<i>&quot;sex and nudity and such are all tied up not just with our forebrain, but with our irrational hindbrains, and we don&#x27;t get to choose what «programs» those are running&quot;</i><p>We can, however, train ourselves to pass more control on our forebrain and, like you mentioned (&quot;painters set out to push certain buttons with those paintings&quot;), those paintings were a very important tool to measure the success of that. When there is this dignitary empowered to act on collective behalf, it&#x27;s only comforting to find out that he holds enough self-control to act cool and rational, that he is competent enough to deal with whatever social play, including the basic instinct attempts, without compromising whatever public business he&#x27;s out to solve. Given the context, this pampering only unsettles me!