Iranian Cleric: Promiscuous Women Cause Earthquakes

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Boobquake day is today. On this day, all women should dress immodestly or in whatever they consider immodest. That means tight, low-cut tops, in my book.

In case you didn’t read the news about Boobquake, here’s the deal. Two weeks ago, Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said a quake is certain to hit Tehran and that many of its 12-million inhabitants should relocate. Then last week, an Iranian cleric in Tehran, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, announced that, “Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes. What can we do to avoid being buried under the rubble? There is no other solution but to take refuge in religion and to adapt our lives to Islam’s moral codes.” Then the Minister of Welfare and Social Security Sadeq Mahsooli threw his two cents in and said, “We cannot invent a system that prevents earthquakes, but God has created this system and that is to avoid sins, to pray, to seek forgiveness, pay alms and self-sacrifice.”

After reading these declarations, Purdue University student Jennifer McCreight felt the Iranians’ beliefs should be held accountable to some scientific testing and is calling for women to dress “immodestly” for one day. The idea is to see if dressing “immodestly” (in whatever each woman herself personally considers immodestly) will cause any major seismic activity today. (Seismologists have been saying for years that Tehran is over many fault lines, although a major quake has not hit since 1830. Iran is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries.) McCreight is calling her one-day event “Boobquake.” Using Facebook and Twitter, she got several hundred-thousand women committed to the Boobquake event.

“If I would have seriously addressed Sedeghi, I probably would have never gotten a response, but light-hearted mockery could be a good tactic,” Jennifer writes. “To be honest, it started as a silly joke that I hurriedly fired off since I was about to miss the beginning of House. I never thought it would get the attention it did.”

Boobquake T-shirts with the phrase “Who says science has to be boring?” and “I survived Boobquake 2010″ can be bought on a T-shirt site called Zazzle. The profits go to charity. Now, if a big earthquake does hit Tehran today, I hope Jennifer doesn’t get hit with the repair bills.

I personally urge all women in every country of the world to wear tight tank tops over push-up demi-bras today. Please, no black. It hides the curvature. But, hey, that’s my personal preference. Wear what you want as long as it’s immodest.

Boobquake should be held every day.

Thank you, Jennifer.