When I was a child, the lady's underwear section of the Sears catalog was, hands down, the highlight of my young life - that is, when it was possible to open that section with enough stealth to get away with it. It was years later that I began to understand the guilt I had mourned as a teen, growing up under the influence of strict religious doctrines, for what it was. Coming to terms with those negative impressions has taken every day since, including this one - the task remains incomplete.
There is little more that I could wish for my children, in more earnest, than that they be happy to be alive in a uniquely beautiful body, that they bask and play in the pleasure it wishes to give, responsibly and respectfully, that they understand the difference between perversion and sexuality - between lewd and nude, and that they let no man or woman extort them of innocence with the trappings of shame.
Many heroes have fought tirelessly against the tyranny of religious and political systems, designed for the purpose of enslaving all of mankind within the iron bars of sin. Shrouded in robes of justice, men and women of the law, have taken their religious dogma into the courts of our great country and made every effort to take from us, the vestiges of our humanity. We will always owe a debt of gratitude to those who have stood against this injustice, at great personal cost. The following is a excerpt from the writings of one such man.
If the human body - far and away the most remarkable, the most complicated, the most perfect and the most beautiful creation on this earth - can become objectionable or abhorrent when purposely posed and photographed to capture that remarkable perfection and beauty, then the world is a far more cockeyed place than we are willing to admit.
The charge of obscenity is sometimes used as a cover for other things to which the censor objects. Political, philosophical, social, medical, religious, and racial ideas have, at times, all been damned for being obscene.
It has long seemed quite incredible - indeed incomprehensible - to us that detailed descriptions of murder, which is a crime, are acceptable in our art and literature, while detailed descriptions of sex, which is not a crime, are prohibited. It is as if our society puts hate above love and favors death over life. ~ Hugh Hefner
Never fear the defense of truth - even when truth is reviled. Never stand silently by, while another takes an arrow that could have easily sank its steely head into your own heart. Love yourself, your mind, your soul, and your body too. They are all beautiful. Think before you believe, and teach your children the same.
With All My Love,
Pappy
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