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Yes, there ARE erotic Male Nude images on DA......

*gr8shiva:icongr8shiva: reports, September 22, 2007
Yes, kiddies, Male Nudes are on DeviantArt, despite the odd penchant of Admin to delete-at-random should a penis appear even slightly erect! In fact, well endowed penises tend to get deleted as well. Why? I have asked the same question...and answered thus: 1. maybe not-so-well-endowed male "members" of Admin don't want the word to get out that penises exist in super-jumbo-gargantuan-erect-looking sizes. Gawd forbid the female tribe learn this!! -- or perhaps -- 2. If it is erect, he has to be "aroused" and thus makes it pornography. Oh please....folks, not ALL erections are sexual in nature. Men: speak up here! I for one wish to make it known that erect penis images are ART as well...and if the viewer judges their own reaction as "musta been porn, I got a woodie/wet spot..." - then who is to say? I, for one, do a lot of male nudes, very erotic stuff, not one hard-on (well, only one...hehe...they haven't discovered it yet...LOL!), and I do not in my wildest dreams think of MY ART AS PORNOGRAPHY!!!! NO WAY! It is art. It is the beauty I see in my husband's form. It is partially the way I love him, the way I MAKE LOVE TO HIM....

So: what do you think? Should erection imagery really be banned en masse on DA? And what's wrong with the viewer being aroused by viewing nudes, male or female? Sheesh -- we are HUMAN ANIMALS -- we have Gawd-given sex drives -- we respond to visual stimulation -- thank Gawd we respond! And HEY! What about women with HARD NIPPLES???? Huh? Does it mean they are sexually aroused if their nipples are erect? Talk about double standards here...

FOLKS: SEX is good. Showing erotic sensual images of human bodies is good. If the ARTIST creates an image that incorporates the nude form in ANY phase, who are we to judge it as right or wrong? (that is Art v. Porn)....

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:icongr8shiva:
COOL! My first thumbs down! I consider THAT a great compliment! Really...

So, thanks! :hug:

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:iconsatin-chrysalis:
Bravo, sweetie! I agree completely! Where do I sign the petition?
:iconvincelador:
Just thought I should mention, none of those links there work... They all say 404 file could not be found. I guess one of our small-penised friends up at admin are cracking down on you.

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:icontimmy64:
Okay, first, admins do not go on "random" deletion sprees. They delete what deviations violate policy.

Second, I speak as a MALE when I say that erections are sexual in nature. Hard nipples can be caused do to cold. An erection can not.

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I don't think anyone who has flower power nipples should speak for the common male. :evileye: ~CubePusher
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:icontepara:
First "come look at the rest of my gallery" You arnt allowed to do that. You cant self promote your art in news :aww:

This is DA its Artists nude not semi porn.
I fully support Artists nude. If the model is "good" They wont be turned on at a photo-shoot. Artists nude does mean getting a boner. There should be more control in the photo-shoot.
It has been one of the rules since day one. You knew the rules when you joined and so did everyone else.
if you or anyone else didn't like them. Then why join!
Admin do not just delete them for the hell of it you know. They also don't just delete cause of a "slight" erection ..
You are reading into this far more then needed. Making something out of nothing.
The rules are there for a reason.
Like it or not. DA does not allowed "semi porn" shots. Like it or not that's how it is. If you don't like it. That's your problem no need to try and make it everyone else's problems.

And yeah you asked for those shots to be deleted by adding them in here..

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:iconwrongstate:
I actually dont' think the world is ready to see the male nude in that manner yet, the whole debate over the differance between the aroused male versus female, well yes I agree there shouldn't be censorship as far as that is concerned, but DA thinks otherwise, yeah I've had a few photos pulled cause I looked to close to erect status or I was touching myself in a none sexual manner. BUT it seems okay for women to have things or fingers inside themselves. SO DA is biased, simply put.

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'cause those damn squirrles [link] won't get their damn noses out of my nuts... damn nut smugglers
:iconwrongstate:
THey do though, I've seen photos that clearly violate the TOA, and those that don't, and just randomly they'll delete if anyone says anything, I had one deleted cause my face was too close to the womans vagina, and I thought 4 inches was enough. but I've seen better photographers do photos and having their women spread wide open, fingers placed in areas that are sexual in nature, and have nothing happen to those photos.... so yeah random happens here, along with being biased

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'cause those damn squirrles [link] won't get their damn noses out of my nuts... damn nut smugglers
:icontimmy64:
Each violation is investigated on a case by case basis. Remember they are investigated by different people at different times.

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I don't think anyone who has flower power nipples should speak for the common male. :evileye: ~CubePusher
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:iconartheeria:
I have to agree with you. There is a mature content filter, it's in use and it works. Why should the rest of us be "punished" so to speak because of a few people? Censorship, of any kind, I fiercely oppose.

No one can really classify porn or art to anyone but themselves. If they don't wanna see it, they don't have to look at it. Same with everything else. I think the admins are being too picky here. *shakes head*

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the news are not for self promotion:roll:

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