Women in Film scold panty-less Britney

I must confess I am pleased (though frankly somewhat past surpised) that the Women of Film have *finally* taken a stand, after such a long and shockingly pregnant pause, on this burning issue of panty-less celebrities.

I feel strongly that the manifest, conscious decision of an entire generation of pulchritudinous, *hot* young and shamelessly nubile lady celebrities to conspicuously parade, perambulate, and/or peregrinate in public without benefit of undergarments is psychically witherng, repulsive, ill-considered and frankly offensive to my deeply-ingrained and cherished notions of female chastity, modesty and, yes, wifely subservience.

This is why I have taken it upon myself to institude the Pulchritudinous Celebrity Panty Promise Pledge Drive ("Panty Pledge").

The Panty Pledge asks all card-carrying female celebrities of child-bearing age to sign up and promise that they will wear panties [or similarly-designed undergarments of animal-friendly composition] at every public or private event, congregation, aggregation, gaggle, spectacle and/or riotous, phastasmagoric carousal, fete, shindig, hullabaloo, soiree, binge, bender and/or bash.

Of course, both the pledge itself and subsequent enforcement thereof would be perforce voluntary.
The practical impediments to invigilating compliance with the Pledge are frankly too formidable and oppressive to contemplate.

Please ladies, have mercy on the poor, unoffending male of the species. Delicate and vulnerable men simply shouldn't be forced to endure the thought (much less factual exposure) to this sort of spectacle, particularly from sexy young pop singers, super models and persons of such a homely, not-alluring and unpretty ilk.

Why, oh why must it be the men of this great land who are always the ones who are forced to march the lonesome moral high road when it comes to issues of modesty, discreetness, virtue and sexual continence?

Sexy Ladies Take a Stand! Sign the Panty Pledge Today!!!

Welll its not Darfur, but its a stand on something, I suppose

This is such a joke. Women who don't wear panties give women a bad name? That's odd that's sort like saying that you deserve to get raped because you wear a short skirt.

You know people talk about the young women of Hollywood, but the young women who are according to these bunch of hypocrite traders aren't partying by themselves. They are partying with MEN.

Who are taking pictures of women with super powerful cameras and posting them on the internet. MEN. I wonder what kind of rep Diane would have had if back in the 1960s the internet existed and people were able to use telephoto lens to track her every move.

If you get a powerful enough camera anyone can look skanky. I've worn a dress with no underpants, pantines you know and who would think that someone would be putting a camera right up there. Who is truly the skank?

TMZ and the rest of these gossip sites are who the women of Hollywood should be rallying against, not a bunch of 22 year olds that are obviously being taken advantage of by the system, but that would actually show some courage.

It's alot easier to play the tough chick by talking about 22 year old women with no power than it is to talk about the men who own these henious sites, but I guess if they make them angry then they might take a picture of Diane Keaton and Nancy Myers without their make up or after a "touch up" to keep their quickly aging faces from falling.

Yeah they are pretty ground breaking, they should be quiet and make some more movies about really rich middle age women having nervous breakdown because they fell for the wrong guy or the other theme really rich slumming daughter of rich connected father doesn't know whether to be a corporate lawyer or to follow her dream to be an artist...yeah they are some deep, strong, powerful women....

Jane

When my girlfriend repeatedly came down with yeast infections, her doctor prescribed that she go panty-free from that day forward. Her infections immediately ceased, but she also stopped wearing short skirts, for modesty's sake. I cried foul, and she went back to wearing her black leather mini. Anyone who happens to see too much as she gets out of a car or sits at a restaurant booth should avert their eyes.

Britney, Paris, Lindsay, and others are flashing their genitalia at the Paparazzi to compensate for a lack of talent. Seriously talented performers simply don't need to stoop that low to maintain their celebrity status, they let their work do the talking.

to the guy who talked about his girlfriend's yeast infections, let me just say that her doctor is an idiot. if yeast infections come from panties, it is because the crotch is of a material that does not breathe. all she needs to do is make sure the crotch is cotton. i am beginning to think this poster was not being honest.

as for these celebrities going without panties, maybe i am old, but they are doing it for shock value, and they show little personal value. i don't care how short their skirts are, but for crying out loud, wear underwear. apparently, the women's movement has been lost on these women. they are acting like children, and they are an embarrassment to the entertainment industry and to women everywhere. it's about time they all grew up, and it's also about time their mothers told them to knock it off instead of enabling this type of behavior. i know these celebrities are adults, but i think a few words from mom and dad, or one or the other, would set them straight. are these moms thrilled that their daughters show absolutely no respect for themselves or their bodies?

In response to Jane's rant, certain 22-year old women know that they are being stalked by paparazzi and they know about YouTube and gossip rags, yet they exercise their power by choosing to give these "men" exactly what they want. For every vagina-flashing pop star, there are countless other women in Hollywood who would have exercised their power differently.

It's not just the lack of panties. Nancy Meyers is right. These "women" have always pushed their sexuality to the forefront of anything else about them, and this kind of willing objectification is just going to continue to promote the oppression of women. After all, that's all women are good for, right? Maybe if Britney was actually any good as a performer this kind of flashing would not seem so offensive. I would never let my daughter look up to these "women", and will have to explain to her that she can be much more than just a sex object.

Interesting that all the comments that are against Nancy Meyers' comments are by men. Most women recognize that keeping your dignity is important, especially if you are role model to girls as young as 8.

It's not like we're in Saudi Arabia and asking women to make sure they cover their ankles, it's a simple message: wear underwear. Don't do drugs or drink-drive. We care about our daughters and what they are learning from their teen idols.

I live in Pittsburgh Pa. I don't always wear panties. But, I think, if I had a swarm of photographers after me, I would at least apply tasteful lipstick to my "lips.". Sounds to me as though this is an issue for Max Factor to address. Maybe a new line of Bare Minerals.

Imagine the infomercials. I see another comeback for Cher.

Seriously, the real issue here is the brave stand these women have taken against the barbaric custom of wearing thongs.

Finally, if a woman in a Burqa leaves her panties unworn, will Hollywood take a stand?