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Archive1 - December 2006

Contents 1 Poll: Teddy bear in depiction of sexual intercourse 1.1 Poll 1.1.1 Discussion 2 Report accidental reverts here

Poll: Teddy bear in depiction of sexual intercourse

The original illustration contained a drawing of a teddy bear in the upper right corner. Whether or not to include the teddy bear in this drawing has been debated since September 2005. I archived the old discussion, and created the following poll in order to give structure to the current debate. Joie de Vivre 15:37, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Poll

Please sign your name using four tildes (~~~~) under the position you support, preferably adding a brief comment. If you are happy with more than one possibility, you may wish to sign your names to more than one place. Extended commentary should be placed below, in the section marked "Discussion", though brief commentary can be interspersed.

Question: Should the teddy bear be removed from this illustration of sexual intercourse?

Remember: discussion belongs in the "Discussion" section.

• Yes - the teddy bear should be removed.
  1. Yes. Example. Copy this formatting to add your position to the bottom of this list.
  2. Yes. Including a teddy bear in a depiction of sexual intercourse gives an unsettling feel of pedophilia to the scene. Teddy bears in bed are typically associated with children. Including the bear in this drawing of sex requires quite a stretch on the part of the viewer: it requires that viewers accept that a teddy bear would be in an adult's bed while they have sex. Furthermore, the bear is entirely unnecessary to the illustration. Users can just as easily understand what is going on in the scene without including a teddy bear. As this element is not necessary, and has been found by many users to be offensive (see Archive), the bear should be removed. Joie de Vivre 15:17, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
  3. Yes. Regardless of the connotations and implications of having a teddy bear in a sexual scene, I think the main point of removing the bear from the picture is simply that: it has no explanatory power in what is supposed to be a diagram of the missionary position. Thus, it is superfluous. To state this even more clearly: a teddy bear is not a necessary component of missionary style sex. In my opinion, the teddy bear only serves to distract, confuse, and in some cases offend, those looking for encyclopedic information on the subject. Bear should go.VitaminE 02:42, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  4. Yes. The teddy bear is a child toy, and sex is not for children! Therefor I think we really need to make things clear. --R2cyberpunk 13:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

• No - the teddy bear should remain.
  1. No. Example. Copy this formatting to add your position to the bottom of this list.
  2. No. Are you kidding me? The woman is the same size as the man. I'm pretty sure that's enough for the average person to kill any 'unsettling feel of pedophilia'. Also, it's not exactly unheard of for younger women to still have teddy bears and such. The bear makes the image less dull, just like all the other 'unnecessary' components (faces, pillows, etc). Whoop whoop 18:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
  3. No. As per above. Sasabune 21:18, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
  4. No. Hysterical nonsense. It is subjective in the extreme to assume that the presence of a particular prop also owned by adults could be considered some sort of evidence of the intended age of one of the figures in a line drawing. How ridiculous. As there is no good reason to insult the original artist in this way, and no particular difference between using either image, I say we use the original (with the bear). Kasreyn 04:36, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
  5. No. It's an illustration with various details. The teddy bear is just one of them.--Prosfilaes 08:33, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Discussion

Discussion resulting from the survey topic should be held here.

Report accidental reverts here

Accidentally reverted, reverted myself back. Ignore me. ;) Luna Santin 02:53, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

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