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TexasTowelie

(112,445 posts)
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 08:05 AM Oct 2019

10th Circuit Court of Appeals: Free the nipple

A ruling out of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has set a precedent that is sure to result in a lot of pearl-grabbing while screaming, “Won’t somebody please think of the children.”

It’s now legal for women to go topless in Oklahoma, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico — the states under the jurisdiction of the 10th Circuit Court — after the city of Fort Collins has decided it won’t appeal the lower court’s decision to end the prohibition of public exposure of breasts by women and girls over 10 years old to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to NBC News.

The decision is a victory for Free the Nipple, an international group pushing for women’s equality. The 10th Circuit Court made its decision based on “negative stereotypes depicting women’s breasts, but not men’s breasts, as sex objects.”

The city of Fort Collins argued that it didn’t want women “parading in front of elementary schools or swimming topless in the public pool,” which seems like the kind of thing that would only happen out of protest if they didn’t change the law. Denver and Boulder allow female toplessness and have had no such cases, according to NBC.

Read more: https://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/chicken-fried-news-free-the-nipple/Content?oid=6616940

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10th Circuit Court of Appeals: Free the nipple (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP
Honestly, I don't care, but personally, waaay short of burkha territory, hlthe2b Oct 2019 #1
Nudity does not hurt children. What hurts them is the adult reaction to nudity when the children wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #2
School dropoffs and pickups are about to get more exciting Renew Deal Oct 2019 #3
Let's face it... TexasTowelie Oct 2019 #4
Hahahahahahahahaha! 3catwoman3 Oct 2019 #5
I couldn't resist. TexasTowelie Oct 2019 #6
A large vocabulary or one of the joys of life. 3catwoman3 Oct 2019 #8
My step-daughter was elected to the Fort Collins city council this past April. 3catwoman3 Oct 2019 #7

hlthe2b

(102,378 posts)
1. Honestly, I don't care, but personally, waaay short of burkha territory,
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 08:12 AM
Oct 2019

MORE clothes are likely better, not only for ME (but probably most people)

Just sayin... Why feed the mosquitoes (and the creep in the bushes)?

 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
2. Nudity does not hurt children. What hurts them is the adult reaction to nudity when the children
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 08:15 AM
Oct 2019

are involved.

Modesty is a learned experience just as racism is. It is taught by adults to children and strictly enforced so that when a child becomes conflicted by experience that is contrary to the enforced code of modesty along with adult body shaming they are harmed.

Here is a good example of what I am saying.

"Why This Mom Won't Teach Her Daughters To Dress Modestly"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-this-mom-wont-teach-her-daughters-to-dress-modestly_n_59395838e4b0c5a35c9cd890




(for the record I married into a nudist family and was a nudist when we met)

3catwoman3

(24,051 posts)
7. My step-daughter was elected to the Fort Collins city council this past April.
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 10:51 AM
Oct 2019

She hasn’t said word one about this.

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