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Originally Posted by xLuna&1LOVE
@Fubuki, even though we are not sharing the same ideas about this photograph, I think your post was very insightful. I think the only way I can convinche you in liking this picture is to change your view on this theme. You saw something captivating and story telling in controversial pictures like LOVEppears cover and the Because of You PV. It might be a bit harder to look for something 'behind the scenes' with the La Perla picture, because it is very commercial. The reason why I love the photograph is that she is playing with a fantasy that is male but above all very female. I really do not think that she is dressed (or undressed) like this because "Japan likes to see her that way" or that she is forced to do anything against her own will. If she posed for such purposes it would be very unlike her. To me she is speaking as a powerful woman caught in her own fantasies and dreams.
Maybe it is a very sexist thing to say about my own gender but... our sexuality, or our identity, is a confidence boast. It is not necessarily promiscious to be open about it. I think that is the best thing you can keep in mind while you look at Ayu in this picture. But if that is something you cannot agree with that is totally fine. The difference between our thoughts keep the balance between what is acceptable and what is not. I respect that.
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It is a confidence boost because so many women are used to judging themselves by what others think, which is sad.
Being promiscious is not a bad thing if it is the womans choice. If that is what she wants to do, she has that right.
Also, nudity does not always equal sexuality. I don't like nudity when it is used to sexualise or for exhibition but Ayu's pictures are always artistic and shot with class and elegance.
I think she looks beautiful and I wish she would pose nude for an art shoot, it would be stunning.