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Are the Irish prudish?

Hitchens

in England they seem to think we might be:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2341657/Dubliners-cover-Rihanna-topless-images-billboards-city.html

Censored! Dubliners cover up Rihanna's topless image on billboards around the city

Well then, are we................kinda prudish?

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Festy

Grayson

who the hell stapled dresses to it? had to be her own publicists.

Weevil

If only-

kneemos

Thought it was teenage girls she appealed to,why is she showing off her breasts?

Nemeses

Maybe its to gain more attention for advertising.....

That's how its done!

IM0

no, but some biddies clearly are. and gob****es too, it didnt even shown anything. stupid ***** :rolleyes:

V123

I wouldn't class myself as prudish but in this situation, I think Rihanna and her team are deliberately doing this as a shock tactic and its pathetic.

Rihanna cant seem to just release a song and let the music speak for itself. The song with Calvin Harris seemed to me to be glorifying drug use. She posts stupid pictures of herself on twitter smoking what looks like cannabis and pics of herself half naked- I personally have no issue with smoking - its just that she is trying to hard and anything to shock people. Lots of people have smoked a bit of cannabis at some stage experimentally or whatever but people don't go round broadcasting it!

Her team know that she caused controversy in the North and they are just trying to do it again to get more publicity- its like the likes of paris Hilton and kim k - they got famous for a sex tape - now a lot of celebs seem to produce a sex tape- some people will be offended by this image plastered on their streets! If we want porn its readily available on the internet so we don't need Rihanna to provide it for us!

Also what kind of image does it portray to young girls? that you cant be successful without taking your top off??

Im sure she has nothing to do with it all anyway - I imagine the people behind her choose her songs, videos, pics and she just agrees to do it so I wouldn't class her as an artist anyhow if art is what shes claiming it is!

QuiteInterestin

Clever marketing ploy I'd say if its making the news here in Ireland and the UK. No such thing as bad publicity

Vicar in a tutu

Don't think it's prudish at all, Rihanna's very vulgar, it's a distasteful billboard, she doesn't need to get her tits out to sell tickets.

Femme_Fatale

Depends on what a person's definition of prudishness is. A person could be very sexually adventurous but despise tackiness.

A woman could dress like Rihanna yet be sexually conservative.

IM0

V123 wrote: »

I wouldn't class myself as prudish but in this situation, I think Rihanna and her team are deliberately doing this as a shock tactic and its pathetic.

Rihanna cant seem to just release a song and let the music speak for itself. The song with Calvin Harris seemed to me to be glorifying drug use. She posts stupid pictures of herself on twitter smoking what looks like cannabis and pics of herself half naked- I personally have no issue with smoking - its just that she is trying to hard and anything to shock people. Lots of people have smoked a bit of cannabis at some stage experimentally or whatever but people don't go round broadcasting it!

Her team know that she caused controversy in the North and they are just trying to do it again to get more publicity- its like the likes of paris Hilton and kim k - they got famous for a sex tape - now a lot of celebs seem to produce a sex tape- some people will be offended by this image plastered on their streets! If we want porn its readily available on the internet so we don't need Rihanna to provide it for us!

Also what kind of image does it portray to young girls? that you cant be successful without taking your top off??

Im sure she has nothing to do with it all anyway - I imagine the people behind her choose her songs, videos, pics and she just agrees to do it so I wouldn't class her as an artist anyhow if art is what shes claiming it is!

and some people will be offended because she is black too, what doboth of those groups have in common? they are both retards

Laneyh

didn't click the link as it's the Daily Mail but I already saw posts about this online.
I would say in the main Irish people are no longer prudish.

I guess it would be interesting to see the reaction to someone topless sun bathing here but alas the sun has left us again so no way of knowing for now.

The dresses actually look quite fun but I assume it is to raise awareness for a cause related to advertising / women / sexualisation of young girls through pop culture. Or maybe it was just done for the laugh.

Somebody near where I leave continously writes slogans about Bono on any billboards and event posters in the vicinity
Another person added text to the Robbie Williams poster where he has Love tattoed on his knuckles some smart alec has written I above it and pies below it so it reads 'I love pies'

There were a reasonable number of complaints about the Hunky Dory ads too but I don't think people are prudish in their day to day life.

Several years ago one of my friend's housemates was a buyer for Penneys (Primark) in the UK. She said at the time that they had released a lingerie range in the UK that they thought was too risque for Ireland. They went ahead and released the range about a month later in Ireland and it sold out fairly rapidly. It doesn't sound like the actions of a bunch of prudes unless the bargain was just too tempting.

kneemos

Don't get why every female singer has to near naked.

V123

ok IMO ya little troll! calm down!

Daveysil15

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Depends on what a person's definition of prudishness is. A person could be very sexually adventurous but despise tackiness.

A woman could dress like Rihanna yet be sexually conservative.

Ahh the mysteries of life.

Ace Attorney

its 2013 and people are annoyed by some tits on billboard that arent even exposed :rolleyes:

rolox

depends on your age group!

hfallada

It sounds like a celebrity publicity job where they flash their vag "accidently". But its all over the press.

