{UAH} STELLA 'BREASTS' SHOW DEBATE ISN'T GOING AWAY?

Friends,

The Stella 'breasts' show debate should be about responsibility and conscience.I think in public, nudity is disgusting,shameful and damaging to all things Ugandan.We much rather like clothing and fashion on people, and this doesn't mean that we don't appreciate the beauty of a human body.

Profanity and nudity are barred from media (apart from obviously Bukedde) primarily because although it is used in the real world, there is an attempt to shield kids from it and protect sensibilities.The argument runs along the lines of "its not necessary".

And now this is painful but I must say it that we should also generally hold public protests to the same standards of decency we hold to others.There is nothing sacred about public protests such that a person finds it necessary to go nude. Some of you may not agree with or like such standards but we shouldnt lower them just because all institutions in the country are dead. All men are made of the same dirt, have like passions. A nude photo of a woman does not cause a man to reflect on what a wonderful personality she has and how great it would be to discuss 'dictatorship' with her. It causes men to see women as sex objects pure and simple. Saying 'fuck you Mamdani' or rolling in mud while naked(as the Amuru ladies did) does not change this.Boys are much more susceptible to this. It harms their ability to later form more meaningful relationships with women. For these and other reasons I'm all for promoting shame at public nudity. Those who are alarmed at this needn't worry. I know I am in a shrinking minority. When I was in my early 20s, I would have been in the solid majority. But I am alarmed at the rapid escalating breakdown of social mores and attitudes in our society and I also don't mind taking the ridicule for my stand.  

I would say that Europeans  are much more tolerant of nudity than we are in the Uganda, but what Dr.Stella Nyanzi did could have serious repercussions for her if she had done it anywhere in Europe. In ancient Greece it was clearly acceptable to have youths- male or female- march/ dance/ compete naked, but they also moved away from all that.

On the good side, at least now we know that Dr.Stella Nyanzi is indeed a woman. It's a pity her nudity and profanity('kuwemula') is attracting so much attention when it's the administrative problems at Makerere University that should really matter.Or, to put it yet another way, if somebody named a composition "Genocide," that I'd want to see more about what motivated such a scary choice of title, and not that "I'd instantly jump to the conclusion that the composer was a genocidal maniac''. So, I really hope as a way forward that we discuss the reasons that led to this Stella nudity rather than the 'breast' show itself. It would also help if Stella finds a way of not distracting us anymore with her 'dirty' media interviews, as like the one I watched on NTV-Youtube.

To always agree is fantasy; To argue out a disagreement is human, To agree to disagree is civilized.But that's just my opinion.



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