edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall) (02/09/86)
In article <2068@watdcsu.UUCP> dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) writes: >What sense is there in getting a seamless tan *on* *her* *back* >*only*? She can't, by undoing the top half of her bikini, get a >seamless tan on the front of her body or below the waist. I cannot >convince myself that undoing the back of her bikini was not intended to >attract men. > >If she was truly interested in getting a seamless tan, wouldn't she go >(a) to a nude beach, if she could find one, or (b) to one of those >tanning salons? > >I'm mainly posting this because of the several thousand articles >moaning about how impolite it was for those men to interrupt her >reading, as if the undone bikini strap was of no consequence. David, I've seen a lot more backless dresses than frontless ones. In this part of the world, a LOT of the summer clothes worn display one part of the back or another. And people tend to get pretty dark tans around here. The white shadow from a strap can be VERY obvious. As a result, it is very common for women to sun themselves with their straps undone. Several of my friends do this. I see it whenever I go to the beach. And it never even occured to me that it could be thought of as a ``ploy.'' I guess this is just another example of cultural misunderstanding. At least I *hope* it's nothing more insidious than that... -Ed Hall ihnp4!sdcrdcf!randvax!edhall