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So I followed a link in a locked post to the Open-source Boob Project, and here's how my thinking went:

1) Wonder if I should post to my friendslist "Yes, you may".

2) Well, but should I friends-lock it?

3) Well, but then I should really remove anyone from my friendslist that I don't want touching my boobs.

4) Well, no, because I can say no to them. But wouldn't it be funny to just post an open post saying "If I drop you from my friendslist in the next day or so, it's because I don't want you touching my boobs"?

Anyway, Yes, you can. Ask, that is. I'm likely to say "You can touch my boobs; it's no big deal."

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Re: the Open-source Boob Project

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You say "while I see a number of people saying how they've found affirmation and personal growth through this or similar ways to express sexuality while avoiding some degree of the common social dangers of such". I find myself perpetually surprised that so many of the ways that women are told they can express their sexuality happen to be exactly those things that straight men (like me) want them to do in the first place. And I think that the peer pressure thing actually works in the opposite direction. Making it public will make the pressure worse, I think.

If it were a little less overtly sexualized then I'd feel considerably less skeeved about it (for example, women at a dance wearing a badge or pin or something that says "I love to dance! Ask me!" doesn't set off any alarm bells for me).

I realize I'm pulling one point out of context and I apologize for ignoring the rest of your argument (and I can't believe I'm arguing against the feeling of women's breasts).