TO THE EDITOR:
In response to the DTH’s coverage of the topless women in Asheville, I want to raise a similar objection regarding social constraints on freedom of expression: short-shorts.
For decades, men have been socially constrained against wearing shorts that are ‘too revealing’ of the upper thigh. I find this to be reprehensible. If women can enjoy the privilege of a three-inch inseam, why not the proud owner of glorious man-thighs?
Now I’m no proponent of men wearing women’s clothing or anything like that, but it looks like the women are dangerously close to taking away men’s authority on going shirtless. As men, we now have to retain our masculine identity though another conduit. Shorts are the obvious rebuttal.
Gentlemen, its time we forget about tan lines, pale thighs and upper leg hair. Take those 7-inch inseams to the tailor, and your pride all the way to the bank. Unless there is a clear and present danger of getting arrested by merely sitting down, I don’t consider the expression of thigh-broadcasting blatant enough.
Ryan Dickey
Junior, Biology and Music
