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The idea itself is preposterous, but the catalyst that triggered the Boobquake movement is even more preposterous, to tell the truth.
Jen McCreight, writer at BlagHag.com, moves that we spend this upcoming Monday, April 26th, baring our breasts for the world to see. Her motive for such exposé? An Iranian cleric who claimed that women’s breasts cause male distraction and subsequently, earthquakes.
(Cue crickets.)
Senior cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi states:
“Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes.”
Sedighi states that the only remedy to this all-encompassing problem is to enforce stricter dress codes for the women of Iran and beyond. However, Jen McCreight is calling bullshit in the best way she knows how on this idiotic notion and is looking for women across the world to support her Boobquake movement:
… On Monday, April 26th, I will wear the most cleavage-showing shirt I own. Yes, the one usually reserved for a night on the town. I encourage other female skeptics to join me and embrace the supposed supernatural power of their breasts. Or short shorts, if that’s your preferred form of immodesty. With the power of our scandalous bodies combined, we should surely produce an earthquake. If not, I’m sure Sedighi can come up with a rational explanation for why the ground didn’t rumble. And if we really get through to him, maybe it’ll be one involving plate tectonics.
So, who’s with me? I may be a D cup, but that will probably only produce a slight tremor on its own. If you’ll be joining me on twitter, use the tag #boobquake!
Will you be partaking in the Boobquake?
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Well, I’m not personally going to have my boobs hanging out for the world to see, but that guy is a nutjob.
What a proper cunt duurr. I won’t be showing anything more than I show on a daily basis, riding a bike while wearing a miniskirt is revealing enough.
YEAH BOO LET’S PROVE THAT CLERIC WRONG
Lol!
You get an A for enthusiasm, I guess.
hahaha!
I was invited to this via Facebook. And I will not be participating.
Largely because I work solely with men, and I’m not keen on risking my professionalism for such a ridiculous cause.
Does anyone think that this organised act is going to change the mind of Sedighi? I can almost assure you it will not. Will it then change the minds of our Western friends, families, and colleagues who will be subject to all that breast-baring on April 26th? Well, chances are they weren’t part of the problem in the first place.
So then who exactly is being affected by this global act? Well chances are, only the lucky men who will have all of the eye candy in the world to choke down on April 26th.
Good work ladies. Chalk one up for feminism.
It’s a funny thought, but a silly act. It’s like another ‘awareness’ event, where participants can do stupid things, then pat themselves on the back for spreading ‘awareness’, without doing anything real.
I am not a flashy dresser in the first place, and the last thing I want to do is attract attention to my breasts – and no, I don’t own any cleavage-baring shirts for ‘nights on the town’. I don’t dress any more whorish at night.
It’s been warm around here lately, so I’ll be immodest in my tank top and shorts, but I’m not about to do anything further
As for the original, it’s utterly ridiculous when men claim that women cause their thoughts to wander, or their honour to fall, or whatever other BS they come up with. If men are so strong and righteous, they can toughen up their minds and learn to keep themselves pure on their own. And if they can’t, then let’s put the blame where blame is due.
“As for the original, it’s utterly ridiculous when men claim that women cause their thoughts to wander, or their honour to fall, or whatever other BS they come up with. If men are so strong and righteous, they can toughen up their minds and learn to keep themselves pure on their own.”
Agreed. I always thought that was ridiculous too.
I 3rd that. Absolutely ridiculous. Makes me angry.
I did realize I was preaching to the choir on this one.
I’m impressed by the hilarity though. No responsibility for the fact that you run a major city on the intersection of many fault lines. It’s like living on a beach and being surprised when you get wet. No, the earthquakes must be caused by adultery…
That’s about as good as earthquakes being cased by meditation…
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/07/deepak-impact/
Shit, does this mean what happened in Haiti is my fault?
Lady Goo Goo gets my vote, what with her walking around naked where the neighbors can see!
We could probably pin Chile on her too with those antics.
I will most definitely be participating in this boob quake.
Me too, why not? I don’t really have much cleavage to show off, so any tremors in Toronto will likely not be my doing….that and there isn’t a fault line here….
It’s cruel but my sense of humor really really wants a quake to happen on this day (nothing serious of course)
Iran has more to worry about than boobie quakes,Israel is about to give them a lap dance they’ll never forget.
Hahahahaha, the threat of nuclear war has never been funnier!
damn, now I’m going to hell…and causing earthquakes.
Oh, Joey, man … It’s a few days early but I am already counting that as a Zinger. That might well have been one of the fucking funniest things I’ve ever read. LOL!
Well then I wont tell Miree that I’m available to adjust that bike seat for her.
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