Comments on: The First Amendment and Betty Dodson’s Genital Art http://www.emandlo.com/2009/10/the-first-amendment-and-betty-dodsons-genital-art/ Your daily dose of advice, news, and stories about sex, love, and other important stuff. No yoga mat required. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:21:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dana http://www.emandlo.com/2009/10/the-first-amendment-and-betty-dodsons-genital-art/comment-page-1/#comment-5634 Dana Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:44:34 +0000 http://www.emandlo.com/?p=6090#comment-5634 Well, this is sad news. Even though I watch a fair amount of porn, I've never had a complex about my labia or "unbleached" anal area (I hadn't heard of that one), but I can imagine how much of a service the genital gallery was for a lot of young and impressionable people. I will always be grateful to Ms. Dodson for her videotaped illustration of the clitoral complex; before that, I had no idea of the size of this essential organ in its entirety and the full extent of its contribution to a woman's sexual pleasure. If the genital gallery did as much for people as the clitoris video did for me, I can understand what a loss it will be if the new regulations lead to a chilling effect and hesitation to contribute. Well, this is sad news. Even though I watch a fair amount of porn, I’ve never had a complex about my labia or “unbleached” anal area (I hadn’t heard of that one), but I can imagine how much of a service the genital gallery was for a lot of young and impressionable people.

I will always be grateful to Ms. Dodson for her videotaped illustration of the clitoral complex; before that, I had no idea of the size of this essential organ in its entirety and the full extent of its contribution to a woman’s sexual pleasure. If the genital gallery did as much for people as the clitoris video did for me, I can understand what a loss it will be if the new regulations lead to a chilling effect and hesitation to contribute.

]]> By: AlanK http://www.emandlo.com/2009/10/the-first-amendment-and-betty-dodsons-genital-art/comment-page-1/#comment-5621 AlanK Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:36:59 +0000 http://www.emandlo.com/?p=6090#comment-5621 By one of those odd circumstances, a friend was in town and had borrowed his friend's apartment. Which doesn't mean much except that my friend is a fairly serious artist and his friend is a VERY serious scholar and collector, so there is unbelievable stuff spilling out all over the place...like, for example, an Andy Warhol portrait of said friend. Anyway, amidst all this stuff--he's an expert on Picasso and there are Picassos everywhere, and not one but two Freud portraits--the eye is invariably and to a smallish painting of...wait for it...a slightly larger than lifesize penis. Gorgeous. Perfect. And also by Warhol. That apartment is truly an embarrassment of riches, and for my money that Warhol was the star. At least in the art world, genitalia are our friends. By one of those odd circumstances, a friend was in town and had borrowed his friend’s apartment. Which doesn’t mean much except that my friend is a fairly serious artist and his friend is a VERY serious scholar and collector, so there is unbelievable stuff spilling out all over the place…like, for example, an Andy Warhol portrait of said friend. Anyway, amidst all this stuff–he’s an expert on Picasso and there are Picassos everywhere, and not one but two Freud portraits–the eye is invariably and to a smallish painting of…wait for it…a slightly larger than lifesize penis. Gorgeous. Perfect. And also by Warhol. That apartment is truly an embarrassment of riches, and for my money that Warhol was the star. At least in the art world, genitalia are our friends.

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