Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Male Nipples are Dirty?


Notice something missing in the above picture? No, it's not the self-respect of the oily, bulging men. Rather, it is their nipples. The Orlando Sentinel reports that the city government there pushed to have the nipples removed from the above Wrestlemania billboard, citing an ordinance that doesn't exist. Now, there are a lot of things about that poster that are offensive (most of them having to with hairstyles) but he-nips are not one of them. What so wrong about male nipples? They're not attached to breasts, milk doesn't come out of them (neither are bad thing, just something that can be construed as obscene) and a trip out to any pool or beach, anywhere, will show you dozens of them. Write your Florida councilman now to protest this blatant nipple-phobia!

2 comments:

Jenny Miller said...

If women's nipples are legally offensive, why not men's? I've never understood this. It's such blatant sexism. Based on....men not being able to control themselves? Orlando may be stupid, but at least they're being consistent.

Anonymous said...

If I drove by a billboard showing Adam Levine's nipples, I would probably get in a car accident.

As for The Big Show's nipples, not so much. I'm glad I can't see his. John Cena's nipples should always be visible, however.