{"id":129,"date":"2010-04-27T19:10:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T23:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/?p=129"},"modified":"2017-10-31T20:07:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T00:07:28","slug":"boobquake-liberating-or-limiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/2010\/04\/27\/boobquake-liberating-or-limiting\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBoobquake\u201d \u2013 Liberating or Limiting?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As most of you probably know by now, boobs can cause earthquakes. No, really. During Friday prayers in Tehran, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi<\/a>, a senior cleric, stated that \u201cmany women who do not dress modestly \u2026 lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sedighi\u2019s claim, naturally, has brought an outcry from the feminist community. In turn, yesterday \u201cBoobquake,\u201d created by Jen McCreight of BlagHag<\/a>, took on Sedighi\u2019s accusation full force. The concept was simple \u2013 by wearing cleavage baring shirts, women would be able to show that breasts don\u2019t have a great cosmic power over the earth. At first glance, Boobquake seems liberating, and clearly a deep v-neck is not going cause a natural disaster. But I have to wonder: is baring cleavage a constructive way to combat Sedighi\u2019s claim?<\/p>\n

I\u2019d have to agree with Beth Mann<\/a> at Salon when she writes that she \u201cappreciate[s] McCreight\u2019s intentions behind this; she meant it as a feminist response to a ridiculous statement. Unfortunately, it seems to be turning into something else, with many men chiming in, with their \u201cshow us your tits\u201d camera-ready attitude.\u201d Society is constantly telling woman that we are only as good as our bodies, whether they are baby makers or eye candy. \u201cBoobquake\u201d, though well-meaning, feeds right into this limiting concept.<\/p>\n

I think that whatever you choose to wear, you should be able to feel proud and happy. If baring cleavage accomplishes that for someone, then that is terrific. But by showing a lot of boob, you are inviting people to look. I\u2019m not saying that\u2019s necessarily negative, but I think it\u2019s a fact. Dressing a little more modestly is not always a bad thing; in fact, I believe that it\u2019s ultimately more productive than a low-cut shirt. Of course, showing a little less skin has nothing to do with earthquake prevention \u2013 only with changing the dialogues from women\u2019s bodies to women themselves. A woman does not have to resort to using her body to get attention, even if it\u2019s to take on sexism. By fighting a ridiculous and chauvinist statement by exposing our bodies I think we ultimately miss the point. Next time, let\u2019s lead with our minds instead of our chests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As most of you probably know by now, boobs can cause earthquakes. No, really. During Friday prayers in Tehran, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, a senior cleric, stated that \u201cmany women who do not dress modestly \u2026 lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes.\u201d Sedighi\u2019s claim, naturally, has brought … Continue reading \u201cBoobquake\u201d \u2013 Liberating or Limiting?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7073,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,70,96],"tags":[15,8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/hoochie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}