The Weekly Mindfuck: ‘Pussy Over Pain’

Choose Pussy over Pain from Cidney G Green on Vimeo.

In a recent viral vid, Cidney Green (creator of KundaliniKaK) gives an excellent speech that we here at Fleshbot hold near and dear to our hearts: nudity. Specifically, it's about why our society in the US is so willing to show violence on TV and in movies and video games (plus real-life viral violent videos that are shared on Facebook and Instagram), but are so offended and taken aback by nudity. 

After all, nudity is completely natural and not hurting anyone, where violence is of course incredibly damaging. Instead of waxing poetic on this topic as usual, I thought I'd post a few of the enlightening gems I found in the long list of comments on the video. While a lot of people did troll her, far more were kind and open-minded in their responses: 

"It's fear. Anger and violence are acceptable because they are attempts to control ourselves and others. Pleasure and desire are forces we submit to. They makes us vulnerable. They make us scared. ...and perhaps for good reason in a capitalist society. Pleasure and desires are the prime ways to take advantage of people. So, business is booming when people are repressed. When they can't trust people in a natural way." 

Violence as a control mechanism is certainly not new.

"Did any of you know that every country in the world issues postage stamps with images of nudes on them, except for the United States and the majority of the British Commonwealth. Why is that? One possible explanation is that the U.S. and Britain want their citizens to be more violent. Many anthropological studies have shown that the more sexually repressed a culture is the more violent its people are. This woman has part of the story down pat. Violence in our media is cool, sex and nudity are not. I'm just throwing in some extra info on the subject. Think about this the next time that you walk into a post office. PS. I have the stamp collection to prove my assertion." 

According to empirical data and statistics (vs. ideology), repression almost always breeds something terrible.

"We have more guns in this country than penises."

Werd.

"I'll admit, I was in the "nudity is indecent" camp, but am also a 19 y/o boy, so I clicked for the boobs. But, at some point when watching the video, I realized that there's nothing indecent or evil about being naked. It's so rare to see the female body on the internet outside of PornHub, but seeing a naked woman, perfectly comfortable in her body, without that context really gave me an epiphany. You've changed at least one mind with your video, so thanks for that. :)"

D'awwww!

It's absolutely stupid. I've reported people for threatening abuse, racism and homophobia, people saying "We should cover the Middle East in nukes and turn the desert to glass" and got nothing. I've had friends be sent death threats, FB has decided it's not ban-worthy, my friends taken it to the police and they've said "This is actionable, FB should've done something" and nothing happens, but if someone posts a pic with female nipples they get banned. Not male nipples for some reason. Good on you for calling them out, and good on Vimeo for letting you, unlike Failbook et al.

Some rules truly don't make any sense. And then there's potentially my favorite comment: 

"God I love women! I love their bodies, their voices, their minds, women should be appreciated, revered and respected. Thanks for posting!"

Another major pro of normalizing nudity is creating a more distinct separation between nudity and sex. The more normal nudity is, the less harassment we're likely to see in daily life.