# Professional pictures of pregnant women with minimal clothing - Is this mainstream now? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-pictures-of-pregnant-women-with-minimal-clothing-is-this-mainstream-now/581567 "2011-05-11T21:20:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-pictures-of-pregnant-women-with-minimal-clothing-is-this-mainstream-now/581567/61 "2011-05-13T19:29:23Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > This: > > Awesome!! > > This: > > Not so much. Good grief. i just roflcoptered! What’s with the dog sniffing that half naked woman’s crotch?! ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-pictures-of-pregnant-women-with-minimal-clothing-is-this-mainstream-now/581567/62 "2011-05-13T19:55:59Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > Here’s some horrible pregnancy photos: > > [http://gilygily.com/funny-pictures-of-pregnant-women-41-photos.html](http://gilygily.com/funny-pictures-of-pregnant-women-41-photos.html) > > (note: I suspect at least one of these to be a photoshop job - the trailer/trash one) Heh. The woman with the cigarette, in the _Roanoke Times_ picture–I was working a few blocks from there at the time. Rest assured, she got a raft of shit. A few others are also not composed photos at all; not a straight comparison to the art-of-pregnancy shoots. A few are obviously deliberate humor, no different than **CitizenPained** ’s sib/sib-in-law (though with varying degrees of stagecraft). And some seem like just sweet and sincere images of loving couples excited about impending parenthood; so they’re not the most beautiful people with the best design sense. (The parting of the clothes to show _just_ the swollen belly always seems weirder to me than either normally-clothed or nude/semi-nude versions.) If you’re aware of “Juggalettes,” there’s no need, or room, for any other explanation on that one. The guy pointing the pistol at the camera? If not for her smile, it looks like a hostage situation. Is he “defending” her? ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-pictures-of-pregnant-women-with-minimal-clothing-is-this-mainstream-now/581567/63 "2011-05-13T20:07:43Z")
> [@Kaio](#): > > Me too. I find it strange and disheartening. Why is naked bad? Well-done nudes are sensual, yes, but they don’t have to be sexual, though they can be sexy and I see nothing wrong with that either. Frankly I see nothing wrong with celebrating the beauty of a human body. i personally have no problem with nudes myself but the type of photo described in the OP really icks me out. for me it’s not about the fact that she’s semi or fully naked, it’s about the husband and/or kids lined up kissing the stomach or just looking up in reverance like the woman is carrying the next christ child or something. ugh. it’s not quite the same but my brother has a couple of professional photos of my 8 month old niece (who i adore) that has her in like angel wings and stuff like that. i hate them. it’s the pictures we take at home, where she’s laughing and smiling and making funny faces that i love to see and look at over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-pictures-of-pregnant-women-with-minimal-clothing-is-this-mainstream-now/581567/64 "2011-05-14T03:55:31Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > It is not as if famous people are any different than anyone else - they have children, grandchildren and even grandchildren. With the Internet, their children and their friends have undoubtedly seen stills from any nude scenes. > > I don’t understand why you claim there is any difference between famous people and non-famous people regarding nudity. Please clarify why there should be a distinction. Well, I’ve never personally known anyone who who was the child of someone famous, so I don’t really know how they feel about everyone seeing their parent naked. I assume they must adjust somehow (I’m assuming the buckets of money would ease the pain), but I can only see the situation from the point of view of average non-famous people and their kids. The private details of famous peoples lives often become public knowledge - eg., drug and alcohol problems, embarrassing incidents. I wouldn’t be comfortable with everyone knowing all those kinds of details either, but again you must get used to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-pictures-of-pregnant-women-with-minimal-clothing-is-this-mainstream-now/581567.md?page=3)