# Sunbathing topless not recommended for fatty and not pretty women **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560 "2008-09-28T07:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/21 "2008-09-29T22:01:59Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Mammalogists study mammaries? I thought they’d study mammals. Q: What do you call a man who studies breasts? A: Alive. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/22 "2008-09-29T22:09:37Z")
There migh be something to this. If you’re fat, you’ve got a greater surface area of skin to expose to the sun. More total skin being tanned could equal an increased chance of developing a melanoma… ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/23 "2008-09-30T02:30:58Z")
I’ve never sunbathed topless, and I don’t feel particularly inclined to start now. ☹ (walks away humming “Unpretty” by TLC) Hey, my 666th post! (evil Satanic laughter) ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/24 "2008-09-30T16:31:12Z")
I think my favorite thing about Pravda’s re-invention was that for a while there while they were doing funny/slanted normal news, they literally could not mention Condolezza Rice without tagging on either “, who has no children” or “, who is middle-aged and still single”. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/25 "2008-09-30T17:32:04Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I have to question the fatty and not pretty. What if you’re pretty and a “fatty”? Checkmate, I think, sir! 🆒 Haven’t you heard? The fat cancels out the pretty. Like eating your baby carrots with ranch dressing. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [September 30, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/26 "2008-09-30T17:35:59Z")
I can absolutely see why that rule would be put in place! Nobody can go to a topless beach without fat, ugly women rubbing up against them and sweating on them. I mean, they totally harass everyone. It would be great if you could avert your eyes from such a horrible thing in order to avoid seeing it, but for some reason that’s just not possible! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/27 "2008-09-30T18:34:14Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > Haven’t you heard? The fat cancels out the pretty. Oh, I don’t know. I’ve seen some very attractive fat women. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/28 "2008-09-30T19:33:44Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Oh, I don’t know. I’ve seen some very attractive fat women. I thought my indication of sarcasm via rolleyes was fairly clear, but maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/29 "2008-09-30T19:44:48Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > There’s no news in Pravda and no pravda in the news. In The Russian Federation _Pravda_ no longer reports you ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/30 "2008-09-30T20:07:19Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > Haven’t you heard? The fat cancels out the pretty. Like eating your baby carrots with ranch dressing. > > :rolleyes: For a lot of us, it does. It’s not like we make any more of a conscious decision not to be attracted to them than does a gay person make a decision not to be attracted to the opposite sex. What I find attractive is what I find attractive, and no amount of rolleyes will change that. I can’t understand why people have such an issue with this. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/31 "2008-09-30T23:50:02Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > For a lot of us, it does. It’s not like we make any more of a conscious decision not to be attracted to them than does a gay person make a decision not to be attracted to the opposite sex. What I find attractive is what I find attractive, and no amount of rolleyes will change that. I can’t understand why people have such an issue with this. It has nothing to do with attraction unless pretty for you always equals “someone you want to stick your penis into.” ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/32 "2008-10-01T00:12:34Z")
Well, yeah, that kind of is what it means… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/33 "2008-10-01T03:25:57Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > Well, yeah, that kind of is what it means… 😕 I’ve called many a flower or child’s dress pretty. I dunno about YOU but that doesn’t imply anything about my dick and those objects. =P ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/34 "2008-10-01T03:58:52Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > I’ve called many a flower or child’s dress pretty. I dunno about YOU but that doesn’t imply anything about my dick and those objects. =P I’ll have you know there are some [sexy](http://atelier-rc.com/Atelier.RC/b-dayCalendar/11.15-OKeefe-Redcanna.jpg), [sexy](http://www.texaschapbookpress.com/images/callalilies.jpg) [flowers](http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/wp-content/images/georgia2.jpg) out there. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/35 "2008-10-01T04:13:33Z")
Everybody’s welcome here http:/ /www.stuff.co.nz/4692491a11.html the nude, not lewd. Link may be NSW - bare bottom, but no naughty bits, I’ve broken it. Though at least one local resident said she was sick of seeing; [QUOTE=Death of Rats] Just to clarify a point: fatty, ugly, unpretty men can still flaunt thier man-boobs to thier hearts content right? Espcially in a tiny Speedo? [/QUOTE] exactly this, except the speedos. _Give me your large, your aged and raddled masses, yearning to hang free. The wretched unfit of your lipo’d shore. Send these, the unloved, intolerance-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden floor._ ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/36 "2008-10-01T04:41:02Z")
> [@CaerieD](#): > > I’ll have you know there are some [sexy](http://atelier-rc.com/Atelier.RC/b-dayCalendar/11.15-OKeefe-Redcanna.jpg), [sexy](http://www.texaschapbookpress.com/images/callalilies.jpg) [flowers](http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/wp-content/images/georgia2.jpg) out there. Now, see, I WOULD stick my dick in a Georgia O’Keefe painting if they had any holes. This post brought to you by the “Z should never post after midnight” fund and the letters T, M, and I. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/37 "2008-10-01T05:53:23Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I think we should encourage all women to sunbathe topless until this problem is overcome. I will do my best to support them. With both hands? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560/38 "2008-10-01T11:44:27Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > : > > Originally Posted by CalMeacham > > I think we should encourage all women to sunbathe topless until this problem is overcome. I will do my best to support them. > > With both hands? “In the manner to which they’ve become accustomed”, to quote Pepper Mill. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunbathing-topless-not-recommended-for-fatty-and-not-pretty-women/465560.md?page=1)