Rolling Stone Cover: Sexist, Pornographic, or What?

Rolling Stone Magazine's September "True Blood" cover is getting a lot of attention.

Welcome, readers! Do you read Rolling Stone? I want your opinion about the Rolling Stone’s September issue. What do you think of the cover that features a woman sandwiched between two men? All three are very naked and very bloody. They appear to be covered in someone else’s blood.

Some people think the picture is sexist, but other people think it is perfectly okay because of sexual tension on the characters’ TV series. Furthermore, two of the actors are married (to each other or someone else, I don’t know), so it might be okay to photograph those naked people for a public audience.

Some people debate whether the brown-haired man’s hands are actually groping the woman.

14-year-olds see the cover at newsstands and say it is inappropriate.

Some people say the cover is not sexist because the woman on the cover is a powerful woman on the TV series.

Some people say the cover is degrading to women because the image is pornographic and degrading because she is sandwiched between two men.

Some people say that even if the cover is not sexist, it is nonetheless inappropriate for a public audience because it is, after all, pornographic due to the nudity and the sex positions.

So, readers… what do you think of the cover?