Heavy Metal Hedonism At The Vet

July 16, 2003

J.D. Mullane of the Bucks County Courier Times reports that "there was a sour note at the METALLICA concert in Philadelphia last weekend when a young woman near me became agitated as scores of chanting men urged women to bare their breasts, and many obliged.

"Not only did some flash their breasts, they also flashed their … well, let's just say that heavy metal music ain't for pantywaists (or panties).

"The young woman near me contemptuously and vociferously blamed men for this R-rated hedonism, lecturing us that women wouldn't flash if not pressured by the leering louts around us.

" 'All men are petty!' she cried. 'It doesn't matter if they're 13 or' — she looked at me — 'some 40-year-old guy you'd want to divorce anyway because he's old.'

"Who are these men who urge women to flash simply because the women wear tight, belly-bearing halter tops to a beer-soaked, testosterone-fueled heavy metal concert?" Read more.

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