Firm young body parts inevitably go the way of all flesh.

Unless you've got the budget for lifting this and that, ad infinitum.

So in the end, gals, sweater puppies just aren't enough.

I think most women know that.

But I gotta wonder about those teens who'd sport an Abercrombie and Fitch T-shirt suggesting the primacy of breasts over brains.

The old "it's just a put-on," doesn't fly here. For one thing, the shirt fairly screams, "Look at my boobs."

One Illinois State Senator is foolishly trying to legislate against such garments.

I like the idea of young women themselves taking a stand, and some from Pennsylvania have done just that.

More here from the Chicago Tribune about a "girlcott" organized by Pennsylvania students, which has prompted A & F to pull two especially tasteless T-shirts from its current selection, including the one pictured here.

Good for the "girlcotters."

Meanwhile, I remain amazed to see 12-year-olds walking around (with their fathers) while sporting designer sweatpants with the word "cute" stitched in bright fabric right on their rumps.

To say nothing of the other girls Ts that are out there, highlighting promiscuity and pedophelia.

When it comes to advertising your sexiness, I think the old adage which novelists are advised to follow applies: "Show, Don't Tell."

At a certain point, less becomes more. A woman who can look sexy in Donegal Tweed is really a hot number, if you ask me.

TECHNORATI TAGS: ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH, BOYCOTT

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Zombyboy: Here's a comment on your latest post: the shirts disgust me (although the idea of legislating them away comes across as idiotic). I would, however, happily destroy the shirt if I had a daughter who thought it was appropriate to wear.

More disturbing, by far, was the "pedophilia" t-shirt from the previous post. I had missed that and I can't believe that anyone would be foolish enough to sell the thing. Sick.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at November 7, 2005 12:25 PM