I’m a straight woman. I am, for the most part, wholly uninterested in breasts, other than the health of my own. When I talk to women, I make eye contact with them the entire time, unless they’re gesturing with their hands, in which case I’ll look at their hands as well. I will not look downward. I mean, what’s the point?

However, if my interlocutor has text printed across her chest, then yes, my eyes will gravitate to her chest, and linger for as long as it takes for me to finish reading. Despite my lack of sexual attraction to breasts in general. Text implicitly invites readers, even if it explicitly says “stay away”. You have to actually read the text in order to get the “stay away” message.

“The show is upstairs”? Fine; very well. I’d never have even ventured onto the second floor in the first place if I hadn’t been invited there. And now? I’m pretty sure I’m not even interested in the show anymore.