Invasion in Times Square!

[peacetraveler22]

In the past few months, an invasion has occurred in the heart of Times Square. No, it's not terrorists or depressed stock brokers worried about the recent collapse of the financial markets. It's boobs! I sometimes wonder what it must be like to be a beautiful woman, with no marketable skills other than selling your body. Some busty and shapely immigrants have found a way to milk the millions of tourists who flock to Times Square to visit the constant carnival like circus. I have no idea why so many foreigners and Americans wish to visit this place. I've been there a few times, and there's absolutely no desire to return to this sea of humanity and colorful freak show.

The influx of near-naked women, collecting tips to pose for photos with tourists, has reached epic proportions this summer, and the Mayor and some local residents are angry. They wear only a thong, a thin layer of paint and a big smile. The going price for such a photo ranges from $10 - $20 and some parents are growing alarmed that these women are approaching their teenage boys on vacation. "It's child pornography!", screamed one mom I saw on the news. The police have little power in this situation because public nudity is legal in New York as long as it's part of a "performance." What do you think?

Is this art? :)



Most of the women are Latino and speak no English, but the language of love and sex is universal so it's no problem. Come to the USA, flash a bright smile and your ass, and you too can count a huge stack of dollars at the end of the day! You see, the American dream is still alive and well. :))



The Mayor is trying to put an end to this spectacle and shatter the dreams and income of these "artists," but he has no strong legal basis upon which to stand. What do you think? Should they be allowed to remain in Times Square with Spiderman, the famous Naked Cowboy and all the other circus freaks? Would you be offended if you were walking with your young child and one of these women tickled you with a feather in an effort to entice you into posing for a photo?

Comments

[onkel-hans.livejournal.com]

"what it must be like to be a beautiful woman, with no marketable skills other than selling your body. "
You are a sexist! What about those of the male gender? ;)

It is always better for girls to earn their living with the head than with of a head. But the heads are scarce :(

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Well, I can't relate to the male body. I'm not a man. :) That's why I only wrote about women. But, in general, if a woman is comfortable with her body and wishes to sell it by her own choice, I have no problem with it. One of my friends paid for her grad school by working in a strip club, and she was very intelligent.

[genka8.livejournal.com]

Looks like art to me!

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I don't think this is "art", but I'm not opposed to their presence in Times Square.

[vitsky.livejournal.com]

I wonder, where do they stick their money?...

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

This is a good question! :) I read that they often work in groups, and have a leader or "handler" to whom they give the money during the day. I guess the handler is similar to a pimp.

[ivan ilin (from livejournal.com)]

You sound jealous to me. No shame in what they are doing, in my opinion.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Jealous? Of what? I don't object to what they're doing. I support legalization of prostitution, strippers, etc. The female body is beautiful. :)

[juan-gandhi.livejournal.com]

I could never figure out why it may be bad for kids; probably only for those who were not breast-fed, but well, my condolences to them.

Breasts were commercialized and turned into something you cannot see for free for a pretty similar reason as mj, they are the source of income for, basically, pimps around the world.

I find it immoral, to go after these women.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Why didn't the Mayor try to shut down the Naked Cowboy all these years? I think it's a double standard, and the women should be allowed to remain there with all the other freaks, and collect their dollars from tourists willing to pay.

[kremlin-curant.livejournal.com]

Much better than Las Vegas.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Yeah, these women are more wholesome and pure than the ones handing out flyers in Vegas!

[perycalypsis.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the Burning man festival ? Its founders are probably very respectable and wise people having leads in the law, business etc. ?

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

This festival looks very cool, but my body can't tolerate extreme heat! That's why I've never attended the festival, which is held in the desert. I think it would be a wonderful opportunity to meet and photograph some very interesting people and free thinkers. This are the types of humans I try to constantly surround myself with.

[volunteerist.livejournal.com]

Nice. I hope they will be there next february :)

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

In winter, it will be too cold for them! :)

[a-nimaida.livejournal.com]

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/peacetraveler22/49370105/864602/864602_900.jpg
These girls are from Latin America?

But the teacher was jailed for 25 years for having sex with a teenager.
..a these girls do not corrupt the children?

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Yes, the teacher was jailed for having sex with a teenager because she violated the law. These women are not violating any laws, and aren't engaging in sex in public. So, I see no connection between the two situations.

Нам такое нравиться:)

[andrey-kaminsky.livejournal.com]

God bless Sweden!
https://youtu.be/yeBfVrJ2UiY

Re: Нам такое нравиться:)

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Yesss, she is very hot! :)) What's more important than being beautiful? ;)

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

"
because public nudity is legal in New York as long as it's part of a "performance."
"
But what is "performance", the definition of it? :))

There is one "performance artist" in Russia, he once nailed his balls to Red Square.
Is it performance of hooliganism or just mental illness? :)

Disclaimer: I have nothing against public nudity.

