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I know this is going to make me sound like a prude, but is it possible for me to logon to DeviantArt without seeing yet another naked woman? I have nothing against nudity; in fact, I appreciate the human form (not just the female form, mind you) very much. It’s vital to learning how to draw realism, and the human body is beautiful to boot. My problem is, I have a sneaking suspicion that the only reason there is always at least five half-to-totally naked “hot” chicks on the front page at any given time is that horny guys (and girls!) keep looking up these pictures.

Most of them are tasteful and many of them are artistic as well. At the same time, I’m just really tired of seeing naked chicks every damn time I log on, without fail. I don’t even bother actually browsing the most recent, popular pieces because I know half of them will be naked women. Besides being boring, seeing “attractive,” naked women every single day erodes my self-esteem a little. I’ll be fair and say I’m shallow; if a couple of “big girl” images got on the front page, maybe I wouldn’t be so upset. Hell, I’d be cool if a couple of naked *men* images were made popular.

I don’t think that will happen, however; the double-standard is palpable on DeviantArt. You have an image of a naked woman, spreading her legs with string tied around them? It’s art. You have the same image, but with a man? It’s porn. For every “artistic” nude on here with a barely-legal, female model and crappy lighting that gets a pass, a professional piece with a man or a woman who isn’t a size zero gets hit.

I guess in closing, I’ll say that I don’t expect things to change. As long as there is a market for images of attractive, naked women, there will be images of attractive, naked women. I just wish they wouldn’t take over so much of DeviantArt. DeviantArt has so much more to offer;yet another naked chick isn’t the pinnacle of art.

EDIT: Having taken the advice of many of you, I have put on the mature filter. Right this second, there are eleven mature images on the front page. That's about seven or eight too many in my book.