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In her second match, she went well over two minutes. In the previous match, though she didn’t play, her first-string teammate in that weight class got pinned in 30 seconds. In her first interscholastic match back in early December, she did get pinned, but it took well over a minute. So, if anyone is going to turn Western PA middle school wrestling on its collective male ear, it’s going to be her. Oh yeah, she likes the makeup and the long & flowy dresses, too. (She doesn’t even want me to mention her name.) But the stats speak for themselves: She’s 5’7', 131#, solid muscle, and has a real give-’em-hell attitude about her. I would post a photo of her, but she doesn’t want her picture on the Internet in any form or fashion. This isn't the first curve that I've been ahead of.Ĭurrent mood: triumphant So my kid comes home from school one day back in October, and having completed the cross-country season, decides to go out for a winter sport.

Here in culturally backward suburban Pittsburgh, we're not even starting to get started on this yet. All I wish at this point is to raise the issue, direct the discussion to just the relevant points, and plead for people to keep an open mind. These may matter, but not in an objective discussion.Īs I said, many other important topics come into play, some of them plausible ramifications of both the status quo and topfreedom. So that we can have a reasonable discussion at all, then, the discussion must declare off-topic all matters which are purely subjective. Unfortunately for all, this is a subjective term, and we could spend all day arguing why X is obscene but Y is not, and still have no resolution.

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Opponents of the idea believe the very sight of breast skin is obscene. If her voting district is in a public school, as mine is, that even further extends the reach of this discrimination. 31 in general), Thus, as I currently understand it ( IANAL), if a woman goes out to walk her dog wearing only a pair of jeans, she could be forever forbidden from setting foot on public school property. In some locales, state law concerning indecent exposure is closely tied to those concerning sexual predation. Therefore, sexual intent is off-topic, and must be left out of the discussion. If the woman IS acting intentionally in a manner to stimulate a sexual response, that has nothing to do with whether she is wearing a top. Any such response in said beholder is the responsibility of the beholder, not the woman, and we already have rules that deal with that (assault, battery, stalking, terroristic threats, etc.). A topfree woman taking the dog for a walk or reading a book in a chair at poolside is not being sexual. Women determine whether they are being sexual, and when, and where, and with whom. Some topics require more than a sentence.

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Top free is about going out to walk the dog, lie in the sun, or go swimming in a public pool, that sort of thing, sans a top. Top less is women at strip clubs earning money for taking clothes off in front of a predominantly male audience. Though closely related, that is a separate discussion.Īnother important distinction: Top free vs. Swimsuit bottoms cover genitalia in both genders. Assuming she has taken a shower recently, a topfree woman is not dirty. They have pants on, or at least a swimsuit bottom. Women who dare to go topfree are solidly in control of themselves, and thus least likely to appear weak and victimizable. If breasts were routinely visible, what would do the selling?

Businesses make money selling women's bodies. Women's bodies are not criminal, any more than men's are, but that's not what many U.S. What IS this debate about, really? What is it NOT about? My point here is not to take sides (though I have), nor to convince anyone else to take a side (though you may already have), but merely to focus the discussion. Many, many other side issues enter into it as well, on both sides. until the 1930s), while those against it believe the sight of female breasts, or portions thereof, will corrupt the morals of minors and lead to sexual wantonness. Typically those who want it feel it is discriminatory for men to have a freedom women do not (even men did not have this freedom in the U.S. While I only became aware of this late last year, I've read many arguments both for and against in the time since. Current mood: enlightened In a blog post from a few months ago, I briefly mentioned topfreedom, the concept by which any female can strip to the waist in any location where a male may do so, without being arrested.

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