Nudity, Is It Sexist In This Forum?

[Angrboda]

In talking about what is fair treatment of the sexes, I think a distinction has to be made between gender equality and gender parity. Gender equality is treating the two sexes the same, regardless of any sexual differences which exist. Gender parity is giving each sex equivalent rights and access to resources. In gender parity, what matters is that both sexes receive treatment that is of equal value, not necessarily the same. This is because real differences do exist and so treating both sexes the same would actually lead to unfairness toward one sex or the other. Thus we have insurance policies that cover prostrate exams for men, and gynecological exams for women. This isn't sexist because it's not the same because there is gender parity. I think the same applies in the case of male breasts. There is a difference in the sexual function of breasts between men and women in that female breasts are sexualized. To treat both sexes equally would be to imply that the male breast is equally sexualized and lead to repression of bare breasted male pics. That isn't eliminating unfairness, that's introducing it. Women aren't required to suppress images of nonsexual parts of their bodies, so the rights have been made unequal. That's gender equality but not gender parity. And I think the goal of fairness should be aimed at the latter, not the former.