Officially started by two women, “30 Reasons” is all about showcasing (mostly) girls in all shades of wasted-ness. Half-naked, droopy-eyed, and generally looking ridiculous, most of the pictures of these crunked-out chicks are posted by the girls themselves.

Everyone from CNN to The Today Show has weighed in on this stupid group, and while I could care less about drunk people showing the world (and possible employers) how wasted they can get, I’ve always wondered where all the drunk guys are at.

When guys get blasted, they act just as stupid, get just as naked, and most certainly document their exploits just as well as the ladies.

Jezebel must have had the same thoughts, because they’re recently posted Drunkdudes07; a pictorial dedicated solely to drunk guys and the wacky shenanigans they get into.

Do I agree with posting someone’s picture online—especially if they’re in a compromising position—without their knowledge? Absolutely not. But as a woman who’s had enough of her female counterparts exposing themselves to the world, do I feel a little jab of joy clicking through pictures of drunk dudes?

Yup.

Sorry, PC defenders, but I think it’s about time for a little equal opportunity ogling!

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Drinking too much is bad. Urging people to drink safely and stay away from their car after a few beers is good. Using a half-naked chick to tell people drinking too much is bad, especially if they want to drive…is confusing.

Arrive Alive, an organization devoted to ending drunk driving, has recently begun a prevention campaign that consists of lifelike stickers of a totally wasted girl in both men’s and women’s restrooms. The girl in the men’s restroom sticker is sitting with her thigh-high stockinged legs apart, eyes drooping, as though she’s just stumbled into the wrong bathroom and collapsed on the floor. I’ll sober up when I’m behind the wheel, her black shirt states.

The same girl is featured in the women’s restroom sticker, except this time, she’s on all fours, presuming throwing up, her thong underwear clearly showing. I just need to get it out of my system, her shirt explains.

While the idea is certainly a good one, I wonder why the campaign is using a barely-clothed girl as their image. Surely they’re not saying all women who drink too much are sluts? Surely they’re not saying women are the only ones who make stupid decisions when it comes to alcohol? Surely they’re not trying to turn men on, perpetuating the “drunk and easy” stereotype?

The argument that an image of a scantily clad girl catches people’s eye is kind of bullshit when we’re talking about a campaign intended to produce healthy choices. How healthy is it to use a wasted girl to get the attention of men? How healthy is it to emphasize a drunk woman’s sexuality?

What do you think? Just enough shock to scare people straight? Or sexually exploitive?

No, friends, what I’m talking about is the epidemic known as Girls Posting Slutty / Drunk Pictures of Themselves on Facebook.

Obviously, this isn’t a new trend, but as I enter the age of (supposed) maturity, I can’t help but feel frustrated at the onslaught of obviously wasted half-naked girls clogging the photo albums of kids I used to baby-sit in high school.

I admit, I used to have a fair share of “I’m so DRUNK” pictures on my Facebook account, but as soon as I started to assert myself as an adult, I went and erased every single picture that made me seem…less than smart. I’m of age, I’m allowed to have fun, but how mature can I really make myself out to be if there are pictures floating around somewhere that show me hanging upside down off someone’s couch or double fisting two shots of Jack?

We all know it’s not just our friends who can see those wild and crazy pictures of us, and the more exposure Facebook gets, the more I wonder why so many girls are going out of their way to make themselves look cheap and easy to the entire internet community.

What do these girls think these photos will do? Get them dates? Get them exposure? Get them fans? Based on my knowledge of the human race, I’d say the only thing one can expect from slutty, sexy pictures are a bunch of guys simultaneously getting of on and making fun of whoever’s the subject.

Obviously, dudes post drunk pictures of themselves online too, but as Britney and Paris prove, nothing draws a crowd like slutty (or slutty seeming) girl—and nothing makes that crowd lose respect of the photographed faster than getting exactly what they asked for.

How interesting or challenging can a girl really be if she treats herself like an object?

Keeping those drunk antics from the public eye isn’t always about morality or being a prude, sometimes its just common sense. Post a few pictures of you making out with other girls, lifting up your shirt, or posing provocatively, and people are going to expect that from you all the time.

Go out, have fun, but think twice about making yourself into a lush purely for the benefit of others. Once the damage is done, it’s real hard to undo it…especially on the internet.

Just ask Miss New Jersey.

I’m not anti-religion, nor am I anti-Mormon (I actually know 3 Mormon guys, and none of them are weird or have a hankering for multiple wives), but there’s just something odd about staring lustfully at dudes who have pledged themselves to God, and have dedicated their lives to preaching pure beliefs.

According to the website, the calendar “features twelve handsome returned Mormon missionaries from across the United States who, for the first time ever, have dared to pose bare-chested.”

“These hunky young men of faith” the website goes on to say, “explode with sexuality on each calendar page.”

Besides questioning their use of the word “explode” (innuendo much?), I wonder why certain believers of the Mormon faith feel it’s so important to emphasize their sexuality?

Maybe because their religion has recently gotten a bad rap? Maybe some people see them as straight-laced and boring?

Maybe they just want to get half-naked for a good cause?

Whatever the case, I’m sure they’ll give a lot of pious girls sweet dreams. As for me, I’ll stick to ogling dudes who don’t secretly think I’m going to hell.