Boobquake : Test 'Cleavage Causes Earthquake' Theory

It's 'boobquake' day, ladies! Time to show a little skin.

To protest an Islamic cleric's claim that female immodesty caused earthquakes, thousands of women around the country plan to wear cleavage-baring shirts today.

"Many women who do not dress modestly . . . lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes," Islamic cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi told Iranian media on April 16.

Jen McCreight, creator of Boobquake, is asking women nationwide to show off an extra bit of skin today to test the cleric's quake theory. "With the power of our scandalous bodies combined, we should surely produce an earthquake," McCreight, a 22-year-old Purdue University, Indiana, student wrote on her blog.

"I'm not forcing people to dress differently than they would be," McCreight said. "Even showing an ankle to some people would be immodest, so you can interpret that however you wish."

So far, more than 50,000 women have signed up to the Boobquake Facebook page.

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I say take the test one step further. Let's have a world wide nude volleyball tournament! That ought to cause enough flapping to move a few tectonic plates around!!! I'll bet this "cleric" will be first in line to sign up! (CBSNews)