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Originally Posted by abaya
Ustwo, what's the point? I was talking about swimming pool shower rooms (the part you conveniently left out of my quote), and how they view all kinds of bodies there, in a non-sexual context... and how this helps counteract the usual images on TV.
My point was that Icelanders generally don't give a shit about nudity, at least not the way that a lot of Americans do... and that I think that's a healthy thing. I'm quite sure that this commercial didn't even register a blip on the radar screen for people here.
(Where the hell did you find that commercial, btw?!)  |
You know, this may come as a shock but we don't lock the fat girls up in the US and keep them from going swimming. Women in the US see EVERY body type quite a bit, we are a 'large' nation. I'm pretty sure they shower naked too before going in the pool, at least thats the rule on the door.
Really comparing anywhere to iceland is a bit difficult. Iceland is for all intents one people, and my suburb has almost 2/3rds its population. If you include a neighboring one, we have a greater population, and a more diverse one.