When I first read about this, I was appalled.
A female photographer, whose photos of normal women was to be exhibited in Denark, was denied permission on grounds of obscenity. The series of photographs were taken to combat negative body image and show that the female form does not have to conform to model standards to be beautiful.
I was quite shocked at this puritan attitude - are we now the European Taliban?
What gives - the female form IS beautiful and beauty should be appreciated in all its forms.
Then I clocked the photos - or at least some of them.
Via
this article in The Independent (credit) Christopher Hooton.
If you click on this link you can scroll through. Don't do it at work though (the reason I hesitated to put this in the Gender Equality thread)
These women are all slim, all beautiful and in more than one photo their outer labia are clearly on display.
It did nothing for my body image, but I imagine even enlightened men would be distracted by the sight of a shaven snatch whilst hurrying through a city square.
I stop short of calling it pornography. I do not believe it is intentionally sexualising women. But I think if the artist Mathilde Grafström really thinks this is thought-provoking art, rather than something which will please men more than inspire women then I think she is being naiive.
Hang it in an art gallery. Nothing disgusting about women, nekkid or otherwise.
But don't put it on display in a public place.