# Give it up, Keira, we've all seen your boobs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252 "2005-01-29T06:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/81 "2005-01-31T20:57:50Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Why is it that every actress seems to be expected to do at least one nude scene in their career? There doesn’t appear to be the same standards set for men. I think this rule was intended to inflict the nude Kathy Bates and Diane Keaton on Jack Nicholson; everything else is just a by-product. And didn’t Mary Tyler Moore and Julie Andrews both flash some skin late in their careers? Think about it, does the world really need to see more of Harvey Keitel’s penis? Maybe Alan Alda in the buff, or Robert Redford’s now withered loins? Be careful what you ask for… ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/82 "2005-01-31T21:10:52Z")
I think Ms. Knightley is a fine looking young woman, but I like her **Bend it Like Beckham** co-star Parminder Nagra better. I think she’s prettier and a better actress, so I don’t know why Keira gets to be the big movie star now while Nagra languishes on **ER**. > [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Why is it that every actress seems to be expected to do at least one nude scene in their career? There doesn’t appear to be the same standards set for men. True enough, although thinking of people who were in **Bend it Like Beckham** , it may please you to know that Jonathan Rhys Meyers has done several nude scenes in the past. This includes the most gratuitous shower scene I have ever seen, in the A&E remake of **The Magnificent Ambersons**. Not terribly revealing, but truly pointless – in the middle of an important speech he suddenly drops his towel and jumps in the shower. He has to finish the speech _from_ the shower, and then must end the scene by storming _out_ of the shower! It was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/83 "2005-01-31T22:51:41Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > This boobs year’s knockers Oscar jugs winners And the nominees for 2004 are: [Jessica Boehrs](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0356150/Ss/0356150/IMG0012.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0356150) in _Eurotrip_ [Rosario Dawson](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0346491/Ss/0346491/AXD-6720.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Dawson,%20Rosario) in _Alexander_ [Eva Green](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0309987/Ss/0309987/185.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0309987) in _The Dreamers_ [Samantha Morton](http://www.nuvein.com/ideas22/SamanthaMorton_Maria_Code46.jpg) in _Code 46_ [Blanchard Ryan](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0374102/Ss/0374102/02_pic_300dpi.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Ryan,%20Blanchard) in _Open Water_ ---
**Author:** ![LissyLou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@LissyLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LissyLou)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/84 "2005-01-31T23:45:11Z")
Um, as a slim person I’d like to point out that calling a thin person anorexic is just as nasty as calling a heavy person a fat cow. Many of us don’t diet ourselves into this appearance, we just have high metabolisms. Having said that, I must admit I spit my coke all over my keyboard the first time I saw the Estee Lauder model Carolyn Murphy referred to as “Skeletor”. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/85 "2005-02-01T04:29:48Z")
\*\*\*applaudes FinnAgain \*\*\*\* Bravo, Finn! Bravo! Lovely! Here’s a pair for you: (o) (o) ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/86 "2005-02-01T04:36:41Z")
> [@pesch](#): > > \*\*\*applaudes FinnAgain \*\*\*\* > > Bravo, Finn! Bravo! Lovely! > > Here’s a pair for you: > > (o) (o) Thank you much, but that pair is insufficient for use as pillows. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/87 "2005-02-01T05:39:08Z")
I think this thread is now having an effect on the outside world. I’ve seen _The Hole_ DVD for sale at WalMart for $15 in the past. Today I saw a copy that had been re-priced to $23. Obviously people are hearing about its “added value”. > [@](#): > > Why are the first posts of this thread dated 1/29/05 when they are actually a month or two old? Huh? I posted the OP on the 29th. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/88 "2005-02-01T11:52:05Z")
> [@](#): > > **LissyLou** said: > Um, as a slim person I’d like to point out that calling a thin person anorexic is just as nasty as calling a heavy person a fat cow. Many of us don’t diet ourselves into this appearance, we just have high metabolisms. Since Keira is so skinny that I can see ribs through her skin, her upper arms are the same exact diameter as her forearms, and she has absolutely no definition to her waist, or hips, I think it’s perfectly reasonable to say she’s not attractive. While she may not be anorexic, she’s probably underweight by quite a bit, and to me she looks malnourished. Lots of people don’t find fat attractive, well, I don’t find skinny attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/89 "2005-02-01T16:03:20Z")
> [@LissyLou](#): > > Um, as a slim person I’d like to point out that calling a thin person anorexic is just as nasty as calling a heavy person a fat cow. Many of us don’t diet ourselves into this appearance, we just have high metabolisms. No offense intended at all. There is quite a difference between slim and anorexic. As some others have pointed out, Ms. Knightley is unhealthily bony-looking, and probably _is_ anorexic. As are many other (but of course not all) actresses who do nude scenes. > [@LissyLou](#): > > Having said that, I must admit I spit my coke all over my keyboard the first time I saw the Estee Lauder model Carolyn Murphy referred to as “Skeletor”. I just about pissed my pants when I read that. That’s awesome. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/90 "2005-02-01T16:40:33Z")
