It's hilarious how a base action like masturbation is making such waves in the media and industry.
It's just masturbation ffs. It's something that 90% of the people have performed at least once in their lives and over half the world's adult population do it occasionally (or periodically) even if they're sexually active or married.
Why is this such a big issue? And how is it a symbol of woman empowerment? Masturbation has been part of human activity since the dawn of homosapiens. Jeez.
I'm not necessarily answering the OP's post. I just feel that this normal, mundane thing has received so much attention for nothing.
India is the land of Kamasutra for God's sake. From cunnilingus to fellatio to 6-9 or any damn position, Kamasutra has covered it. It's the bible of sex, courting, and sexuality.
Duh!
Having said that, I would, of course, have loved the reaction of the media if a male-oriented movie featured a scene of a woman masturbating. We'd have seen the double standards there.
In all honesty, sex and sexuality is a very culture-specific interaction. In Europe, especially French Cinema, nudity is commonplace. Sex is just communication that gives pleasure. It may not even be about attraction or love.
Even in Holywood, they don't go as explicit as in Europe and if they do, the rating system is very strict. When Patricia Arquette went nude in Lost Highway, it was a huge thing. Similarly, few A-grade movies have an as explicit choreographed scene as the one in Don't Look Now.
For American society, sex has a different connotation than in France or the Netherlands, which is why European films are very open and nudity is simply shedding of clothes. In America, nudity is showing the body and in India, it's exposing private parts.
It's all culture-centric.
Even today, kissing in Indian movies is a pretty big thing because Indian culture doesn't advocate open courting and flirting. In Paris, well, kissing is nothing. In Hollywood's version of America, kissing does mean something - even if nothing big.
Just man, how difficult is that to understand?
Showing a woman masturbate; showing her nude; or having a sex scene is nothing. It's just demonstrating what most creatures on this planet do.
Why the hoopla? Why bring feminism into it?
We're already in a postfeminist world as it is.
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