Like, you can see a leaf on and think “wow, that’s a beautiful leaf”. You may even pick it up to admire it (especially if you’re a child or a biologist). You wouldn’t do that with a strand of human hair, a human nail clipping, or even less with the parts that aren’t supposed to come off like hands or eyes.
You might draw, paint, or sculpt a hand or an eye in isolation specifically to explore its beauty as a discrete object without making the viewer think, “jesus christ, someone died.”
Photography is often used to isolate pieces of humans for viewing and enjoyment purposes.
Good point. Tho they’re usually implied to be part of a whole that we can’t see, as if seen through a window. They take poses that only make sense if attached to muscles in the arm…
Excellent shower thought, though it’s making me somewhat uncomfortable. Side note: I once read that people (men and women) see men as whole beings and women as collections of parts. I’m sick and don’t have the brainpower to look that up rn, so take it with a grain of salt
That’s also somewhat to do with the concept of fetishism. Most people have never fucked someone without feet but it’s not a fetish until you start all but ignoring the rest of the person in favor…
And if someone does fuck a person without feet, it’s gonna be assumed that’s the primary reason as opposed to any of the parts the footless (or… footloose? Sorry) person does have.
Humans are weird.
Not if you work with surgeons. On probably a weekly basis I hear things like “oh, that’s a beautiful gallbladder!” during a laparoscopic case, or “aww look at that adorable little tumor! Sorry buddy, you still gotta go.” during a TURBT.
Uh, doc? You considered taking some vacation time? Lol.
I didn’t know, that’s an… interesting fact.
Have you heard of Body Worlds? Seeing the electric jellyfish that pilots the muscle and bones mech was pretty nifty.
Also, I’ve always had a few professor eyebrows. One came out so I brought it to a coworker. To better understand why it had fallen out, I borrowed her scissors and snipped it in half. “Autopsy!”
Didn’t know about that…
