By shelz.

The not so shocking truth is that the female form, dressed or otherwise, has been used to sell everything that is up for purchase.  T&A has infiltrated the marketing schemes of all commodities from art to cars to food.  Even if the object for sale has nothing to do with women, T or A, she is shoved front and center to garner attention while the wonders of whatever product she is standing next to are extolled.

It’s a bait and switch for the psyche that obviously works and whatever works goes.  The more appealing the woman is, the better the chances are that you will stop what you are doing, drop your jaw and actually ponder running to the store to pick up whatever it is her body parts are hawking.

However, as we mosey deeper and deeper into all digitized everything and produce more powerful tools to create the perfect lady body (that God didn’t give most ladies), it raises a genuine question for those men who are peering from the outside in.  Is all this marketing madness giving young men, especially virgins, a not so realistic vision of what women are supposed to look like?

Ass is everywhere.  It’s in magazines, on billboards, on websites.  It’s inescapable, but most men who have been around the block or two (or at least next door) know a photoshopped booty when they see one.  They understand the average chick has physical flaws and those imperfections are whisked away by simple strokes of a mouse when her assets are splattered all over a magazine cover.  These poor young souls who haven’t seen ass except in HD however, are on their way to a really sad and unnecessary revelation.  Very few women look like that.

The funny thing is, when on the net, these virgin boys will pick a young lady apart for being human.  Her thighs are too big, her booty is too jiggly and her tatas hang too low.  Well, Andy Stitzer, I hate to break it to you, but the women in those sticky pages of your favorite magazine have been altered. Those photos are almost as much fantasy as they are reality and that same girl you believe to be a perfect ten probably isn’t, at least not for your high standards.

Now I’m not saying women like that don’t exist.  There are plenty of chicks out there who through a lucky roll of the genetic dice, plus a lot of self maintenance have been able to sort of photo shop themselves into that physical reality.  They are few and far between though and the chances of you running into her and then making her your gal even just for the night are pretty slim. Not saying that you aren’t great, but know the percentages are not in your favor.  So when that finally happens and you get to use a condom for more than water balloon toss, know that when that cutie strips down there may be a dimple or a stretch mark under there.  We would hate for you to ruin your first chance at nookie and blow the moment up like it was a scene from I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.

Fantasy has its place, but when roaming in reality’s realm you should probably try to think well.. realistically. No one is saying you aren’t entitled to your personal preferences.  Everyone is, but if your taste runs to the improbable or if your general experience with naked women is relegated to seeing them on a screen, in a book or on TV then you have to acquiesce to those who have encountered the fairer sex in 3D form and I’m sure most of them will tell you ole girl on page ten has had some work done. So hold your head and get ready, the dimple will not harm you, but the owner of it may if you act like you haven’t seen one before.

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