Research Bares it's Best....or should I say Breasts?

So often, I read a story about the results of a tenure-tracked University led research project that just boggles my senses. More often than not, most research completed is publicy funded, and thankfully most research has some validity.............but somehow a few seem to slip through the funding screening process and et voila! Published results, media attention and instant 15 minutes of fame for the ardent Doctor of Letters.


So, today..................... the big question? Why are women whipping off their tops more readily in public? Moreover, why do women want to exhibit their personal "tracks of land?"

Turns out, 'cause they can and 'cause they feel like it. Well, it turns out it's a little more complicated and may have something to do with the acceptance of those March Break wet t-shirt videos that seem to be advertised everywhere after a certain time of night.

According to Mary Valentich, professor emeritus of social work at the University of Calgary. "You just wouldn't necessarily do this elsewhere. It had to be the right kind of setting."

Prof. Valentich's findings come amid the popularity of the Girls Gone Wild porn video empire, which travelled to Calgary after the Red Mile revelations to film "ordinary" women lifting their shirts.

Indeed, breast baring has increased of late, including at sports events and concerts, partly due to relaxed societal attitudes on nudity, said Edward Herold, a professor emeritus at the University of Guelph who studies human sexuality.

"It happens with a certain degree of regularity now at certain events," he said. "Some women today are more likely to have this sense of freedom."

A new study of Canadians' attitudes on female toplessness also found context plays a key role. The paper, which was co-written by Prof. Herold and is published in the current issue of the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, found the majority of poll respondents -- 52 per cent -- believed it should be legal for women to go topless at the beach. Thirty-eight per cent thought such behaviour should be acceptable in public parks and 28 per cent said the same for city streets.

Gee.............. How much money did we give this woman to poll these bare breasted ladies?

"Prof. Valentich, who acknowledges she cannot be definitive because of her small sample size, said all the study participants reported making their own decisions to expose their breasts. Only one said she had had too much to drink. All the women felt good about their bodies, she said, and some had previously bared their breasts, including while bungee jumping and on a beach in Europe. Just one or two considered themselves feminists, though others expressed related views."

So, not only is this a ridiculous research topic, it has no validity because of the smallness of the sample size? What? She didn't interview any "D" cup broads? Is that what that means???

Hey Sheila Fraser? Can you look into various research funding sources too now that you're getting a bigger office and bigger staff?

Scientific research is important, no question. I just wish the alloted money wasn't going to cover the cost of wondering about uncovered boobs. Instead why can't it go towards finding the ideal design for a bra that fits properly.

And while we're at it..................let's try to find a cure for cancer?

Oh.................and my opinion? Ladies, if you feel the urge to whip off your tops..........go right ahead, cause as far as I'm concerned, tits are for cows.