[Recently] I was at my first “topless” restaurant in San Francisco. I didn’t even know these places existed. And suddenly I was inside with a group of friends. When you’re surrounded by nudes you take them for granted in two minutes. It’s quite strange how quickly you get used to them. One of the guys said to one of the gals serving us, “Can you have a drink with us?” She came back in a few minutes, wearing a bra. Then, for the first time, she did look somewhat pornographic. But she said, “we can’t have drinks with customers unless we wear a bra.”
“Love,” Saturday Night, February, 1967, p 26
Year: 1967
Chapter:
Sex and Love
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan