Are songs about masturbation considered artistic, educational, or obscene? Perhaps a more relevant question is, are the artists that sing about masturbation trying to lower the rest of humanity down to their levels of underachievement? What are some of man's most critically acclaimed achievements in terms of art, invention, design, engineering, construction, and teamwork?
Some consider man's greatest discoveries and inventions to be: the wheel, the printing press, Leorardo da Vinci's curiosity and ideas, Copernicus' theory that the earth rotated around the sun, Newtonian physics, the steam engine, harnessing electricity, Darwin's theories of evolution, the telegraph, network of interstate highways, Einstein's theories of relativity, the airplane, discovering a cure for Small Pox, Malaria, and Polio, heart transplants, the computer, walking on the moon, and internet global communication.
Some consider man's greatest architecture and construction marvels to be: the pyramids of Egypt, Phidias's Athens, the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Frank Lloyd Wright's designs, the Hoover damn, and the space station.
Some consider man's greatest artistic compositions to be: Homer's poetry, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel and David, Shakespeare's plays, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Last Supper, Mozart's and Bach's classical compositions, Rembrandt, VanGogh, Monet, and Picasso's master pieces of vision, Longfellow's serenades, Mark Twain's wit, and Lennon-McCartney's and Bob Dylan's musical expression and creativity.
Some consider man's greatest collective achievements to be: the Constitution of the United States, the abolishment of slavery, establishment of the United Nations to attempt to resolve international conflicts peacefully, the peaceful means of change espoused by the teachings of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, the non-violent end to the Cold War, and 115 formal democracies of nations espousing multiparty electoral systems (and a two-fold increase in the last decade).
How do songs about masturbation compare in scale to these great human accomplishments? What does this say about the individuals who generate the material?
Some entertainers/people justify the gradual regression of material over the years from Rated G to a proud openly X-Rated orgy/pornographic society, because they claim that audiences have become more sophisticated and honest. Are songs that sing about masturbation a sign of sophistication, or a sign of human belittlement? Are songs about masturbation a sign of honesty, or a sign of denial that they help contribute to toward human underachievement?