Should Women Be Equal To Men With the Right to Bare Nipples?
The traditional role of women has dramatically changed in the transition from the 19th century into the 20th century. In the 19th century, women were officially recognized and acknowledged for their brains rather than their bodies when they were granted the right to vote. Later on the man’s social status as head of household took a turn for the worse, when women started obtaining jobs to care for their families while their men were at war. After the war, women had found their place in the business world and expressed a need for equal employment opportunities which was granted. Now in the present 20th century, we are finding that most women are signing up for the military, supporting their families while the dad’s stay at home, are running campaigns for government and political positions as well as becoming prestige business owners. It almost appears that women have their lives well established along the lines of equality with men…well almost.
Women have yet to find a balance of social acceptance physically due to the sexual stereotype men have placed upon them since the beginning of time, bringing about the ultimate question “If all man is created equal, why do men deserve the right to go topless in public and not women?” While discussing this question with several friends, it appears that men who have girlfriends are less inclined to the idea of woman going topless than men who are single. This opinion has manifested in most men coming from a liberal standpoint based on the sexual criteria we have grown up with seeing the nude display of women for the general purpose of sexual orientation. They are possessive of their “toys” and fear that if they share their woman’s breasts with others in public view, they may need to fight to keep them.
Even though men have that possessive nature, does this still justify women to have to conceal their breasts from view labeling it as obscene if exposed in public? If breasts are hidden to avoid sexual arousal with men, should that not apply vice versa with the chest of men arousing women and other men? Should nipples be covered for sanitation reasons such as lactation, men are also prone to lactation with a hormonal imbalance. Futhermore, both the man and woman both develop through stages of puberty in the chest, men with hair and muscle, women with growth. One additional item to consider are the changes of gender orientation within our recent generation. More men have come “out of the closet” and are taking estrogen pills to develop breasts as women.
From my personal standpoint, I can understand the insecurities that men have in our modern society; however, I have also learned that because men have no obligation to be the financial provider for women, it is necessary to care myself. For seven years of my young adult life, I attended to the needs of my man and tried to play the old-fashioned role of a house wife even while we were not married. Every weekday, I found myself waking up at four in the morning to cook breakfast from scratch, drove an hour to work, worked 8 hours, drove another hour to get home, cooked dinner, cleaned the kitchen, followed by pleasing my man before resting my head. Every weekend my off hours were spent on cleaning the house and attending to my man’s friends (the lost boys). As much as I enjoyed taking care of my man, it would have been nice to be able to pamper myself by relaxing on the beach and thoroughly enjoy the warm sun without any excess weight on my chest. Is that really too much to ask for?
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Should It Be Legal For Women To Go Topless In Public
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A US organization, gotopless.org, claims women have the same constitutional right to be bare chested in public places as men. It’s founder states: “”as long as men can be topless, constitutionally women should have the same right, or men should also be forced to wear something hiding their chest.”
How they are helping women: GoTopless is committed to helping women perceive their breasts as noble, natural parts of their anatomy (whether they are nursing or not). Breasts shouldn’t have to be “modestly” or shamefully hidden from public view any more than arms, legs or feet.
How they are helping men: GoTopless is also committed to helping men differentiate between nudity and sexuality. If the presence of a topless woman in public triggers a sexual impulse, it can easily be controlled in the same way men control themselves when they see a woman wearing a mini skirt or revealing ample cleavage. Men manage to appreciate these things while still showing respect! Choosing consciousness above hormones leads to a peaceful, respectful society providing additional freedom and beauty
GoTopless.org arranges annual protests where women and men come together to parade through the streets expressing their desire for equality as a whole. In contradiction, the men wear tops and the women bare their chests (using pasties) . Note that in 2010, GoTopless will have a large rally nationwide in honor of the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and Women’s Equality Day
What our Constitution Says About Woman’s Rights:
Although the Nineteenth Amendment had prohibited the denial of the right to vote because of a person’s sex, Alice Paul, a suffragette leader, argued that this right alone would not end remaining vestiges of legal discrimination based upon sex. In 1923, Paul drafted the Equal Rights Amendment and presented it as the “Lucretia Mott Amendment” at the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments.
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Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. |
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The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which was intended to guarantee that equal rights under any federal, state, or local law could not be denied on account of sex. The ERA, originally written by Alice Paul and introduced in every Congress since 1923, failed to gain ratification before its June 30, 1982 deadline.
On July 21, 2009, Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Democrat from New York, introduced the ERA in the House of Representatives.
One criticism of the ERA was that it would have been superfluous, claiming it would not have provided women with any more rights than they already have under the Constitution. According to a 1986 report of the Eagle Forum, “the ERA advocates were unable to show any way that ERA would benefit women or end any discrimination against them” arguing “that women already enjoy every constitutional right that men enjoy and have enjoyed equal employment opportunity since 1964.”[33]
Another criticism of the ERA was that its passage would have had far-reaching implications, obliterating traditional distinctions between the sexes.
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“Over in Europe there is big areas where naturism is huge, but even over there, their numbers are dwindling,” he says.
