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In the small suburb I grew up in, there was a free spirit named Linda who used to ride her bicycle through the streets wearing sunglasses and shorts. She was continually the target of whispered gossip, and though I was appalled by her chutzpah, I never really understood the scandal. They are just boobs. They are here primarily to feed babies and maybe add some curve appeal to the female form to promote breeding of the species second. Just because men like to think about touching them doesn't mean that they're indecent. Just because they might be more aesthetically pleasing than man-boobs doesn't mean they need to be covered up while men can bear their hairy backs and hair-ridged nipples with reckless abandon. At least, that's my opinion.
Anyhow. My viewpoints on the benign nature of naked breasts are obviously very different from two moms in Boise Idaho, who have embarked on a public campaign to take down a billboard for a local radio station.
Carrie Dayley and Kayla Mooso are unhappy about the radio station's choice to erect a billboard depicting two goofy morning show hosts' faces over a woman's breasts. The campaign is supposed to be a tongue-and-cheek play on the radio show's program "Two Boobs in the Morning."
The Moms think such advertising is neither funny nor appropriate and do not want it tolerated in their community.
Now, is it just me, or shouldn't there be bigger battles to pick than this? Is it really super offensive to have the faces of two men over some covered breasts on a billboard? Is the insinuation that breasts = boobs = overzealous morning show hosts in the midwestern US totally evil? Some days I think I'm missing something, some days I think perhaps I don't know an insult when I see one.
Anyhow. My viewpoints on the benign nature of naked breasts are obviously very different from two moms in Boise Idaho, who have embarked on a public campaign to take down a billboard for a local radio station.
Carrie Dayley and Kayla Mooso are unhappy about the radio station's choice to erect a billboard depicting two goofy morning show hosts' faces over a woman's breasts. The campaign is supposed to be a tongue-and-cheek play on the radio show's program "Two Boobs in the Morning."
The Moms think such advertising is neither funny nor appropriate and do not want it tolerated in their community.
Now, is it just me, or shouldn't there be bigger battles to pick than this? Is it really super offensive to have the faces of two men over some covered breasts on a billboard? Is the insinuation that breasts = boobs = overzealous morning show hosts in the midwestern US totally evil? Some days I think I'm missing something, some days I think perhaps I don't know an insult when I see one.
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5-04-2007 @ 12:51PM
Diane said...In Europe this would be a non-issue, as would breastfeeding in public! Funny how that works!
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5-04-2007 @ 10:24AM
Miss said...They're just bitter feminazis. Again, this is what "feminism" has accomplished. Some women refuse to see boobs for what they are: sexual, sexy, and, in some cases, funny! The billboard sounds cute. I doubt these "women" actually have a problem with the idea, it's just a trendy bandwagon to jump on while their hubbys are at the strip club enjoying some actual women.
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5-04-2007 @ 11:38AM
Rachel May said...I agree with what one mom said in the article. I don't argue the idea that people can advertise in this manner. I DO argue with the idea of
it being someplace where it's unavoidable (i.e. billboard vs. tv/newspaper/magazine ad).
And for the record, Miss, my hubby does NOT go to strip clubs, watch porn, or anything else. He used to do those things, but we have spent three years working together to strengthen our marriage. He has been very open and honest with me about his previous porn problems. Now, he purposely changes the channel when a Victoria's Secret ad comes on. He reserves his eyes for my body only, and that makes my heart soar (and our sex life fabulous).
Maybe these moms are like my hubby and me - we want to teach our children to respect women. Maybe they're showing their kids that they're willing to take against something they think is offensive. Instead of just ranting and raving, or ignoring it, they're following the proper channels to do something about it.
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5-04-2007 @ 12:03PM
LMD said...I guess my show "Redheads with Big Boobs" wouldn't go over well there, then. It starred me and 3 other people - 2 girls, 2 guys total. The girls had red hair and were fairly well endowed, nonetheless we never wore anything more revealing than a tight t-shirt (in other words, you couldn't see our cleavage). Us girls would come out and say "Hi. We're the redheads." The guys would follow and say "And we're the big boobs."
Good times.
Oh, and the most "sexual" the show got was a scene about dating. We were in a restaurant having a date. No nudity, no sex, nothing other than dinner conversation.
Oh the horror! Oh the humanity! Oh the disrespect!
Oh the get over it!
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5-04-2007 @ 2:56PM
Miss said...Rachel - How in the world is this billboard disrespectful to women? I think it is far more disrespectful to deny what breasts are about. It is offensive to pretend that a woman's top half is entirely asexual. You seem so uptight that I half-hope your hubby is sneakin' a peak somewhere else.
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