(no subject)

[serene]

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."

Comments

Re: the Open-source Boob Project

[maestrodog.livejournal.com]

where I get to walk up to random guyz and ask to grab their cocks

The problem with this is that you phrase it in such a way as to make it sound derogatory. I'd be offended too if someone came up to me with a question like that. I'd expect most women would be offended as well if some guy whistled and sauntered to a woman and asked if he could "grab her hot gazongas".

But if someone came up to me and asked, "I think you're a beautiful person and have a lovely penis, would it be all right if I touched it?" Then I certainly would be much more amenable to saying yes.

[sistercoyote.livejournal.com]

It's "The Open-Source Boob Project"

Is "boob" somehow less derogatory than "cock"?

And now, to prove my own, I don't know, hypocrisy?, I present my "boobie" icon.

[maestrodog.livejournal.com]

That's actually a really good question. I don't personally think so, but I can see other women might. Similarly, I don't think "balls" is any more derogatory than "testicles." But I think the "grab" part is really what makes it derogatory, rather than boob or breast. "Can I grab your penis?" isn't much better for me than "Can I grab your cock?" Does "May I touch your lovely boobs?" sound any more derogatory to you than "May I touch your lovely breasts?"

[sistercoyote.livejournal.com]

Does "May I touch your lovely boobs?" sound any more derogatory to you than "May I touch your lovely breasts?"

No, although my answer to the latter would undoubtedly be "no" (barring context) and my answer to the former would probably be to point at my friends and say, "I don't know, you'll have to ask them."

(And I agree that the word "grab" is the problematic one in that sentence.)