Not content with banning depictions of female ejaculation as 'abhorrent' and 'a form of urination', Australian government wants to further refine the acceptable portrayal of adult women in adult entertainment. Not only must they not ejaculate, they must have sufficiently large breasts.
According to Australian Sex Party's (ASP) Fiona Patten, Australian censors are beginning to ban depictions of women in their late twenties because they have A-cup breast size, as reported here. This naturally has the consequence of increasing the average breast size in adult entertainment available in Australia, and may force some Australian adult performers to consider implants if they wish to stay in the business. This will hopefully be tax deductible as a work related expense.
According to a spokesperson from Australian Classification Board (ACB) as quoted from here:
"the Board classifies publications on a case by case basis, in accordance with the Guidelines for the Classification of Publications, the Code and the Classification Act and that the Publications Guidelines do not specify breast size."
The guidelines appear to be vague, perhaps deliberately so. Small breasts are not automatically grounds for banning, as also pointed out in the Somebody Think Of The Children article linked to above (which the second article from cricey neglects to mention). They are merely a convenient indicator in judging whether somebody looks too young. In Australia, like in Finland, it doesn't matter whether a woman actually is underage, but whether she looks so in the judgment of a nameless government official. Actual banning is decided case by case based on vague guidelines and the precise reason never specified. Otherwise somebody might be accountable.
Nevertheless, between ejaculating women and women with too youthful breasts Australian officials responsible for their internet blacklist will also remain busy.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Happy Birthday Danica McKellar!
Right. Time to get this blag back on track. I'll try to finally get a couple of 2009 recap posts done next week.
In the meanwhile, it is a tradition on this blag to mark birthdays of hot chicks. January 3. is the birthday of Danica McKellar.
Danica is an American actress, best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the TV show The Wonder Years. As you can see, she has grown up nicely. She has a Bacon number of 2.
Though a child actor Danica didn't neglect her education, and majored in mathematics, which is hot. As an undergraduate at UCLA she co-wrote a mathematical paper on what is referred to as 'Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem'. This gives her an Erdős number of 4, and makes her one of relatively few people with a finite Erdős-Bacon number.
She is also the author of New York Times bestselling books Math Doesn't Suck and Kiss My Math, which encourage schoolgirls to study mathematics, and challenge the unfortunate notion that math isn't for girls. Go Danica!
A mathematician, role model, and hot chick: happy birthday Danica!
In the meanwhile, it is a tradition on this blag to mark birthdays of hot chicks. January 3. is the birthday of Danica McKellar.
Danica is an American actress, best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the TV show The Wonder Years. As you can see, she has grown up nicely. She has a Bacon number of 2.
Though a child actor Danica didn't neglect her education, and majored in mathematics, which is hot. As an undergraduate at UCLA she co-wrote a mathematical paper on what is referred to as 'Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem'. This gives her an Erdős number of 4, and makes her one of relatively few people with a finite Erdős-Bacon number.
She is also the author of New York Times bestselling books Math Doesn't Suck and Kiss My Math, which encourage schoolgirls to study mathematics, and challenge the unfortunate notion that math isn't for girls. Go Danica!
A mathematician, role model, and hot chick: happy birthday Danica!