America has strange laws sometimes.
I remember I visited one strip club while in Houston.
Some girls had their nipples painted with a thick layer of paint.
This way there were "not topless" :)
To remove this paint they would need to pay $20 to get a licence.

The club is this (in case somebody is in Houston)
www. facebook. com/diamondclubcabaret

Nothing special but it's a small "family type" place where you can meet the same girls over your visits, talk, and listen to their stories.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I don't see how nailing your balls to Red Square can be considered artistic. :) Certainly it is an aggressive form of expression. It is strange, but you can't view the dancers at that Diamond Club in Houston. I looked at their website. :) Each State has different laws about strip clubs. Some women have to cover their nipples, some can't go bottomless, it's all really absurd.

[procurator0.livejournal.com]

where is yr pic?

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I'm modest. I have huge boobs, but don't wear provocative tops to show them off. :) They are reserved for only a select set of eyes!

Boobs are like toy railroads.

[montrealex.livejournal.com]

They were created for kids but adults play with them.

Re: Boobs are like toy railroads.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Ha, great analogy! :))

[mr-p-i-n-k.livejournal.com]

Wow!!! I see tits)))

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

And nipples! Hallelujah!

[liddaged.livejournal.com]

A waiter in France spoke no English until a credit card bounced - and at this point it turned out that his English is very good. Could it be the same for Times Square performers?

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Sometime speak a language only when it is convenient for them. :) Perhaps it is the same with some of these ladies. Not sure, I've never encountered any of them. I try to avoid New York City. :)

[letberg.livejournal.com]

I see no evil in that. It's jolly! Unfortunately many people are cross enough.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Yes, jolly! I agree. And very patriotic. :)

[tankard39.livejournal.com]

I love women:)But such shows do not like.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

You prefer shy, modest females?

[stan podolski (from livejournal.com)]

finally! All other problems in NYC are fixed and they can move on to fight those bizarre, harassing and dangerous topless women!

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

This is the point. Many people want the Mayor to focus on cleaning up the homeless on the streets, rather than worrying about boobs. In the grand scheme of things, of course the former is much more important. :)

[theodorexxx.livejournal.com]

Oh, nice photos! Beautiful girls! I spent 5 minutes looking at them.
oh wait...you also wrote something under photos..i'll check it

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

You like Latinos? I think a lot of them are very beautiful. I love Jennifer Lopez! :)

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

I'm puzzled!

Are the words "tone" and "gone" pronounced differently??? I mean, the vowels.

"
There are two possible pronunciations of the word scone: the first rhymes with gone and the second rhymes with tone. In US English, the pronunciation rhyming with tone is more common. In British English, the two pronunciations traditionally have different regional and class associations, with the first pronunciation associated with the north of England and the northern working class, while the second is associated with the south and the middle class.

The difference in pronunciation is alluded to in the poem which contains the lines:

I asked the maid in dulcet tone
To order me a buttered scone;
The silly girl has been and gone
And ordered me a buttered scone.

"

From here:
en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Scone

BTW Re boobs. Scones with clotted cream and good tea are unbelieveably tasty. But have millons of calories :)

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Yes, the vowels are pronounced differently in American English. For "tone", the "O" is a long O. For "gone", the "O" is short. :)) So, scone rhymes with tone, but it does not rhyme with gone. Watch this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyCZ4beEY5c. :))

[notabler.livejournal.com]

Latino girls have the best buttocks it the world, I think. Particularly now, when was invented twerk )

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Yes, twerking is good for the butt muscles. I like big, round bottoms! :) Aesthetically pleasing and shapely, as a woman should be.

[iamschik.livejournal.com]

I think, let them be. Not every performance fits in with our ethtetics but it's a free country. I personally would not take my young child there but as an adult, Isee this place as a release of personal, social, political and financial stresses we constantly enduring. This body show is a Disneyland for adults, wishful thinking at its' simplest.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree! There are more important problems to worry about.

[baby-rhino.livejournal.com]

As long as there are tourists willing to pay for this - why should it be a problem?

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's a problem. I guess some people are puritanical and scared of women's breasts and butts. :)

[mila-xm.livejournal.com]

These women are no different than performers during gay parades, which are officially approved and encouraged by US governments of different levels. If they are prohibited, I am sure they will find a layer, who would be glad to represent them as victims of discrimination (as representatives of carnivals tradition among people of Central and South American origin - important group of modern US citizens).

I would say it is one of new faces of USA with its changing demographics.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

You're right! I would represent them. I'm a lawyer. :) I wouldn't say the U.S. government encourages gay parades. But American society, as a whole, has grown very tolerant of gays. No doubt about that.

[selfmade.livejournal.com]

Let them be. It's a free country. Actually bring more topless models and prices will go down.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

:) And maybe more tourists will also come?