Like a wanna celebrities sex tape is always "stolen" and they become huge over night

IM0

V123 wrote: »

ok IMO ya little troll! calm down!

very rich coming from yourself

MadsL

The UK and Ireland seem very hung up on body issues frankly, even the US with it's right wing Christian tendancies accepts nudism in certain places. I have always found the UK and Ireland to be ridiculously obsessed with covering up.

V123

Ouote:very rich coming from yourself

fair point imo!

Im not really annoyed about the nudity more so that the way its used to sell the music!

kowloon

People here get offended by builders with no tops on or by breast feeding, it doesn't surprise me in the least that people are covering up the posters. I remember the Wonderbra posters causing trouble. We still have censored books ffs.

kneemos wrote: »

Don't get why every female singer has to near naked.

Just the ones who feel they can't get by on their music alone.

Laneyh

Thatdoesnt looksafe tome AHHHHHHH wrote: »

its 2013 and people are annoyed by some tits on billboard that arent even exposed :rolleyes:

Are they? Whoever pinned the dresses on remains anonymous at the moment so we don't know why they did it.

I doubt many if any people have complained about the implied nudity.
I think it's more likely people being offended by the crass marketing ploy
particularly coming from a female pop star who is a role model to a lot of young girls.

I walk past the poster every day and it is in no way remarkable nor is it graphic in content or even shocking.

It is a bit pathetic though, that it's 2013 and all advertising moguls plus music industry promoters can come up with to promote female popstars is a bit of suggested nudity.

One Direction are probably the world's biggest boy band right now and again role models to thousands of kids (mostly young girls) but the only time you see them in any state of undress is in paparazzi pics

Not shocked, offended or massively bothered by it tbh but if I had a daughter who was a Rhianna fan I might be a bit disappointed

IM0

V123 wrote: »

Im not really annoyed about the nudity more so that the way its used to sell the music!

sex sells dearie, have you been living under a rock?

kowloon

Laneyh wrote: »

Are they? Whoever pinned the dresses on remains anonymous at the moment so we don't know why they did it.

I doubt there are many under middle age who are offended, don't get me wrong, but there are plenty of prudes alive and kicking here. It wasn't that long ago in the grand scheme of things that The Life of Brian was banned in this country. Anyone remember Virgin Megastores getting in trouble for selling evil birth control devices?
It's all part of an outdated moral code that'll die out with time.

Laneyh

IM0 wrote: »

no, but some biddies clearly are. and gob****es too, it didnt even shown anything. stupid ***** :rolleyes:

biddies with good taste , those dresses were actually very nice
If it didn't show anything why are you so wound up that someone covered it up ?

Laneyh

IM0 wrote: »

and some people will be offended because she is black too, what doboth of those groups have in common? they are both retards

What a well thought out and reasonable argument you make...oh no wait, you didn't you just referred to some ficticious group of racists as retards.

Good effort

Pat Mustard

There's nothing worse than dropping into Tesco and seeing chavs in pyjamas.

Now people are going around topless. What may be suitable for the beach or the pool isn't necessarily suitable for walking down Grafton Street, now is it?

It's high time we had some proper fashion laws in this country.

Things to be outlawed could be:

- Black shoes with white socks.
- Pyjamas in public.
- Going around topless in public.
- Shemagh scarves in non-paramilitary settings.
- Tracksuits with one leg tucked into a sock.
- Sheepskin jackets.
- Boat shoes in non nautical settings.
- Berets (excepting cast of 'Allo 'Allo.)
- Stripy leggings.
- Pyjamas in public.
- Orange makeup.
- Hoopy earrings more than 2cm diameter.
- Collar up on ones shirt.

It might be a bit drastic to actually fine or imprison people, so maybe they could be forced to watch Gok Wan for a first offence, followed by a reduction in dole by 20% for a second offence.

d15ude

yes!

folks wearing trunks and bathing suits in the sauna.
towels and bathrobes in changing rooms.

then again bare chested guys walking everywhere in the summer :eek:

i don't know...

NegativeCreep

V123 wrote: »

I wouldn't class myself as prudish but in this situation, I think Rihanna and her team are deliberately doing this as a shock tactic and its pathetic.

Rihanna cant seem to just release a song and let the music speak for itself. The song with Calvin Harris seemed to me to be glorifying drug use. She posts stupid pictures of herself on twitter smoking what looks like cannabis and pics of herself half naked- I personally have no issue with smoking - its just that she is trying to hard and anything to shock people. Lots of people have smoked a bit of cannabis at some stage experimentally or whatever but people don't go round broadcasting it!

Her team know that she caused controversy in the North and they are just trying to do it again to get more publicity- its like the likes of paris Hilton and kim k - they got famous for a sex tape - now a lot of celebs seem to produce a sex tape- some people will be offended by this image plastered on their streets! If we want porn its readily available on the internet so we don't need Rihanna to provide it for us!

Also what kind of image does it portray to young girls? that you cant be successful without taking your top off??

Im sure she has nothing to do with it all anyway - I imagine the people behind her choose her songs, videos, pics and she just agrees to do it so I wouldn't class her as an artist anyhow if art is what shes claiming it is!

Why should she care? It's not Rihanna's job to set an example for other people's kids.