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[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 10/30/06 11:36:02 AM, zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU writes:


> Visually, buttocks are fine, as is a certain amount of pubic hair,
> plus erections visible through clothing.  Full frontal nudity can
> appear on a cover, so long as the model's equipment is concealed
> behind a teaser for one of the stories or photo spreads inside.
> Couples can even be pictured in positions that are unmistakably part
> of one of the sex acts that can't be directly named, so long as their
> naughty bits aren't shown.
> 

And this is all, of course, quite culture-specific. My memory is that 
Japanese are not inclined to be upset about images of penises, so long as there is no 
showing of pubic hair.

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