I don't understand why women are not totally upset. While other legally taboo body exposure areas (eg. genitals, pubic area, anus, buttocks) apply equally to both genders, state and local laws systematically add as inappropriate the exposure of the "nipple and areola of the female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the areola at its highest point" -- in other words only the "lower portion" of breasts and only female breasts.
Anybody is free to wear a shirt, swimsuit top or whatever -- what completely baffles me is that women would allow a bunch of mainly old men legislators to get away with writing rules that only apply to women. Isn't it clearly misogynist? Do legislators think that seeing "the lower portion of the female breast" will suddenly cause somebody to become more offended, more disorderly, or more uncontrollably sexual than seeing the top portion? Wouldn't it be better to write a law making it illegal for anyone, of either gender but perhaps particularly male legislators, to hassle anybody, of either gender, about their breasts?
Where is the outrage over targeting women with a dress code that doesn't apply equally to men?
Anybody is free to wear a shirt, swimsuit top or whatever -- what completely baffles me is that women would allow a bunch of mainly old men legislators to get away with writing rules that only apply to women. Isn't it clearly misogynist? Do legislators think that seeing "the lower portion of the female breast" will suddenly cause somebody to become more offended, more disorderly, or more uncontrollably sexual than seeing the top portion? Wouldn't it be better to write a law making it illegal for anyone, of either gender but perhaps particularly male legislators, to hassle anybody, of either gender, about their breasts?
Where is the outrage over targeting women with a dress code that doesn't apply equally to men?
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