We've all heard of the "Free the Nipple" campaign. However if you haven't, this is a feminist movement to decriminalize the female body so that women can go topless just like men. Women are wanting to stop the sexualization of their bodies.
Being a feminist, I find it very fair to allow women to be topless in public if a man can do the same. Ladies--I know you're jealous of a man's ability to take his shirt off on a hot summer day.
Seeing as I lived in France for a year, I was able to actually experience the feeling of equality while being topless in pubic at a nude beach. Honestly it felt rather freeing, but only because I was in France, where seeing a woman's breast is like seeing a woman's wrist. In the United States, however, I feel sort of afraid of the idea.
Being a woman, I find it difficult to imagine women walking around half-nude and not getting harassed for it. When a woman walks down the street in shorts and a t-shirt there's already a big chance that she's going to get cat-called by some creepy guy. Guys, newsflash: No female likes to be cat-called. Ever. So how bad would it get for a woman walking topless?
If one day we can all take our shirts off in public, it would be a fantastic day for sex equality. Nevertheless I feel like I would still not feel comfortable joining in because I do not believe that ALL men will ever see a woman's breast desexualized..not any time soon at least.
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