The reason these ladies actively approach magazines to appear nude
in them is because they honestly don't know any better. They just
don't realize what they are doing is not right. Again, this is not
about being ashamed of your body or anything; we all should be proud
of our bodies. But there is a difference between being proud of your
body, and doing something inappropriate, which is displaying it for
all to see, or gyrating around in extremely suggestive poses on
national TV, as these swimsuit models do. Would you raise your
daughter to pose in suggestive movements like that on TV? Would you
raise your daughter to pose nude in Playboy? I don't think any of us
do that. We try to teach our daughters a sense of modesty, respect
for their bodies. That's not being ashamed of them, but it's know
what is appropriate and what is not. It's sad that these ladies must
not have been taught these very basic principles.

--- In Sports_Illustrated_Swimsuit_Model_Search@yahoogroups.com,
movieman26@h... wrote:
>
> > 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.