Is it wrong for women to be nude salad platters?

A bar in Australia had a launch party featuring naked women lying on tables arrayed with a healthy variety of fruits and vegetables.

This sparked a lot of outrage – not because guests weren't eating right, but because of the feeling that plucking papayas off a lady's breast demeans women.

A bar in Sydney sparked outrage after using naked women as fruit platters.... members of the public weren't sure how "amazing" the party was after seeing the pictures of nude women being used as plates.

Jane Oakley wrote on the page: "Thanks Cruise Bar for so openly showing your contempt for women and contributing to the disgusting view that women's bodies are just a utensil.

Ulrike ZImmerman shared a similar view: "Are you out of your minds? Serving food on women's bodies is not only tasteless but is also promoting a culture where women are objectified. This is the 21st century and it is NOT ok."

What does "objectified" mean?  I think saying "objectified" is feminists' way of showing anger when women are appreciated for their attractiveness.  Feminists have so much pent up anger toward men that they get offended when men show any signs of desire toward women, and offended when women flaunt their beauty.  Women do it in many ways, of course – by wearing revealing clothes, by acting, and by modeling.

One career that doesn't upset feminists is what they proudly call "sex workers," or prostitutes.  But the work of "sex workers" is not altogether different from what I call "buff-et workers."  Sex workers do their job by lying on their backs; so do the buff-et workers.  Both are paid to have their bodies appreciated.  Sex workers are paid to produce; buff-et workers are paid for produce.  Buff-et workers promote roughage; sex workers promote roughness.

In fact, the buff-et workers encourage good eating.  People who avoid vegetables might think twice if they see an assortment of carrots in an attractive holder.  Given the difficulties we've had getting kids to eat the healthier school lunches, do you think we could encourage better eating habits by having the Buff-et Workers working the lunchrooms with spatulas and specula?

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