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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 08:57 AM
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Seriously. Why shouldn't a woman enter a wet t-shirt contest?
If you got em, flaunt em. You only live once.

Hell even I did one back in college (didn't win but then again I had enough cheap beer in me to not even care).

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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 08:58 AM
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1. because the world is sexist. and think you cant do anything to make yourself happy
and everything centers around men.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:01 AM
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4. "everything centers around men"
Sounds like you're going to the wrong wet t-shirt contests... :hide:

Congrats on your engagement. :hi:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:01 AM
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7. thanks. the only wet tshirt contest that i may have participated in
was at a lesbian bar.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:03 AM
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10. How does that make your wet t-shirt contest any better or worse than mine
:shrug:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:08 AM
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16. it doesnt. i didnt mean to imply it was.
i was just stating that women do participate in wet t shirt contests even when men arent around.

that was all
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:09 AM
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18. That's all that counts
:D
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:03 AM
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11. was just teasing...
The way you phrased your reply struck me funny. :)

Do they have wet tshirt contests at lesbian bars?
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:46 AM
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26. I know, isn't it great?
:hide:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:47 AM
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27. you troublemaker!!!!
:spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank:
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:48 AM
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28. An early b-day present!
:evilgrin:
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 08:58 AM
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2. Was that before the Tequila Era?
:|
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:00 AM
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3. Well I did tequila in college
Edited on Wed Mar-21-07 09:01 AM by LynneSin
but mainly the stuff they sold at Spanky's on 50 cent shots night.

For 50 cents I can assure you that you are not getting Herradura or Don Patron.

Mind you this was at a Frat House and our whole sorority was involved
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:02 AM
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9. True... True... Unless you win the wet tee-shirt contest.
Then, maybe.

:|
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:01 AM
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5. I would have voted for you
I always vote for the most liberal-looking women when I judge wet t-shirt contests.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:02 AM
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8. Yeah but I was so skinny in college - I didn't have any breasts hardly
It was a dare and with enough Milwaukee's Best Light in me - I don't back down from a dare
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:08 AM
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15. Size of breasts doesn't matter
It's looking into a woman's soul and determining if they would have volunteered for McGovern's campaign in 1972.

A quasi-serious question is whether or not the fact that men were looking at you and thinking lustful thoughts was a good thing or a bad thing.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:01 AM
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6. On my senior trip to Cancun, everyone tried to get me to enter one.
I am way to modest for that. But some of my friends did flash for beads on Bourban St.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:06 AM
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13. Yeah, and that's the difference...
If it's a willing choice and someone is comfortable with it... It's okay.

However, if it's expected and forced upon someone who's uncomfortable with it, then it's a problem.

:|
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:06 AM
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14. I flashed mine for a free tee-shirt from the Brass Balls Saloon in Ocean City MD
I still remember that night - it was May and right around my birthday and we were at the shore. It was raining that day so naturally the only thing we had to do was drink. And we did - starting around 1pm in the afternoon.

Anyhow, the Flyers were on that night against the rangers in what I believe was game 5 of the Championship series for the division. We started at Shenighans on 3rd street where the bar was loaded with Ranger fans and there I was with my Flyers Jersey & Jacket on. Fortunately for me the bartenders were Flyers fans.

That was the game where Eric Lindros scored with 6.8 seconds left in the game for the win. After that we headed to Brass Balls where I flashed my breasts to win a tee-shirt.

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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:03 AM
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12. Yay LynneSin!
Although, if I'd done one back in college, they'd have been worth way more than $50.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:08 AM
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17. You have my full support...
...to go without support. ;)
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:11 AM
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19. I can't think of a single reason not to
skin to win!! :applause: :wow: :applause:
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:12 AM
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20. The only thing wrong with entering a wet t-shirt contest
is that I wouldn't win :(
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:13 AM
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Yeah - I knew I wouldn't win either
But I figure why the hell not
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:49 AM
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29. I don't see a reason.
As a young woman, I wouldn't wear either jewelry or heels because I believed it to be "pandering to men's lust" hehe, but my philosophy has changed!
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:13 AM
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21. Neither would I...
nor a hairy back contest.

