Completely Unrelated

I'm going to talk about something entirely different from what I normally talk about. At least, normally as of late.
So my friend Amy invited me to join this phenomena called "Pinterest". It's interesting and somewhat fun. Occasionally I get on when I can't find the gusto to write or just want to take a break from the world. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen.
Anyway, so the other day I was on, just perusing what was popular and what people were posting and 'repinning'. It was then that I saw that most of the pictures of guys that were being posted (and by guys I mean celebrities), were of them shirtless or worse, in their boxers or briefs. Then on top of that, probably eighty percent of the pictures of women were of them in their underwear or in their bikinis.
Now, this is something that's bothered me for years. I've just never talked about it on here. But I find this all kind of sick. This isn't flattering and it isn't something to motivate me to work toward becoming a size 2. In fact, all it makes me want to do is hate myself for not being that size and that tan and that perfect and whatever else might be shoved at me. And I'm happy with who I am. I can only imagine what pictures like that do to women with low self-esteem and depression.
This is porn that we're looking at. I get it, it doesn't seem it because we've been told that so long as they aren't completely naked, then it's a-okay. But when did that become the case? You walk by Victoria's Secret and there are ten foot tall pictures of super skinny, super perfect looking women for everyone to see. EVERYONE. Children, teenagers, boys, girls, men and women. Doesn't that bother anyone? No wonder guys have problems! Hollister isn't much better! First off you can't even see properly in there 'cause it's so dark. Then they've got these shirtless models of guys and girls with six packs and perfect bodies to advertise their clothes.
And this is all in public places where people go in their spare time. So it's all okay, because their pants are still on - maybe. Well, if that's the case, at least they aren't butt naked.
And so long as they aren't completely naked, no one cares. It's just the world we live in, right?
No, it's disgusting and it's MILD PORN (and I'm not so sure that it's mild). Women ogle men that are half-dressed and men ogle women that are half-dressed. I mean, no wonder we have problems in this society. Everywhere we go the perfect imagine is shoved at us, and if we don't fall into that category then what? Go get plastic surgery to make yourself look perfect? No thanks.
I'd much rather see us go back to the days when seeing an ankle was too much. Sure, it would be irritating, but at least the minds of our society wouldn't be filled with images we have no right to see. The only person that should know what you look like naked is yourself, your future spouse and God. Not your friends, not your boyfriend, not your girlfriend.
It's unnecessary and I'm thinking about writing a letter to Hollister and Victoria's Secret. It might not do me any good, but I think it's time that someone at least tried to oppose this madness. There is no need for the trash we see on a daily basis. And I'm sorry, but there's no need for me to see a celebrity bare-chested. I don't need to see that, and neither does anyone else.
Okay, my rant is over. Return to your regularly scheduled life.