Today, Wellington was afflicted with Boobs on Bikesitis. This virus, once it takes hold, is almost impossible to shake. After the initial infection, it lies dormant for a while before rearing up yearly with increasingly virulent attacks rendering some of the male population unable to respond coherently to anything except to the sight of naked female breasts. A bucket of cold water sometimes helps and the weather almost came through, but unfortunately too late to save many of the incapacitated participants.
I think I'll stop now before my first attempt at satire goes horribly wrong and continue seriously from this point on.
These sorts of parades also give the impression that most of the population doesn't mind and even enjoys this sort of spectacle. Yet, the recent kerfuffle in Kapiti over allowing naked people on the beaches and the enormous backlash against that really shows that NZ'ers are not happy with public nakedness. Especially if they think children will be exposed to it.
And just today, a 14 year old boy was arrested for the violation and murder of a 15 year old girl. What type of material was he exposed to? Did he watch sexually explicit TV programmes? How does a 14 year old boy become a rapist and a murderer unless early sexuality is actively encouraged in our society?
It's all just sickening, really.
Related Links :
Boobs on bikes parade draws thousands ~ NZ Herald
Kapiti bares its defiance on nudity ~ Stuff
Study Finds Teens Who Watch Sex-Laden TV More Likely to Become Pregnant or Cause Pregnancy ~ LifeSite
Boy, 14, arrested over Kerikeri murder ~ Stuff
Boobs on Bikes - Fig Leaves on their Faces ~ NZ Conservative
I think I'll stop now before my first attempt at satire goes horribly wrong and continue seriously from this point on.
The chilly Wellington air didn't deter over 20 topless women from riding along Featherston Street and Lambton Quay on the back of motorbikes.Yes, the infamous Boobs on Bikes came to Wellington. I don't live or work there, so I wasn't subjected to the sight, nor did I have to cover the eyes of my children. But still, this wanton disregard for anyone except those who want to see public nakedness is very, very disturbing.
They posed for photos by the statue of Richard Seddon - but probably didn't understand the irony in posing next to the statue of a man who opposed women's suffrage as premier 115 years ago.Bizarre! Apparently being topless in the streets of Wellington is something the Suffragettes would have campaigned for. But the reporter has got it backwards. It was entirely appropriate for women advertising porn to have posed in front of a statue of a man who did not believe in the equality of women.
Boobs On Bikes and Erotica Expo organiser Steve Crow told NZPA the parade wasn't commercial - despite the Erotica logos emblazoned on the few clothes women in the parade were wearing. "It's just a bunch of people having some fun, obeying the law and exercising our rights."Right. And the fact that school kids were out perving at the women is ok?
A group of teenage boys in Wellington College uniforms enjoying the spectacle didn't want to give their names to NZPA but gave their assurances that their parents knew where they were.Well, it seems that teenagers who are exposed to sexuality explicit TV programmes are far more likely to either get pregnant or get someone pregnant. And here we have a bunch of schoolboys, out of school, engaging in a "bit of fun", according to Steve Crow.
The teens followed the parade from Post Office Square on Featherston Street, where it began at 12.45pm, to the grounds of Parliament, and were spotted climbing a wall to get a better view.
A new study confirmed that teenagers who watch sexually charged television shows have a far greater chance of getting pregnant or getting someone else pregnant, reports the Washington Post.I wonder what sort of results a study would find on the types of people that go to Boobs on Bikes parades. Would they also be more likely to get someone pregnant? And how do these men treat their girlfriends or wives? Like objects for their own sexual gratification? Somehow, I think, yes.
The study, which was published today in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics surveyed 2000 teens between the ages of 12 and 17, from 2001 to 2004.
The researchers performed an analysis on 23 shows in 2000-2001 to determine the level of sexual content present in the most popular shows, including "Sex and the City," "Friends" and "That '70s Show," among a variety of other programs.
Researchers found that 25 percent of adolescents who watched shows containing the most flirting, kissing, touching and references and/or depictions of sexual situations became pregnant or got someone else pregnant, while only 12 percent of teens who watched shows with the least amount of sexual material were involved in a pregnancy.
These sorts of parades also give the impression that most of the population doesn't mind and even enjoys this sort of spectacle. Yet, the recent kerfuffle in Kapiti over allowing naked people on the beaches and the enormous backlash against that really shows that NZ'ers are not happy with public nakedness. Especially if they think children will be exposed to it.
And just today, a 14 year old boy was arrested for the violation and murder of a 15 year old girl. What type of material was he exposed to? Did he watch sexually explicit TV programmes? How does a 14 year old boy become a rapist and a murderer unless early sexuality is actively encouraged in our society?
It's all just sickening, really.
Related Links :
Boobs on bikes parade draws thousands ~ NZ Herald
Kapiti bares its defiance on nudity ~ Stuff
Study Finds Teens Who Watch Sex-Laden TV More Likely to Become Pregnant or Cause Pregnancy ~ LifeSite
Boy, 14, arrested over Kerikeri murder ~ Stuff
Boobs on Bikes - Fig Leaves on their Faces ~ NZ Conservative