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Permalink Reply by MikeLong on July 3, 2011 at 8:53pm

Actually I don't think nipples are taboo. I think breasts are taboo. The problem is where do breasts start and end and how can they be differentiated from other, non-taboo bits. Nipples are more definable. If you see a nipple, you definitely looking at a breast.
Breasts are taboo because they're erotic. A better question from my perspective is, "Why are breasts erotic?" I may well be wrong but I don't believe mammaries play any part in sexual arousal in any other animal - even other great apes. Why is this?

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Permalink Reply by William C. Walker on July 3, 2011 at 10:22pm

Seventy plus years ago, as an early teen-ager, you could occasionally see African tribe pictures of young women's boobs. The prevailing tyhought then was that no one would get 'turned on' by them.  WRONG !         Boobs are nice !. I still enjoy looking at cleavage.

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Permalink Reply by J. Ratzinger on July 3, 2011 at 11:20pm

I see laws which tell women that they must cover their breasts in public places whether they like it or not even in places where a man is permitted to go topless as being equally as bad, and just as discriminatory as passing laws demanding that women 'must' go topless in public whether they like it or not. It should be a free choice of every woman to go topless or not as she sees fit in any place where it is permitted for a man to do so. I believe in equality before the law for both sexes, and I think lawmakers should abolish these antiquated religiously rooted blue laws which deny women gender equal topfreedom, as is advocated on http://www.tera.ca/. 

 

Nipples are just fine, and to be quite honest, I am a big sucker for nipples.

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Permalink Reply by William C. Walker on July 3, 2011 at 11:25pm

My first visit to a beach where dress was optional was in Denmark, almost 40 years ago.   I was almost exhausted walking that beach.  :-)

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Permalink Reply by Professor Tanhauser on July 3, 2011 at 11:56pm

I suppose a lot of people don't have an urge to bury their faces between a  guy's breasts or suck on his nipples. Bare hooters would be a constant distraction for a lot of people.

Hey, honest answer...

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Permalink Reply by Dustin on July 4, 2011 at 12:04am

Oh , I also dislike fake boobies. I would much rather them be small and natural then larger and look like a basketball.  

 

Just sayin'  as long as we're on the subject and it's 12:04 am and I'm bored.. 

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Permalink Reply by Vikki Garland on July 4, 2011 at 12:15am

I don't think they're a huge deal, I think the human body is beautiful and shouldn't have to be covered. But I don't want to be labeled a sex offender.. Women are supposed to be contained according to scripture and almost all of america is infested with religious people. Its absurd and I hate it. We're passionate, impulsive, emotional beings and we should be just that.

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Permalink Reply by Reggie on July 4, 2011 at 12:16am

Maybe the same could be said for genitals, but is that an argument for putting them out for display?

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Permalink Reply by Dustin on July 4, 2011 at 12:25am

what harm would be done to anyone by seeing me swinging in the wind out in public? Somewhere in the timeline of civilization , sexual organs were being covered up with cloth. I've seen pictures of Roman Gladiators and Warriors naked as day ... Or wearing one of those tiny little slivers of white cloth. Didn't the Romans revere the human body and didn't sculptures used to explicitly show the breasts of a woman ... the statue of David is a prime example , my grandmother has one in her bathroom.

http://www.google.com/search?q=statue+of+David&hl=en&rlz=1C...

it's a statue of a man with a limp penis. Would it be any more offensive if it walked around?

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Permalink Reply by Reggie on July 4, 2011 at 12:37am

I'm merely prompting for an argument in favor. Because Romans did it is not a good argument. They also fed Christians to lions and...oh, that actually might agree with some here. Well, at any rate, you get my point, right?

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Permalink Reply by Dustin on July 4, 2011 at 12:53am

No I don't , because I didn't use the argument 'because the Romans did it' lol
I just mentioned that they were public with penises.
My argument is that it doesn't hurt anyone - or at least shouldn't - I am sure more Atheists would be least likely to cover their childrens eyes if a beautiful naked woman walked into the restaurant they were eating at or if a masculine and well defi

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Permalink Reply by Vikki Garland on July 4, 2011 at 1:00am

I don't really feel they would be on "display" anyway. People don't get angry when they see a woman's thigh the way the world used to. We're evolving, making us cover our bodies can make people feel that nakedness is wrong, and they will feel more shameful of their bodies.

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