A California public defender is making a Constitutional case that women should be allowed to go topless on beaches and in parks. Ventura County P.D. Liana Johnsson...
...has asked the Legislature to make topless sunbathing legal, saying the ban is the last criminal sanction that treats women differently than men.
The new movement has urgency: Because of a December court ruling, Johnsson and other attorneys contend, women convicted of indecent exposure could find themselves listed as sex offenders under Megan's Law, alongside rapists and child molesters.
Which is ridiculous. Women who expose their breasts in public should be treated as national heroes.
Johnsson's basic argument is that big fat guys can lounge around topless with gigustic man-boobs sagging all over the place and, except for an occaisional gag reflex, no one seems to mind. Women, on the other hand, get into legal trouble even if their naked breasts are attractive. Which the vast majority of them are, at least a little.
Click here to view a .pdf of the California Bar Association's assessment of Ms. Johnsson's proposed legislation. Sorry, no pictures.
Click here to send an encouraging email to Ms. Johnsson. Tell her I sent you.
I'm sure you're referring to a MAXIMUM age limit? Saggy boobs are gross!
Posted by: michelle | 01/25/2005 at 08:33 PM