This has been your half-assed rant for the day.

[kaciagemini]

Why is it that every angry response I've seen in regards to the whole Open Source Boob Project debacle has included an argument the the effect that women are far too weak and fragile to know their own minds and be expected to make decisions for themselves, therefore it's wrong to present them with that choice. Because when someone says that the women who were happy to allow people to ask to grope them were just bowing to subconscious pressure from a male-dominated society to let men control their bodies, or whatever form the argument happened to take, that is what I hear.

I'm a pretty shitty feminist on a good day, but how is there any way for that argument to be anything other than blatantly and offensively sexist?

I can certainly see how the Open Source Project could lead to bad things on a wide scale, but I personally would never find it offensive if someone politely asked if they could touch my breasts. Even if my answer was no, I still wouldn't be offended that they had asked.
I like them and I don't see it as a problem if other people do, too.

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[kaciagemini.livejournal.com]

Porn always makes me feel better. ♥