I don’t consider “pin-ups” to be porn, but discrete displays of fantasy and the imagination.
It was alright to fantasize about the opposite sex and what every “man” was fighting for during WWII, so why is it suddenly pornographic and sexist now.
Pin-ups were around when I was a kid. Check out Bettie Page and Vargus Art. In the late sixties, pornography replaced pin-ups with raw sex, nothing left to the imagination. Airbrushed pictures of ugly women with pubic hair all over the place.
Heck, some still complain about Tinkerbell as being sexist and pornographic. How about Barbara Eden as Jeannie. Pretty tame as compared to what is found on the Internet today.
Everybody needs to lighten up. It’s pornography that leaves nothing to the imagination, not fantasy.
The problem was they guys fantasy was about chicks. Now if they had pics of naked dues in the cockpit, no problemo!
Wrong fantasy for the Obutthole regime.
I agree with you, and that's why I like aircraft nose art. As a straight member of the female persuasion, I couldn't care less about the subjects of the nose art; it's the style and execution, and the humor behind it, that I appreciate (in the artistic sense -- and you're right about the Vargas girls, too). I read several Facebook pages that are maintained by various military members, and often they post pictures of scantily clad women. It's their thing. So what? I just scroll over them and read what interests me.