I don’t know if you remember the wailing and hand wringing last year when the online Sears catalog took down a woman modeling lingerie because she was showing the shadow of a nipple. You know, just in case impressionable teenagers somehow manage *not* to find any other source of online porn and are forced to surf the lingerie sites of department stores.
Well, here’s some double standard to serve up with your righteous ire:
That’s right – a Conan the Barbarian-styled leather body harness… for men.
In case the pictures or links have been removed, here’s what you can get for just $55.99:
ELEGANT MOMENTS ELEGANT MOMENT L9663 Men’s 4 piece adjustable
harness. Set includes leather harness, arm bands and collar.
Reg Price:$69.99
Savings: 20 %$55.99
Hey, look — price has been reduced from $69.99! Better hurry while you can still get them.
And thinking about body harnesses…
I found this on Tumblr, but for some reason, this reminds me of an underwear ad. Or maybe of the movie poster for Red Sonja.
The Edge of Vanilla 
I love the fact it’s called ‘Elegant Moments’. There are many words for that leather harness, but I wouldn’t think elegant would be one of them.
Incidentally, if you’re interested in the background to the second picture, I had some links to the photographers blog and the entry it came from when I used it a few months back:
http://www.femdom-resource.com/2013/06/11/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/
It was shot partly for a lingerie boutique so you’re thought on the underwear ad was pretty on the mark.
-paltego
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LOL – I *knew* this shot looked familiar!
BTW, since you’re so good at track in down photo sources, I would like to send you one (I’m sure you’ve seen it) that is making me nuts.
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Feel free to fire it in my direction. No promises I’ll know anything about it, but happy to cast an eye over it.
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I sent some links to the address you have above.
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I’m actually happier that this men’s body harness exists at Sears than if it had been a bdsm-flavored women’s outfit. It’s very rare to see men more objectified than women.
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Oh wait, there’s way more slutty women’s stuff than men’s there. Nevermind.
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LOL – I hadn’t checked the other parts of the website.
But seriously, the idea that men wan wear “sex specific” outfits is kind of transgressive, isn’t it? I mean, generally, when you ask women about what kind of “sexxy wear” for men, it’s usually tight jeans and a tank top, or a nice suit and tie. I don’t ever remember hearing about women asking for body harnesses.
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You make a good point, and I think that’s part of the reason I was so pleased to see the harness at first.
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