Interesting responses, I'm glad I've provoked some lively debate -
though I think we could get bogged down in issues of "race"
(not a word I used or ever would use for groups within Homo sapiens).
But I think everyone knows perfectly well what I mean by "white" and "non-white",
and I'd still be interested to see what images there are out there of recognisably European/North American "white" males torturing or crucifying
"non-white" females.
I know Arcimboldo has done two or three, and very erotic they seem to me, but they're rarities.
I'm not convinced that their rarity is because "white" males don't find Middle/ Near Eastern, Asian or African women attractive.
I'll raise another point, admitting that what prompted me to start this thread at this time
(though it's an issue that I've thought about for much of the past year since I registered with CF)
was a couple of sets of pics posted (coincidentally) this week
that showed "white" women being sold as slaves and generally "used"
by very caricatured, stereotyped Arabs/ Middle Easterners/ Muslims.
What struck me was how very similar those drawings are (mutatis mutandis)
to the ways that Jews were often portrayed in the early 20th century,
and not just in Nazi publications,
and we all know where that led.
Now I'm not suggesting they shouldn't be posted -
I'm very much against censorship and "political correctness"
(apart from anything else, they're usually counter-productive)
and I accept such drawings are only meant to be "good dirty fun".
But they - and the frequent appearance of such, dare I say "Islamophobic", images on CF -
do make me stop and think.
Am I alone in having this concern?