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I saw this article just today, even though it’s a bit over a
month old, and it got me thinking. Although I support the apparent sexual
freedoms becoming more and more acceptable on the "silver screen", this article
doesn’t consider one important part of film nudity, and that is the body itself.
What do I mean by this?
If you’ve ever watched a movie containing an open sex scene,
then you’ve certainly noticed a big inequality in, well just that – nakedness. There
are always more women who are shown naked than man, and that is a fact. Breasts
are seen in almost every movie these days, regardless if it contains explicit
sex scenes or not. If male body is shown, though, it’s usually just a naked
torso, rarely the whole body from the back, but almost never a full naked male
body. However, recent films that concentrate on sex, such as von Trier’s Nimph()maniac,
do fix this inequality to some extent.
One other important thing is how these females look. They are
always “picture perfect”, almost model-like women, with no apparent flaws. Does
that tell us that a woman can be sexual and attractive only if she looks like a
model?
Well, reality check, dear film makers! We are not all models, our teeth
are not always "Colgate-white", our breasts are not always perfectly rounded, we
fart, we sweat, we go to the bathroom; if we don’t shower – we stink too, we
often eat more than just a salad, we have zits, wrinkles, hairy bodies and other
“imperfections”; and one more thing – most of us use make-up, so that “natural
look” everyone is talking about is most often achieved with a lot of it.
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One TV show that stands in the way of these typical
presentations of nudity is a well-known HBO series “Girls”. Not only that some
of the characters don’t have perfect bodies, and are not afraid to show them,
but nudity is almost always distributed equally. If there’s a sex scene, you
can be sure that you’ll see both participants’ naked bodies. So I have nothing
but thanks to the show’s maker, Lena Dunham, who showed us all how you make a
show that’s both interesting and respectful.
I’m well aware that these issues take a lot of time to change.
But, if Hollywood and other big film centers don’t improve their attitude
towards women, we’ll never see equality in our society. Because no matter how “unimportant”
entertainment industry may seem, it’s still influencing almost everyone across
the globe. If we’re going to be naked, let us all be naked! Equally!
PS: One more interesting article on women in movie industry,
good read!
