March 20, 2010
Published: 20 Jul 09 12:58 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/20798/20090720/
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Despite winning the right to bathe topless at all of the municipal swimming pools in Malmö, bare-breasted female bathers have remained conspicuous by their absence.
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I think there should be a law that makes it ok to go completely naked. Then I would laugh at all the small penises.
Small or large dont matter !!
We wont be able to judge te depth if the completely naked law gets enforced?
Another geneder discirmination
http://curezone.com/faq/q.asp?a=21,2904&q=106
this should clear the misconception about large or small Dicks...
Why is it ok for you guys in this thread to say nasty things about women's breasts but it is not ok for me to say nasty things about small penises? At least penises have a function for women but breasts only have a function for breast feeding. Men always think that breasts are genitalia. They are not.