I don’t think yanking up my shirt a few times (or NOT yanking it up) becomes the defining statement on my moral character or my self-esteem.
Feel free to differ, of course.
Say, how come no one threw beads all those times I was breastfeeding?!?
Speak for your own boobies, Bethie!
I agree with Cranky…being wild and crazy a few times does not automatically make one a brain-dead slut.
Pout. And now I’m feeling really grouchy because there doesn’t seem to be anywhere I can sunbathe topless around here and these tan lines are driving me nuts.
I like boobs a lot too but personally, I would prefer it if women were more apt to flash their cute tight little butts. You know, the kind where each cheek fits in a hand?
Ummmmm, yeah.
Speak for yourself!!
Zette
I live in the great town of PANAMA CITY FLORIDA!!
Now, Like I said. Flashing your boobs at mardi gras and stuff, doesn’t mean you are a whore. You could be anything but. But it has been my experience with guy’ thoughts on women who do that, that they feel that you are acting like a whore, and many will approach you as such. I’m not that goody goody. I have my bellybutton peirced, which my bf says is seen as sexy and seductive. Other guys have noted it as Sexy. But that doesn’t mean i’m out to be seducing all kinds of guys. I just thought it would look pretty with my prom dress. Like I said, i’m young (almost 17) And don’t know much. But I just know I won’t be doing anything like that. Because of how I feel about myself and my body. And plus, I don’t want others seeing me as something I’m not.
Evilbeth- You are very right. They aren’t holy and sacred. But to me, they are something only the best person deserves to see.
-Jenny*
So may I assume that only one person in the history of the world has seen your breasts? I mean, after all, only “the best” deserves that honor. There is only one “best”, you know.
And what happens if you show them to the “best” person only to find out that he/she is actually second, or even third, best. What do you do then? After all, you can’t just go around showing your precious resources to multiple individuals.
And I guess breast feeding is now out. What about annual breast exams at the doctor’s office, can’t have that.
Unless of course, you are dating/married to the doctor and he/she is the only person to have ever seen your breasts and you don’t intend on having children…but wait!
What about your mom or dad or whoever bathed you as a child? Damn! I guess the whole plan is ruined now.
Do you have a medic alert bracelet or necklace in the event of an emergency so that the ER doctors know not to remove your shirt to get to your gaping, bleeding wound on the off-chance that your bra might have to be removed therefore exposing your breasts to…<gasp>…an entire room full of health professionals?
Over the top? Yes. But I’m irritated by the sanctimonious opinions like, “…acting like THAT is just stupid and gross.” It’s called having fun. It isn’t hurting anyone and it is not stupid.
And as for this,
This is going to happen to you whether you flash your boobs at every male in three counties or not. It’s the way life works. I stopped basing my behavior on what others would think of me a long time ago. I know this is just your opinion and you have every right to state it. I just very much disagree with it.
And it appears that I forgot to take my Anti-Bitch pills before posting this evening. Sorry for flipping out, LilCutie. Carry on.
I love you, evilbeth.
I live near Tampa (in Central FL, LC lives further north), and we have a celebration here called Gasparilla. It’s kinda like Florida’s answer to Mardi Gras. Many women will flash their wares in order to get beads, which are also prominently displayed on rearview mirrors of cars. Personally, I don’t go to the parade because it’s a crowd of drunken jerks. I’d rather watch it on TV. If I were to go to the parade, I would never flash for beads. I don’t hold anything against the ones who do, that’s their choice. It’s just not my style.
Furthermore, I don’t think my fiance would like it very much.
** Evilbeth ** RIIIIIGGGHHHT. Ok… More than one person has seen my breast. But I wasn’t drunk, and they had a good reason to be looking at them. I think my comment was taken a little bit in a different direction than I had hoped. But that’s ok.
It’s just not my style. I like others ways to have fun. Doesn’t everyone? Everyone is different. I’m sorry if the way I feel is stupid or irrational or whatever. I hope I didn’t offend anyone.
And as always i’m seen as something i’m not. But I don’t think many look at me and think slut. (that’s just an example. not to say that anyone who wants to show their boobs is a slut) Because that’s something I would like to avoid. Many think i’m a prep and a wannabe white person. But that doesn’t get to me. But if someone were to think I were a slut or something, that would.
Alright! My point seems have gone. But my main point to begin with was… I’M NOT GOING TO SHOW MY BOOBS AND DRINK AND STUFF. Heck, I barely even have any. But to those who want to, HAVE FUN!
