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]

Wait, I'm confused... do you mean that the feminists are entirely wrong in their reaction, or just in part of their reaction?

I consider myself a humanist, and find it very skeevy indeed. But then again, I have a personal history with having my breasts fondled without my consent, so I'm arguably biased.

(Not that anyone would probably want to fondle my breasts now. Wrong side of 40 and all that.)

[beckyh2112.livejournal.com]

No, I don't think people are wrong in finding it skeevy. I think that should be the default reaction to it. I just happen to enjoy reading people elaborating on all the myriad reasons why it's a skeevy idea when people try to take the idea outside of the context of "very good friends having fun".

Because, you know, it pleases me to see people being forthright and intelligent on why this sort of thing is a bad idea.