Possibly the stupidest idea I have ever heard

[crowdog66]

Behold, The Open-Source Boob Project. (Check the journal as a whole for later posts on the subject, including an attempt at clarification.)

The skinny: a proposition that at some sci fi conventions, men should be free to ask any woman if they can grab their breasts.

More commentary (and more links) here.

And here.

All I can say is this: in my present mood, any guy who walked up to me and said "Can I feel your boobs?" would instead be feeling the painful end of some Wen-Do self-defense techniques.

So what do y'all think? Is this actually a good idea, or do you agree that it's really not? I'm willing to listen to reasoned arguments.

Comments

[crowdog66.livejournal.com]

You know, I honestly have no problem with the idea that some women might not mind that kind of attention. More power to them, and so forth.

BUT.

I don't want to be in a convention environment where strangers might come up to me and ask to fondle my breasts. That seriously squicks me out (for personal reasons best not gone into, but suffice to say that my father was not a very nice man). I see no reason why I, or other women who would be similarly creeped out, should have to put up with that type of behavior.

So if women who are up for being fondled wear buttons that say "YES! Fondle my breasts!", I can live with that, although I'd question the good taste of the action itself. But for a guy to suggest it is just... ick.