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There's still more to be done - this page is full of generalities. Perhaps someone has a furniture book or expertise in that area would like to comment on different couch styles... Someone who is more versed in the visual arts could give some examples of paintings.

It would be helpful if anyone can get their hands on:

• the German academic paper "Das Sofa" (paper outline here) by Michaela Dantler
• the book "An encyclodedia of sofas" by Constance King
• the tape of the arte (French/German TV station) documentary: "Die Dinge des Lebens: Das Sofa"

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Pteron (talk • contribs)

[edit] Gendered object?

The couch is an extremely gendered object. It is invariably associated with femininity. In the visual arts women were represented sitting or lying on couches, oftentimes in the nude and/or in submissive positions, thereby satisfying masculinist erotic fantasies. The persistent use of this trope (still to be seen in modern cinema, e.g. in Titanic) has established an almost intrinsic connection between the female body and the couch.

I've removed the above section - it just doesn't sound right. References might help to back it up and if so it could be put back. violet/riga (t) 21:51, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I agree. It may be for assistance|help]])[[]] 22:49, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)

That smells a lot like WP:OR.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 20:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Loveseat Merge

I've merged Loveseat into this article, I put up the suggestion a while back and got no opposition to it, just thought I'd let you know †he Bread 07:17, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know the history of the laws regarding the couch tags that say, "Do not remove under penalty of law." I've been trying to figure out why couches have them, but could find nothing as of yet.

[edit] Tom Cruise?!

Is that really necessary? 203.132.67.134 10:12, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I think the Tom Cruise information should be left in but formatted into a more standard "couches in pop culture" section similar to other wikipedia entries. Or place all that trivial information into its own entry... however that stuff gets done around here. Divadotn 23:37, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

The photo is so obviously put in there just for laughs... you can hardly see the couch! Joke photos should be less obvious.--24.85.46.33 22:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

This is one of the most irrelevant pieces of trivia I've seen in Wikipedia. It has nothing whatsoever to do with couches and I'm removing it. Angela. 14:12, 22 August 2007 (UTC)