Boobquake: Science and Charity

"Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes," Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi told the Iranian media in a speech a few weeks ago. Sedighi is a cleric in Tehran who is considered a prayer leader. One very strong statement, completely incorrect, started an international event known as the boobquake.

Actually, it was not intended to be a national event. Founder of the blog Black Hag, Jennifer McCreight, posted a rant when Sedighi was quoted with the above quote. As a student who is self-proclaimed as a geeky, scientific, perverted atheist, she decided to test Sedighi's theory that women dressing immodestly would cause an earthquake.

A friend of mine on Facebook sent me the link to McCreight's blog which I subsequently posted to my facebook page to share with my friends, who shared it with theirs. Suddenly, people were signing up for the boobquake event left and right. People from all over the world! I have friends everywhere from Germany to New Zealand to Ohio. Women everywhere are standing up for science.

I am participating in the boobquake event. We, the participates, with the scientific help of Jennifer McCreight, shall see if women dressing immodestly is the actual cause of earthquakes and not the actual science behind plate tectonic movement.

I'm almost positive that science will be proven as the correct theory and not immodest dressing. But who knows? Only science will be able to tell.

McCreight was amazed at the outpouring of support for what was meant to be a joke and not necessarily an international event. In an effort to keep everyone from getting scammed she posted on the facebook boobquake event page that donations from supporters should be made directly to the Red Cross or The James Randi Education Foundation. Or you can purchase t-shirts through the event page with the proceeds being split evenly between the two charities.

Boobquake is big, probably not big enough to cause earthquakes but maybe big enough to raise money for some excellent causes.

Sources:

In the Name of Science, I Offer My Boobs- Black Hag Blog

Boobquake Event on Facebook