Ranveer Singh’s nangu photos had the Internet shook in a good way. His nakedness—brown, lean, fluid, needy, tactile—was beautiful indeed; beautiful in the eyes of the beholder and beautiful in the eyes of the beheld, a coincidence also known as joy. Since it was the Internet, fights immediately broke out.

First was the question of what would happen if a woman were to put out such pictures. Women’s nudity and sexiness is usually acceptable when depicted by men. People throw around snoozeful words like tasteful.  But should a woman display her own body of her own accord, it’s all sarvanash of culture and slut-shaming.