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6th Jun 2008, 07:01 PM
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| Down-Pour Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: ... Location: AZ Posts: 1,051 Join Date: Apr 2007 |  question on gender rule? Ok, i've always wondered, but why is it acceptable for a man to be shirtless, with the chest showing in public, yet women can't show their own breasts? it's always struck me as odd. like, who even made that a rule? I was just curious. 
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6th Jun 2008, 07:04 PM
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| Heterodox Homosexual Full Member   Gender: (.)(.) Orientation: Kinsey 5? Ish? Out Status: If you don't know, where have you been all my life Location: Midwest USA Age: 17 Posts: 1,719 Join Date: Mar 2008 | Re: question on gender rule? Haha, I never understood this as a child. Actually I still don't understand this. I used to ask my mother ALL the time why boys didn't have to wear shirts but girls did. Makes no sense.
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6th Jun 2008, 07:05 PM
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| Lover of Loony Lovegood Full Member   Gender: Female Orientation: Lesimbean Out Status: I scream it from rooftops Location: Ontario, Canada. Age: 19 Posts: 3,391 Join Date: Feb 2008 | Re: question on gender rule? I dont know either!!! it doesnt make sense!!! i used to break the rules as a kid and run around shirtless XD but that was before i got boobs. >_>
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6th Jun 2008, 08:15 PM
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| Member Regular Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Most people know but not my dads side of the famil Location: VIC, Australia Age: 17 Posts: 75 Join Date: Jun 2008 | Re: question on gender rule? Lets all go topless! YAY |
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6th Jun 2008, 08:25 PM
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| look at the good i do Full Member   Gender: Lv. 18 ♂ Orientation: Water / Dragon Out Status: Uncommon Location: Johto Posts: 1,562 Join Date: May 2008 | Re: question on gender rule? Well, I think men with boobs should hide them too. Just saying.
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6th Jun 2008, 08:27 PM
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| EC Addict Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Most~ Age: 19 Posts: 666 Join Date: Jan 2008 | Re: question on gender rule? If I were a girl I would go topless everywhere regardless |
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6th Jun 2008, 08:36 PM
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| The gay gargoyle EC Advisor  Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Colorado Age: 42 Posts: 12,370 Join Date: Dec 2007 | Re: question on gender rule? Because the rule is "Anything below the neck that can excrete something must be covered." Duh. Lex |
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6th Jun 2008, 08:49 PM
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6th Jun 2008, 09:30 PM
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| ♥♥EC's Resident Hippie Child♥♥ Full Member   Gender: Tomboy Orientation: Questioning...still... Out Status: 2 great guys who are helping me through everything Location: Southern California Age: 20 Posts: 1,038 Join Date: Apr 2008 | Re: question on gender rule? Hm...good question. Maybe it has something to do with girls...um...being able to DO something with their breasts. It's just kind of...well, it's more of a private thing. However... There are topless beaches in Europe, and pretty much all African tribal women don't wear shirts/bras/any other covering just as the men do...watch the Discovery channel if you don't believe me, or this really campy movie called "Romancing the Stone". I don't know...I think it's just certain cultures.
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6th Jun 2008, 09:57 PM
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| Member Regular Member  Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: A few people Location: Toronto Ontario Posts: 65 Join Date: Feb 2008 | Re: question on gender rule? I think in some European countries girls can go topless if it's a certain temperature. But it's also very likely that the person that told me that was just lying. So I dunno. |
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7th Jun 2008, 08:47 AM
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| Soy Un Perdedor Full Member   Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Some people Location: South Carolina Age: 17 Posts: 939 Join Date: Apr 2008 | Re: question on gender rule? Quote:
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7th Jun 2008, 12:26 PM
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| Former Empty Closets Admin Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Bournemouth, UK Age: 47 Posts: 13,155 Join Date: Nov 2004 | Re: question on gender rule? Quote:
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7th Jun 2008, 12:34 PM
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| The gay gargoyle EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Colorado Age: 42 Posts: 12,370 Join Date: Dec 2007 | Re: question on gender rule? What about if a guy is rather muscular, and has large pecs? I don't mind the moobs. I got a pair of my own, after all. Lex |
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7th Jun 2008, 05:06 PM
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| Oom-pah! Regular Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Not sure Out Status: Anyone who asks Location: California Age: 19 Posts: 304 Join Date: Mar 2008 | Re: question on gender rule? Chubby = awesome |
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7th Jun 2008, 06:07 PM
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| Heterodox Homosexual Full Member Gender: (.)(.) Orientation: Kinsey 5? Ish? Out Status: If you don't know, where have you been all my life Location: Midwest USA Age: 17 Posts: 1,719 Join Date: Mar 2008 | Re: question on gender rule? Well, thinking about it, there is the support issue. Like you get back problems or whatever if you don't wear a bra. But still.
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7th Jun 2008, 06:26 PM
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| Fame Monster copy No.2 Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: attracted to anyone sexy Out Status: only my friends know. Location: Kingston Age: 20 Posts: 1,410 Join Date: Dec 2007 | Re: question on gender rule? Quote:
hahaha  ....wow, let me breath off that one. classic.... it's like...dull moment for me, and i read this and burst out in laughter and everyone in my youth group meeting turns around and starts staring at me  ok, by right NO ONE is suppose to be going topless, because of the knowledge our 10th parents (Adam and Eve) gave us...it's considered being "half naked". However, the male specie seem to do it as a meathod of showstopping. i know...tell me about it  shallow much! However, girls can go topless, just not reccomended. Society dictates full coverage of the feamle private anatomy and in return provide them with higher rispect and men with more imagination(totally, if i was straight! ) so anyways, to top it off, which female wants to go topless...unless they got small breasts they can "flex"....i mean, would'nt it hurt? comm'on girls? 
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7th Jun 2008, 11:02 PM
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| I take pictures Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Chicago Age: 19 Posts: 449 Join Date: Nov 2007 | Re: question on gender rule? Quote:
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8th Jun 2008, 04:55 AM
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| Helena Full Member   Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Close family and quite a few friends Location: UK Age: 18 Posts: 2,195 Join Date: Oct 2007 | Re: question on gender rule? I think it's because a woman's breasts are seen as sex organs whereas a man's chest is not. And so the woman's upper body is sexualised and must be "covered" lest those poor helpless lustful men are unable to keep a lid on it when they see them. Straight women's sexuality is less strong or the man's chest is less sexual or more just a part of their normal body is some way, so it's fine for them to show their bodies. ??? Or smething along those lines. Personally I believe it's just another double standard, expecting women to cover themselves because their bodies are more exciting/shameful/sexual than men's. *sigh* This is evidenced by the fact that in many other societies, eg Aboriginals, African tribes, etc, where the gender roles are different, the women show their breasts as a matter of course and nobody cares. We had a thread a while ago about the Bara Brost movement to allow women to go topfree in public. Does anyone remember that?
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8th Jun 2008, 05:06 AM
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| Guest Posts: n/a | Re: question on gender rule? I agree with Helena |
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