:|
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:50 AM
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30. That one I might win.
:P
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:14 AM
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22. I guess if that's the kind of attention she's looking for
she should.

The one reason a woman wouldn't do this is because she wouldn't want to be made into an object in that manner.

Personal preference... either you want to be an object, or you don't, or you're drunk and/or you don't care either way.

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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:23 AM
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23. Sometimes you're just in a silly crazy mood
I mean, it wasn't like I was taking my shirt off - we were kids having fun. Never anything wrong with kids having fun, wasn't like I was actually taking my shirt off and if I remember eventually everyone had a wet t-shirt
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:26 AM
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24. ok
like I said... it's a personal preference, and "just don't care" was part of that equation.

I'm not making any judgments. It's ok for someone to be out having fun and not to care about something like that.
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marzipanni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:34 AM
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25. What paralell is there for men....
Dry underwear contests?
Cinched-strap flight suit contests? :rofl:
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 11:23 AM
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37. Parallels? Not sure, but...
During LynneSin's contest there were probably some perpendiculars, give or take a few degrees.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 11:33 AM
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38. Thinking... thinking....
Got it! :rofl:
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 12:49 PM
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40. Football.........
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 10:03 AM
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31. Shouldn't, or shouldn't?
There's no reason on a personal level that a woman shouldn't if that's what she wants to do.

On a "grand scheme of things" level, though, she is supporting a system that encourages women to value themselves based upon what men think of their sexual attributes, and a system which encourages men to continue to judge women in that way. Of course, one entry more or less isn't going to change that system, so it's not really that big a deal. Kind of like driving a Hummer--bad on a global scale, not important on an individual level.

You should ask men, though, what is wrong with going to a wet tee shirt contest. Same answer would apply, which is one reason I've never gone to one. Another reason would be that I'm an anal-retentive goody-goody prude who looks down his snobbish nose at the visceral "entertainment" of the Plebians. I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine. :)
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 10:08 AM
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32. No reason at all, as far as I can see. I've been in a couple myself.
Like you, I didn't win, but I wasn't in a condition to take it too seriously.
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Evoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 10:50 AM
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33. Link?
:evilgrin:
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 11:09 AM
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34. Good question
I've seen people on here defending a woman's right to work as a stripper or a prostitute - quite honestly, I see this whole thing as an extension of the issue of control over my body. I'm not ashamed of my body. If someone wants to give me fifty bucks because they like the way my boobs look in a wet t-shirt, who's using who?

So.... any offers? I have bills to pay.



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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 11:14 AM
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35. I am all for wet t - shirt contests
Edited on Wed Mar-21-07 11:14 AM by GoPsUx
As a matter of fact we need a DU Wet T-Shirt contest.
Just pm said photos to Judge GoPsUx and I'll pick a Winner :evilgrin: :hide:
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 11:18 AM
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36. WWJD
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 12:35 PM
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39. I've had moments like that
Of course I didn't have a twin sister, I didn't smoke and my father was never the pResident of the United States, but yeah, I've been like that
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 12:51 PM
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41. Those are usually the nights you don't remember until someone tells you!
Whew, good thing those days are mostly in the past.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 12:53 PM
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42. Fortunately I haven't had too many of those
:scared:

I don't like not remembering
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 01:00 PM
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45. Me either! I had a couple of those back in the college days!
Glad I survived those times!
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Scout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 12:53 PM
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43. If you got 'em, you don't NEED to flaunt them. n/t
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 12:58 PM
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44. pssst!!
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 01:17 PM
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46. There's no reason a woman 18 or older shouldn't enter a wet t-shirt contest.
:)
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 02:17 PM
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47. This thread is fucking USELESS without pictures
:mad:



















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