Maxim Cover Criticized for Beautifying Violence Against Women

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Men’s magazine Maxim is receiving some criticism for its latest cover featuring actor Kim Byung Ok. The revealed photo shows the actor smoking while a woman’s legs are tied up and peek out of the trunk. With this photo, Maxim also included the caption, “So girls like the ‘bad guy’ types? Here’s a true bad guy. It’s to die […]

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[Guest novadestin]

This is simply people taking one look at something, deciding what it is based on their own biases without any thought of context, and concluding that it is the devil and should be purged to save the innocent. ...Enough already. The whole point was showing criminal acts (which makes it even more ironic that people are criticizing this), sorry but the world isn't all fluffy clouds and rainbows.

As a side note, I bet if it was a woman smoking with a guy's feet sticking out people would just be laughing.

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this is horrific. Why would you show criminal acts? I can't express in words how horrific and illogical it seems to be to put such things in a magazine.

[Guest Ming Banger]

That's what KBO is known for....his characters are usually bad guys. That was the concept. Those might be a male's legs....you never know. It's a photo shoot in an overpriced men's magazine. Moving on.

[Guest novadestin]

this is horrific. Why would you show criminal acts? I can't express in words how horrific and illogical it seems to be to put such things in a magazine.

Yes, criminal acts are horrible (that's why we made them criminal), but what you're essentially saying is that we shouldn't have any media that depicts any sort of violence so goodbye all music, movies, magazines, video games, plays, books, etc. Hell, even our history would have to go.

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this is horrific. Why would you show criminal acts? I can't express in words how horrific and illogical it seems to be to put such things in a magazine.

Yes, criminal acts are horrible (that's why we made them criminal), but what you're essentially saying is that we shouldn't have any media that depicts any sort of violence so goodbye all music, movies, magazines, video games, plays, books, etc. Hell, even our history would have to go.

lol. That is true. But for me, seeing them pose while doing so in a magazine is bizarre. Haven't seen such a thing before.

[Guest novadestin]

this is horrific. Why would you show criminal acts? I can't express in words how horrific and illogical it seems to be to put such things in a magazine.

Yes, criminal acts are horrible (that's why we made them criminal), but what you're essentially saying is that we shouldn't have any media that depicts any sort of violence so goodbye all music, movies, magazines, video games, plays, books, etc. Hell, even our history would have to go.

lol. That is true. But for me, seeing them pose while doing so in a magazine is bizarre. Haven't seen such a thing before.

I see it like all the time lol but everyone has different experiences in life ^.^ It's good to be bothered by it though, shows you care. I'm not happy that such criminal acts exist either, but I am equally unhappy with people who want to pretend they don't exist at all :/ Reality isn't always fun, but it's better to be prepared than to hide all the junk under your bed and pretend your room is clean

[SC7]

this is horrific. Why would you show criminal acts? I can't express in words how horrific and illogical it seems to be to put such things in a magazine.

Yes, criminal acts are horrible (that's why we made them criminal), but what you're essentially saying is that we shouldn't have any media that depicts any sort of violence so goodbye all music, movies, magazines, video games, plays, books, etc. Hell, even our history would have to go.

lol. That is true. But for me, seeing them pose while doing so in a magazine is bizarre. Haven't seen such a thing before.

I see it like all the time lol but everyone has different experiences in life ^.^ It's good to be bothered by it though, shows you care. I'm not happy that such criminal acts exist either, but I am equally unhappy with people who want to pretend they don't exist at all :/ Reality isn't always fun, but it's better to be prepared than to hide all the junk under your bed and pretend your room is clean

yup.