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Jan. 28th, 2005 06:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingReligious groups protesting topless sunbathing law in California.
So, let's see. Arguments FOR allowing topless unbathing:
1. It's inherently sexist to punish it, because a man doing the exact same thing is doing something perfectly legal
2. A recent ruling on a different law means that a woman arrested for gonig topless is charged and registered as a sex offender.
Arguments AGAINST topless sunbathing:
"We already have too many sexual assaults in society. If the state encourages women to show their breasts to men and boys at public beaches and parks, inappropriate treatment of women and girls will only worsen."
That's a direct quote from the article. "If women are attractive, THEY WILL BE RAPED AND IT IS THEIR FAULT".
Good thing you're saving people from that horrible persecution, eh?
So, let's see. Arguments FOR allowing topless unbathing:
1. It's inherently sexist to punish it, because a man doing the exact same thing is doing something perfectly legal
2. A recent ruling on a different law means that a woman arrested for gonig topless is charged and registered as a sex offender.
Arguments AGAINST topless sunbathing:
"We already have too many sexual assaults in society. If the state encourages women to show their breasts to men and boys at public beaches and parks, inappropriate treatment of women and girls will only worsen."
That's a direct quote from the article. "If women are attractive, THEY WILL BE RAPED AND IT IS THEIR FAULT".
Good thing you're saving people from that horrible persecution, eh?