-Jenny
BTW… I AM NOW A BIG BAD SENIOR!!! I made it through Junior year!! yes!!! my gpa dropped though 
(4.275)
Much love everyone! (sorry for my small off topic rant. I’m just really happy)
evilbeth apologized (though her rant was funny)
I’m assuming you mean high school, not college (no insult to your maturity intended - a GPA of over four indicates to me a high school grading system.)
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Well, good you’re not exposing your breasts for filming. Don’t even want to think of the laws the filmers could be breaking.
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[rant] Your GPA dropped to 4.275?!!? Gahhh, the old-fashioned 4.0 too harsh to the self-esteem of Our Priceless Youth?!! [/rant]
Sua
If you don’t like seeing topless women, don’t go to European beaches. They’d get a good laugh there about the “only for my special person to see”. OTOH, in some muslim countries women have to cover their faces so I guess it is just relative.
As much as I like titties, if I had some beads I would rather give them to the indians in exchange for the isle of Manhattan… If I owned Manhattan I am sure i’d jave no shortage of boobies.
wow.
really? I’m thinking of a couple nice, broad beautiful muscley chests that I would lick drunken, Indian Food sweat off of, just for the pleasure of being near them. Contact me for photos
oh…
god.
Anyhoo. On the subject of gals gone wild, I have a few comments. :: sorts out note cards ::
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It doesn’t seem to be ‘just boobs’ from the commercials I’ve seen. I don’t think hoo has are particularly ‘sacred’ either, but I’ve seen at least one commercial that features two girls TOTALLY naked in a street of full of drunken gawkers. Those had better be some kick as, LSD laden beads for the show they were putting on.
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I don’t think I’d do it because I’m afraid of the guys going “Oh…sorry…we…uh…we thought those would be better…” What’s worse than boobs for beads rejection? Nothing I tell you, nothing.
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They gave out handfuls of beads at Cubs opening day this year. I asked if flashing was required for them and the guy said “I’ll give 'em to ya either way, but if you want to get your boobs out in this weather, I’ll give you more.”
I only got four.
jarbaby
right, because that would be like totally wrong and stuff!
huh huh she said boobs huh huh
I agree with Evilbeth. As wonderful as they are, they are still just boobs. I don’t advocate flashing the world, but “saving them for that special person” is going a little over board, isn’t it? Change that to “losing your virginity” and I can understand, but not everyone has the same level of inhibition.
The girls on the video tape were at Mardi Gras, doing what girls do at Mardi Gras! Getting lose, showing their boobs, and having a great time! I assume that most, if not all of these girls don’t make it a habit to flash their boobs during their everyday life. I personally think it is great! There are limitations, I mean I don’t advocate someone hanging out at McDonald’s naked, but a nude beach or Mardi Gras? Why not?!?!? The human body isn’t something to be ashamed of.
My only complaint is that I don’t have that killer bod of my youth. They would give me beads to keep my clothes on!! Flash ‘em while you got ‘em, girls.
I am abjectly ashamed of mine!
I am as much an admirer of the female body as anyone, but IMHO, having to mingle with ten thousand drunken, screaming fratboys to get a glimpse is too high a price to pay.
Beth, you rule. Your point was stated in an over the top manner (according to yourself :D), but I still agree with the point itself.
As a European, I find the whole issue rather amusing in a “poor them for being so repressed” kind of way.
Wouldn’t it be a lot more practical to just stop thinking about sex and what could be taken as being sexual for five minutes? I find it very strange to hear women complaining that they have no place to sunbathe topless, as was mentioned sunbathing topless is as normal as can be to us liberal European types.
Hell, I’ve even been to a few beaches where nobody said anything to people that took off their underwear too, or changed clothes on the beach. (no, they were not nudist beaches.)
And like I said, it’s not that we’re a bunch of horny weirdos, it’s just that the human body inherently has as much to do with sex as computers have to do with posting on these boards. There’s an obvious connection, but do we think “Oh, you’re on the Straight Dope Message boards, wink wink” whenever we see someone with a laptop? 
— G. Raven
It would be nice if Americans in general could be more comfortable with their bodies and not always think about nudity in a sexual way. I suspect that this would also lead to a marked decrease in the number of young women flashing their breasts at video cameras.
Judging from the women I know at college, there are two basic types of young women who are willing to be seen partially or completely nude by people they are not planning to have sex with. There are women who are comfortable with their bodies and don’t think nudity is a big deal, and women who expose themselves to get attention.
Women in the former group don’t think anything of changing clothes in front of their roommates, lounging around their rooms in the nude, walking around the dorm halls in their underwear, or coming out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel. They don’t expect anyone to be stunned or excited by their bare flesh. If everyone had this attitude, there wouldn’t be many women exposing themselves at parties and clubs to get attention or to shock people because it wouldn’t work. No one would care that they were showing their breasts.