Confused, I am

Congressman Weiner's 15 minutes of stupidity is the second time this year I've encountered the idea that the upper male torso is lewd. OK, if it's my torso it's merely gross, but lewd in a general sense? What kind of prigs are we becoming?

But still....There are those among us who first met in, um, another place, where male nudity of another sort appeared with regularity: tiresome regularity. There seems to be nothing that will convince men of a certain mindset that the unclad male body--no matter what part is unclad--is not an automatic turn-on for women. Nay, quite the contrary. I am reliably informed that a shirtless and totally buff male may be interesting eye candy, but falls somewhat short of erotic. (The floor is open for contrary opinions.)

In any case, men named Weiner ought to behave with exceptional discretion.