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https://kdvr.com/2019/09/05/fort-collins-agrees-to-remove-topless-ban-from-public-code/
Colorado city officials have removed a topless ban from city law that inspired a Free the Nipple lawsuit.
The Coloradoan reported that Fort Collins City Council agreed Tuesday to remove language in the public nudity code that barred women and girls over age 10 from exposing their breasts in public.
City officials say the ban is expected to be removed Sept. 17.
Officials say a district court judge and a federal appeals court have ruled against the policy in the past two years.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 21 2019, @04:58PM (4 children)
As a man, I find it disgusting that your (and the AC to whom you replied) focus is *only* on what men find desirable.
This isn't about sex or desire. This is about equality. Some random woman on the street doesn't care whether you like big breasts or small ones.
As for the porn industry, that's an odd place to get your ideas about what women think and want. The vast majority of porn watchers are *men*. As such, much of porn is tailored to what *men* may find sexually arousing.
I've got a flash for you: Unless you're *involved* with a woman, she doesn't give a rat's ass what you think about bodies or sex.
And the fact that as you're talking about women in this discussion, it's only in terms of their sexual desirability *to you or other men*, says a lot more about your attitudes than it does about women. It's a pretty adolescent, IMHO.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 21 2019, @05:37PM (3 children)
Spotted the pink hair activist.
Like it or not sweetie, women accentuate their boobs to attract men because it works. Otherwise push up bras, deep neck attire, and underboob would not be a thing. Feel free to rant and wallow in your disgust, but strip clubs, Hooters, Twin Peaks and topless baristas are real.
Way to make my point for me without even being aware of the irony.
That's not been my experience. Most of the women I know or have ever met are far more cognizant of others' opinions of their bodies than men ever are. Most of the don't care women I've seen are well outside competing in the market or else perpetually offended by anything sexual as was mentioned by someone else earlier in the comments.
That's the whole topic of this particular thread: the reasons for banning (or not) behavior based upon the potential for unwanted "sexual desirability *to me or other men*". Personally, I would never complain to cops for any woman showing their boobs, but lets not pretend that men do not like to look at them. There is a shitload of industries besides porn that take advantage of that very fact.
Enjoy your disgust, but chew on this. For every one of you, there are tens of other women who would gladly take advantage of their looks to get advantages in life. Do you think Melania was attracted to Donald's dad bod? Do you think Hilaria just can't get enough of Alec Baldwin's wonderful personality? Every gorgeous woman knows if they can snare a rich dude they are one paternity suit away from a 20 year career of not working.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 21 2019, @06:10PM (2 children)
AC you replied to here. Read this [soylentnews.org].
Your disdain for women makes me sad. Your dismissal of half the human race disgusts me.
If believing that women have value other than as sexual objects, and deserve the same legal rights as men makes me a "pink-haired" activist, then so be it.
I got your pink hair right here, jackass!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 21 2019, @07:48PM (1 child)
Sure you are.
I never claimed women deserved less rights. I actually agree with the ruling. I never asked for less rights. And I do believe that women have "value other than as sexual objects" too. I love my daughter and step-daughter dearly. I advise them all the time to stay far away from any relationship that might cause them dependence financially or otherwise. And all of this has absolutley jack shit to do with my original posting in this thread. You know, the one you ran off the rails on, to wit, my agreement with this:
Nowhere did I say that the entirety of a woman's worth is her value as a sex object, just that many (who can) exploit their attractiveness to their own advantage.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 21 2019, @08:36PM
If being born in 1966, having a 'Y' chromosome in all my cells, as well as a functional penis and testicles doesn't make me "a man in my 50s," then what does?