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School's back in session; time for nude photographyPosted by Joel Martinsen, September 15, 2005 11:49 AM
![]() It's the start of a new semester, and once again it's time to fret about the depravity of today's youth. Back in 2003, the shocking news was of a traveling photo exhibition whose models were all college students. Last year, people fretted about the morality of college women having nude photoshoots done. Now this year, we find the letters sections of newspapers full of people discussing...the morality of college women having nude photoshoots done. Was last year's flap unresolved? Are colleges still shirking their responsibilities in loco parentis? Or should we simply be thankful that it's nothing worse this year, like the news that 20-30% of college women moonlight as working girls? (oh, wait, that idea was floated back in 2003 as well.) A selection of letters printed in Beijing's Legal Mirror provides a nice cross-section of opinions - readers range from thinking that nude photography is unethical and unhealthy to simply worring that the young women will be taken advantage of (curiously, there has been no discussion of men doing these photo shoots...).
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