Last night, I attended the grand opening of LifeBall, the biggest and most glamorous AIDS charity event in this part of Europe (www.lifeball.org). I was especially looking forward to see the fashion show by Agent Provocateur. But instead of leaving me feeling sexy, it left me with many thoughts: Is a lingerie show a good choice for a big public event? Is it ok to play with the aesthetics of S&M and pole dancing on an AIDS (which is, let’s not forget, a sexually transmittable disease) charity event? Is it ok to feed the audience female models wearing I-want-sex lingerie when we know that most of newly HIV infected Europeans are heterosexual women? I wasn’t sure what to think….
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LifeBall 2008
Last night, I attended the grand opening of LifeBall, the biggest and most glamorous AIDS charity event in this part ofEurope (www.lifeball.org). I was especially looking forward to see the fashion show by Agent Provocateur. But instead of leaving me feeling sexy, it left me with many thoughts: Is a lingerie show a good choice for a big public event? Is it ok to play with the aesthetics of S&M and pole dancing on an AIDS (which is, let’s not forget, a sexually transmittable disease) charity event? Is it ok to feed the audience female models wearing I-want-sex lingerie when we know that most of newly HIV infected Europeans are heterosexual women? I wasn’t sure what to think….
Tags: Article, Commentary, Feminism, Media, Sex
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