
do celebrities, who have enough money to start their own magazines,
approach the magazine *of their own free will* with an interest in
appearing nude in its pages? We live in a commercial society: if
such a magazine really did degrade women, word would get around and
the magazine in question wouldn't last one year, let alone 50, like
Playboy has!

Newsflash: this isn't the 1950s anymore. In the 21st century, sex
sells, lingerie is big business, and women posing in sexy bikinis is
not as scandalous in this day and age as you're making it out to be.

--- In
Sports_Illustrated_Swimsuit_Model_Search@yahoogroups.com, "Cindy"
<cindybin2001@y...> wrote:
>
> Oh for heaven's sake, it does NOT say I'm a "prude". Just because
> you think it's terrible for young women to gyrate their bodies in
> these obscene positions in skimpy swimsuits on national television
> does not mean you are a prude. I think most people would agree
with
> me on this. I don't know anybody who would pose like this. It's
> kinda sad; makes you wonder how these young ladies were raised, if
> they think nothing of doing things like this. And then somebody
like
> you, to say such an insulting thing to a grown woman. Geez!
>
> --- In Sports_Illustrated_Swimsuit_Model_Search@yahoogroups.com,
> movieman26@h... wrote:
> >
> > >I mean, if a fellow woman would approve of these women in such
> > poses, what does that say?
> >
> > It says you're a prude.
> >
> > --- In
> >
Sports_Illustrated_Swimsuit_Model_Search@yahoogroups.com, "Cindy"
> > <cindybin2001@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I caught a few minutes of this show when it first ran, and was
> > > shocked! I couldn't believe the positions these young women
were
> > > posing in; on their hands and knees with their butts sticking
up
> > in
> > > the air, gyrating around in skimpy swimsuits, etc. And then
> there
> > > were actually women along with men in charge of this thing,
> making
> > > it seem like it's okay. I mean, if a fellow woman would
approve
> of
> > > these women in such poses, what does that say? And then guys,
> > > especially young guys--watching this show will think that it's
> > okay
> > > for women to be gyrating around in such suggestive moves. It's
> > just
> > > not right. I can't believe these young women would do this on
> > > national TV. Does anyone know where I can write to the people
in
> > > charge of this show? I found the official website but there is
> no
> > > mailing address.