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Nipple equality: Women could go topless in Berkeley under new proposal
Quote:A Berkeley law that makes public displays of the female breast illegal could be abolished this month if a city councilman gets his way.

The nudity ordinance as it stands makes it a misdemeanor or infraction for a woman to expose “any portion of the breast at or below the areola” — similar to municipal codes across the country. Under the new proposal, anyone could go topless in the city without regard to gender.

Kriss Worthington, the progressive councilman who has represented a student-heavy district near UC Berkeley for two decades, said the indecent exposure law is antiquated and sexist. He said it objectifies women and creates confusion for transgender individuals as well.


Nipple equality: Women could go topless in Berkeley under new proposal

By Kimberly Veklerov Updated 6:54 pm, Friday, September 1, 2017

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San Francisco Parks Officer Gilmore shows Chelsea Ducote the park ordinance prohibiting women from going topless at Dolores Park on Aug. 23, 2015. In Berkeley, a proposal would abolish part of the city nudity law that prohibits public displays of women’s breasts. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle

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San Francisco Parks Officer Gilmore shows Chelsea Ducote the park ordinance prohibiting women from going topless at Dolores Park on Aug. 23, 2015. In Berkeley, a proposal would abolish part of the city nudity ... more

A Berkeley law that makes public displays of the female breast illegal could be abolished this month if a city councilman gets his way.

The nudity ordinance as it stands makes it a misdemeanor or infraction for a woman to expose “any portion of the breast at or below the areola” — similar to municipal codes across the country. Under the new proposal, anyone could go topless in the city without regard to gender.

Kriss Worthington, the progressive councilman who has represented a student-heavy district near UC Berkeley for two decades, said the indecent exposure law is antiquated and sexist. He said it objectifies women and creates confusion for transgender individuals as well.
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Worthington’s proposal, which will be considered at the Sept. 12 City Council meeting, referenced an exception in the law for breastfeeding to make his point.

“If a woman's nipples are fit to be seen by the most innocent and impressionable portion of the population, babies and toddlers, then it stands to reason that nipples are not inherently sexual and are fit to be seen by the rest of the population, if that woman so chooses,” the proposed ordinance reads.

Despite a “free the nipple” equality campaign that gained traction in recent years, there are prohibitions against topless women just about everywhere in the Bay Area.

Oakland’s “immoral dress” law says that women cannot wear “any type of clothing so that any portion of such part of the breast may be observed.” San Jose bars anything “less than completely and opaquely covered” female breasts. Women cannot be topless in San Francisco parks without advance permission from city authorities.

Worthington said that he has long thought that Berkeley’s law is sexist, and that the current composition of the City Council, with a progressive majority and mayor, could finally do something about it.

“I don’t think there’s a rational public policy to justify having the double standard for men and women,” he said. “There’s a lot of male fear of women and women’s bodies, and we shouldn’t be part of that.”

Adjusting the city’s nudity law is “not a giant, major issue,” he added, but a simple step in the direction of gender equality.

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Degrade yourselves!

That'll show 'em!
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Am I the only one who feels sad for what California became ?

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I fully endorse this removal of oppression
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(09-03-2017 04:41 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Degrade yourselves!

That'll show 'em!

they're gaining on this....

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Oh no....Hippie breasts.
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(09-04-2017 09:06 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Oh no....Hippie breasts.

Yep - probably a bunch of hairy ass armpits to go with them too.
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Yep. This won't end where some people hope it will.
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Lived in the Bay area 30 years ago. Left after a year and a half because we knew we didn't want to raise our kids with California values. How right we were.
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(09-04-2017 10:03 AM)BuffaloTN Wrote:  
(09-04-2017 09:06 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Oh no....Hippie breasts.

Yep - probably a bunch of hairy ass armpits to go with them too.



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Feminists think they can "de-sexualize" the breasts by making them more visible. Wishful thinking.

Next they'll be complaining that women get ogled when they run around topless.
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(09-04-2017 05:16 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Feminists think they can "de-sexualize" the breasts by making them more visible. Wishful thinking.

Next they'll be complaining that women get ogled when they run around topless.

no doubt....next thing you know, they'll wonder where the blue pills are......\

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Nipple equality: Women could go topless in Berkeley under new proposal
Wait.

So Berkeley is now all "free the nipples", but BAN FREE SPEECH?

One of these appears to be in the Constitution, the other, not so much.

What a f#%^*ing carnie freak show that place has become.

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Yeah, I can almost guarantee the nipples that will be freed ARE NOT the nipples folks would like to be freed.
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(09-05-2017 09:33 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Yeah, I can almost guarantee the nipples that will be freed ARE NOT the nipples folks would like to be freed.

LOL. How true. 03-wink
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(09-05-2017 09:33 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Yeah, I can almost guarantee the nipples that will be freed ARE NOT the nipples folks would like to be freed.

Don't discriminate. All nipples are equal.
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(09-05-2017 02:29 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  
(09-05-2017 09:33 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Yeah, I can almost guarantee the nipples that will be freed ARE NOT the nipples folks would like to be freed.

Don't discriminate. All nipples are equal.

Its more about what kind of boob the nipples are attached to.

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(09-05-2017 02:29 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  
(09-05-2017 09:33 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Yeah, I can almost guarantee the nipples that will be freed ARE NOT the nipples folks would like to be freed.

Don't discriminate. All nipples are equal.

No they are not mi amigo.
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I'll take the sweet potatoes.
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