Relax and enjoy it
We're halfway through Diamonds are Forever, a dull Bond flick made watchable by its quirkiness. Towards the start, Bond (Sean Connery, phoning in his performance as usual, and decades before he'll be attractive) whips off a woman's bikini top and starts strangling her with it, demanding Blofeld's whereabouts. "Speak up, darling, I can't hear you," he taunts her.
Well, it was 1971. Fast-forward to the more enlightened times of 2010, where Hustler is flogging this:
Hustler's slogan "Relax, it's just sex" appears on plenty of items of apparel, most of which don't feature bound and blood-splattered women. The obvious defence is that this is an image of consensual BDSM, not sexual violence, and indeed there's a similar shirt which looks more like bondage and less like a TV murder scene. But if you were in any doubt about Hustler's intentions, you also have a choice of "trust no bitch", "bitches ain't shit", and "bitches get stitches" tees. (But alas, none with boys on.)
Calls to ban the shirt from Queensland shops are mistaken. Rather, for men who confuse sex with sexual assault, they should be mandatory.
ETA: And from Dover, the creepy little piece of clip art at bottom right here.
Well, it was 1971. Fast-forward to the more enlightened times of 2010, where Hustler is flogging this:
Hustler's slogan "Relax, it's just sex" appears on plenty of items of apparel, most of which don't feature bound and blood-splattered women. The obvious defence is that this is an image of consensual BDSM, not sexual violence, and indeed there's a similar shirt which looks more like bondage and less like a TV murder scene. But if you were in any doubt about Hustler's intentions, you also have a choice of "trust no bitch", "bitches ain't shit", and "bitches get stitches" tees. (But alas, none with boys on.)
Calls to ban the shirt from Queensland shops are mistaken. Rather, for men who confuse sex with sexual assault, they should be mandatory.
ETA: And from Dover, the creepy little piece of clip art at bottom right here.