Are we suffering from a surfeit of unsexy overexposure?

'Does wearing sexy lingerie under the burka subvert the burka?" asks Amba in the comments to our previous post, crossposted at Cloven Not Crested, "Exposed: What really goes on beneath the burka":

Is it actually sexier that way — is the ad pro-burka?? Are we suffering from a surfeit of unsexy overexposure, compared to, say, the Japanese who could go wild at the sight of the back of a fully kimono'ed geisha's neck? Does the ad thus imply that concealment by the burka actually empowers a woman’s sexuality? Should we take up wearing burkas over our bikinis? What kind of dhimmitude is that? Of a piece, I would say, with the sinister Western attraction to Islam because it is so filled with moral fervor, purity, and conviction.

The "sinister" — left in Latin —Western attraction to Islam appears alive and well, exclusively on the left side of the aisle, where a fellow feeling for a dictatorship of relativism keeps the romance alive. But the Liaison Dangereuse lingerie ad's "message" is in the eye of the beholder. Over here on the right side of the aisle, discreetly armed with our bikini beneath our street clothes, we look to the Tea Partiers for "moral fervor, purity and conviction," and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, unveiled, is giving us the "common-sense porn" — Glenn Beck's words — that floats our boat. Following the distaff glories of yesterday's primaries, we're looking for some hot and heavy conservative commonsense porn now through November from the ladies that lunch.

Update: Woo hoo! Michelle Malkin "Buzzworthy" link.

Crossposted at Riehl World View, Cloven Not Crested and Liberty Pundits.

Comments

[KingShamus]

The funny thing about people is that they get desensitized to things. What once might've seemed risque now appears mundane.

I'm not advocating sharia or the burqa of course, but men and women both should keep a more modest approach in mind. Less skin is more sensual in many cases.

As for common sense porn, I have been pleasantly surprised just how cool Governor Christie has been. Nice.