"It was startling to see that small acknowledgment of sexuality and femininity peeking out of the conservative," Givhan wrote, going on to compare it to catching a man with his fly unzipped. "To display cleavage in a setting that does not involve cocktails and hors d'oeuvres is a provocation," although the writer seemingly took issue not with the cleavage itself but that it wasn't as up-front and dramatic as that displayed by the new British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith (remarked upon in the blogosphere at the time with comments such as "Could someone tell Jacqui Smith that when she is giving a stern speech about terrorist dangers . . . it might not be such a good idea to show so much cleavage . . . it was inappropriate and unprofessional").

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