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Am I looking at the wrong picture, or is there like no cleavage at all? She wears a moderately low cut shirt and the media goes crazy. Only in America.

That's just it. This isn't only in America. Great Britain media members freaked out when Home Secretary Jacqui Smith also showed cleavage.

Google Search for Jaqui Smith cleavage.

But I agree with you. I can't see any cleavage. Also, I don't understand why the Washington Post used perhaps the worst-ever screen capture of an image from CSPAN2.

After reading that headline I threw up in my mouth a little.

Thanks for the visual, Abi >:-(

Yeah, I could teach Darren Rowse a thing or two about writing headlines. :)

I don't see any cleavage, either--and I guess that was the whole point. So I read the article and I do have a hard time understanding if it was really an issue. Also, I am not a political career woman so as far as context (and what is accepted wear at the Capitol) I'm at a bit of a loss. Do all women legislators normally wear turtlenecks?

Also, I believe there's a difference between being shy vs. confident about one's body ... and acknowledging that certain "physiological anatomies" may a distraction and doing one's part to alleviate that in professional settings. That's not to discount that it is used, not covered up, in other career settings. You gotta know your audience. Your market. You can "express yourself" elsewhere, where money or like, laws and stuff, don't come into play. Even at Hooters it was ruled employee discrimination to be selective because of boob size so they stopped having their "C" req.

I'd like to be the first to say: Mmmmm, breasts.

Who cares about issues!
WOMEN HAVE BREASTS!
*sigh*

Oh man, I just remembered a conversation I had the other night with my fiance. We were both brushing our teeth and he was shirtless, while i was still fully clothed.

"You know, it isn't fair that men can go around shirtless and women can't." I commented
"Well, that's because your nipples can produce milk," he responded "and that freaks out guys."
"Ah." Me, nonplussed.

And then he started doing a silly dance and singing "We rule the nation because of our lack of lactation!"

And then I told him that I was going to post the conversation on the Internet, which I'm doing right now.

I am disappointed she wrote such a ridiculous article.

Women can never win when this crap is considered news. It's a shame.

Women have breasts, as peroty said.

Get Over It.

Not only do men rant and rave and giggle like prepubescent boys when faced with a fact of life, women do it as well, and it is a shame.

I think it's that she looks like a dude... with boobs.

:)

@Abi

That is the best story I've heard all day. LOL!

@Cooper - Do you read much of Givhan's criticism? She's a critic of popular culture in the form of fashion, just like others are critics of art or movies.

What we wear is functional in a variety of ways. It keeps us warm (or not too warm) and tells others how we see ourselves or how we want to be seen.

@Right On - That I don't get.

@Peroty - Thanks. One of the benefits of having a large bathroom is that I get impromptu song and dance shows.

I have heard her speak.

This kind of stuff has no place in the Washington Post. I think it's ridiculous, that is just my opinion of course.

We don't need things which wasting our time making suffer us through the sociological implications of our clothing choices. It really doesn't matter who she is or what she does historically it is still an unnecessary piece.

As I said it is just my opinion.

Cleavage? What cleavage? We don't need no steeeenkin cleavage!

In all seriousness, I don't see any cleavage. And if I did, I don't really see what the big deal would be. If she'd gone out on stage in her bra or with her nipples hanging out, that'd be different, but cleavage? I don't get it. I don't see how that has any bearing whatsoever on her capability to lead the country. If Bush can do it (arguable...), I'd say a cleavage-showing woman can, too.

I think that somewhere, deep inside our minds, we have a little switch that "tells us" that women who want to work in positions that were usually taken by man, have to act and look as manly as possible.

What's scary about the article is that no word was spoken about her campaign, just her clothes. Is this the type of journalism we have nowadays?

No wonder blogging traffic is soaring...

Is this the type of journalism we have nowadays?

No... it's WORSE.

1) I love a little cleavage. Boobs are great! Sure, I don't play with them myself, but I can appreciate the appeal.

2) This is *so* not an issue. I didn't think she was inappropriate at all.

Viva la cleavage!

Ryan, you are tooooo funny!!!!

My husband read me the gist of the whole Hillary/cleavage issue, and I just thought "gimme a break, people." Get over it, please. Does this speak to whether she can run the country? If it doesn't, leave it alone; if it does, we're in a sadder state than I thought...

She doesn't even HAVE cleavage. She has old lady mom boobs (no offense ladies).

If we were talking like supermodel scale "racks on a platter" I could see an appeal towards the "what'd she say, I was looking at her boobs" crowd but EVERY photo I've seen of here... there's nothing there to stare at.

in addition... trying to discredit a political candidate for having breasts is insane...

Try discrediting Hillary for her political stances... it's easy.

I think this picture would send a more positive message to her constituents.

I was thinking more along the lines of THIS...

But your image will haunt me forever Mike.

Gah. Mike, I looked. I'm scarred for life.

Or maybe I was just jealous.

[/boob envy]

Showing cleavage is a double edged sword. It strikes me as an act of self-expression but also as subordination to the male gaze.