Sex and psychological operations in war, triggering?

[chiggerbit]

Wow, the things I come across, and getting off-course. For adults only.<br><br>This article by Herbert A. Friedman gives a history of sex psyops used during war by various countries. Very interesting, also addresses the use of anti-Semitism. See link for entire article.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.psywarrior.com/sexandprop.html">www.psywarrior.com/sexandprop.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br>"To the average person, the connotations of the word "Pornography" have always brought forth a mental picture of a depraved person leering at filthy pictures. To the scholar, the word meant simply "The description of prostitutes and their trade". Later other definitions were added, attempting to encompass the term "obscene". We now consider Webster's "Writing and pictures intended to arouse sexual desire" as an appropriate statement of meaning. Would it surprise you to know that all the major combatants involved in World War II used pornography as part of their psychological operations (PSYOP) strategy?...." <p></p><i></i>

[Mentalgongfu]

I think this thread is worth bumping. <br><br>I was intrigued, but not suprised, at the examples of sexual psy-ops from WWII this site offers. <br><br>And I'll re-emphasize - for Adults Only. <br><br>If I found myself in a war zone far from home, I can see that some of these leaflets would rile me up. In what direction exactly, I'm not sure, but some effort was put into this emotionally-charged propaganda. <p></p><i></i>

[bvonahsen]

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"There are other leaflets that are sexual, but not pornographic. For instance, The Morale Operations Section of the OSS produced a series of sixteen leaflets entitled "Wie lange noch?" (How much longer?). The plan was to convince the populace that there was a strong anti-Nazi underground movement within Germany. Besides the leaflets, posters and gummed labels using a large "W" as a symbol were placed on German vehicles, on walls, on doors and windows, in books and other appropriate places, by agents operating behind enemy lines."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Interesting... I wonder what happen to George Bush's plans to market himself as "W"? I remember seeing photos of a large W in a field of royal blue.<br><br>"There was a general agreement among the collaborators of the report that Hitler is probably a neurotic psychopath bordering on schizophrenia. He has lost complete contact with the world about him and is still striving to make some kind of psychological adjustment that will give him a feeling of security in his social group."<br><br>hmmmmmm.. sounds a lot like someone else we all know.<br> <p></p><i></i>

[chiggerbit]

<br>I should have probably just titled this thread "psyops", with sex just being one of the sub topics. I find the whole subject interesting. <br><br><br>A very long list of papers on the role of public relations and psyops in war:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/papers/sp01.cfm?outfit=pmt&daysback=180">ics.leeds.ac.uk/papers/sp...ysback=180</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=chiggerbit@rigorousintuition>chiggerbit</A> at: 6/15/06 1:11 pm<br></i>

[chiggerbit]

Something about the the role of sex in psyops to consider: although the right loves to blame moral degradation on Hollywood, what I seem to see is a much more siginificant pattern of greatly changing mores(sp?) of our country following WWI and WWI. I'm just picturing the change in women's fashions after each war, for instance. It makes me wonder how much this specific psyop had to do with those changes. <p></p><i></i>

[professorpan]

Apologies for pimping my blog, but I've compiled several articles on this subject:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.charm.net/~profpan/2005/11/sex-drugs-mind-control-and-torture.html">www.charm.net/~profpan/20...rture.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>In particular, see:<br><br>Sex Ritual of Abu Ghraib<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.charm.net/~profpan/2006/02/sex-rituals-of-abu-ghraib.html">www.charm.net/~profpan/20...hraib.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Sex, Drugs, Mind Control, and Gitmo<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.charm.net/~profpan/2005/07/sex-drugs-mind-control-and-gitmo.html">www.charm.net/~profpan/20...gitmo.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>More Sex and Torture Revelations<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.charm.net/~profpan/2005/10/more-sex-and-torture-revelations.html">www.charm.net/~profpan/20...tions.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

[havanagilla]

sex and war...ah...reminds me of israel.<br><br>I remember once having a detailed "big dream" about the holocaust and there was an explicit sexual element to the situation, and perhaps homosexual as well. sexualized violence is a key to a "successful warmongering". <br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=havanagilla>havanagilla</A> at: 6/15/06 2:53 pm<br></i>