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In reply to the discussion: Is this picture disgusting or beautiful? [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)25. There's photo at the link of another child. There the parent was the mother.
In photos where a child appears naked with an adult there are additional complications and there may be evidence of something of a double standard. A nude man may appear more sinister to some than a woman without clothes.
Last month, an Australian woman Kelli Bannister posted a photograph - in a similar pose to Whitten's photo - cradling her daughter Summer. It was taken by her five-year-old son on a mobile phone. The reaction to that image was overwhelmingly positive.
Last month, an Australian woman Kelli Bannister posted a photograph - in a similar pose to Whitten's photo - cradling her daughter Summer. It was taken by her five-year-old son on a mobile phone. The reaction to that image was overwhelmingly positive.
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On doctors orders I had to drench my naked kids in a bathtub when they ran dangerous fevers.
mikehiggins
May 2016
#5
K&R a 5th rec for publicity. The story is more beautiful than the photo
Jeffersons Ghost
May 2016
#15
It's the context that determines whether the picture is disgusting or beautiful
Lurks Often
May 2016
#19
Other: In the eye of the beholder. People with a dirty mind will find it disturbing.
Binkie The Clown
May 2016
#20
back when the pedo scare was getting into swing in the early 90s paediatricians
MisterP
May 2016
#22
I can't find any updates but I expect if he didn't recover it would have been mentioned.
rug
May 2016
#28
I mostly hate that it was put on social media but naked hairy dude with A kid on his lap
underthematrix
May 2016
#31
Either you forgot the "sarcasm" thingee, or you are a total asshole. The jury is out. n/t
mikehiggins
May 2016
#33