That’s a hell of a generalization. It’s a whole lot different than saying that Camryn Manheim _should_ skip the occasional meal. As should many other (but of course not all) fat women. It is different, right? After all, whenever someone so much as uses the word “fat” around here they get pilloried. It works when making generalizations about people who are skinny as well, right? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/91 "2005-02-01T21:41:04Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > As some others have pointed out, Ms. Knightley is unhealthily bony-looking, and probably _is_ anorexic. She has always been that slim. Always. And I don’t think she is unhealthily bony. She looks pretty much as thin as I was at her age. Though I’m a bloke, of course. She’s also very fit, and has played many roles where she has to be healthy and active to do the stunts and sports needed. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/92 "2005-02-01T22:35:02Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > As are many other (but of course not all) actresses who do nude scenes. I think part of your post didn’t make it through. The part where you demonstrate that most (let’s define it conservatively as a 50% majority) actresses who appear nude are anorexic. Since I know you don’t want to just regurgitate anecdotes, maybe you could list actresses from the last few months’ theatrical releases and the evidence that they suffer from anorexia. That would be good. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/93 "2005-02-02T17:48:48Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Huh? I posted the OP on the 29th. It must be that a local station is running CBS’s Saturday night lineup from 1974 and I’m suffering flashbacks in the form of time expansion. Those movie parodies on Carol Burnett used to be longer than the original movies and movies were an entire lifetime long. Remember, kids, don’t take drugs but if you do be prepared to deal with the consequences. You will eat, and enjoy, things you never thought you would, you’ll find the double entendres on Match Game '74 subtle and hilarious, and deciding what you want at McDonalds will be the most exquisite torture. Prepare by writing down your order before you arrive and get out a single bill that you can be sure will totally cover the tab so you don’t have to figure out change. But beware; they long ago installed a Dope Scope in every driveup and will KNOW you are high. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/94 "2005-02-02T18:17:36Z")
I’d do her. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/95 "2005-02-02T18:26:28Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > I’d do her. Generally I prefer a woman who won’t break if you fuck her. But each to their own. (be gentle, twigs snap easy) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/96 "2005-02-02T18:40:00Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > William Kelly was arrested in Maryland in 1987 after dropping off a roll of film that included shots his 10-year-old daughter and younger children had taken of each other nude. > > David Urban in 1989 took photos of his wife and 15-month-old grandson, both nude, as she was giving him a bath. Kmart turned him in and he was convicted by a Missouri court (later overturned). > > Cynthia Stewart turned in bath-time pictures of her 8-year-old daughter to a Fuji film processing lab in Oberlin, Ohio. The lab contacted the local police, who found the pictures “over the line” and arrested the mother. But how many were _convicted_? Dudes can be-and have been- arrested for things that are not “illegal”. An arrest does not prove that such is illgal, just that it is fuzzy enough for an arrest to have some validity. Certainly the law is fuzzy and unclear- if it wasn’t “Pretty Baby” would definatley be “Child Porn”. But it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/97 "2005-02-02T20:01:28Z")
> [@](#): > > **DrDeth** said: > Dudes can be-and have been- arrested for things that are not “illegal”. An arrest does not prove that such is illgal, just that it is fuzzy enough for an arrest to have some validity. Certainly the law is fuzzy and unclear- if it wasn’t “Pretty Baby” would definatley be “Child Porn”. But it’s not. Considering the ways in which being arrested for child pornography can ruin a person’s life, I think the fact that they were arrested is quite horrible enough. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/98 "2005-02-03T16:25:38Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Generally I prefer a woman who won’t break if you fuck her. > But each to their own. (be gentle, twigs snap easy) Skinny does not mean weak. GF weighs half of what I do, and I ain’t broke her yet. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/99 "2005-02-03T16:33:22Z")
Sarcasm and tongue in cheek, I’m not really saying that skinny people tend to break bones easier. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252/100 "2005-02-03T16:44:20Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Sarcasm and tongue in cheek, I’m not really saying that skinny people tend to break bones easier. Man, I am doing this a lot recently - I think I might be in a bad mood or something! I didn’t mean to sound so snarky, and was actually trying to be funny (and apparently failing). ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-it-up-keira-weve-all-seen-your-boobs/287252.md?page=6)