It would be impossible for me to even imagine a male student coming to a law school class without an upper-body garment. But at the college level, this (shirtless male) must be within the realm of the not absurdly ridiculous, because today I saw a number of young men looking somewhat bare.
That's men for you.
Oh, but wait. On my ride home (or, rather, to the little corner shop...) I saw a college aged maiden arise from the waters.
It could be that she is the example that I need to make this post gender neutral. It could be.
But, if half-bare males on campus are rare, half-bare females are, for all purposes, not to be found. Predictably, this goddess turned out to have all the strings in the right places.
All this to say that it was a warm day. Anyone needing to rely on extraordinary measures to keep cool (for example -- come to campus shirtless) had my total understanding. Inside as well? Yes, sure. Though I would have been just a tad thrown off.
The very idea of half-bare people in law school makes me laugh. That certainly would have made my time there MUCH more interesting! I'm glad you're finally getting summer-like weather.
ReplyDelete"Topless" is kind of an odd word to begin with. Though I can see why "shirtless" would apply more to men and "topless" women. If only because in the English language "top" has a more feminine meaning when used as a noun in place of "shirt." For ex: "That top you're wearing is gorgeous." or "This is my favorite top because it gives me the right amount of cleavage." Something like that... I can't imagine ever hearing a guy refer to his shirt as a top. When used this way, "top" in general seems kind of dated. But I digress... I'm always a little shell shocked the first few warm days of the year when I start noticing numerous men with bare chests just hanging out. (Take that however you want ;)
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