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[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Meanwhile Texas just banned the Virginia state flag because it has a cartoon A-cup.

.) to drive ‘em wild in Texas

[–] hexonxonx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

For those concerned (or hopeful) about vast hordes of topless Minnesota women roaming the streets: They made boobs legal in Ontario in the mid 90's and I've NEVER seen any women go topless in public. I'm sure it happens, but it's extremely rare. Heck, most guys still swim in t-shirts up here.

The point of the law in Canada was to make a point that if men and women are to be equal, the law should reflect that. Of course in the US it's about sex and not equality.

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 1 points 53 minutes ago

Exposed female breasts are legal in BC, or maybe just the greater Vancouver area, and I've seen more than a handful of wild, naked, boobies in my time there.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The mosquitos alone are gong to keep them covered. As a man, I don't go without a shirt when outside.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago

Dude. Mosquitos are fucking assholes! I once went hiking in a tshirt and I walked by an area wiyh stagnant water and lots of mosquitos. Guess what was their preferred part to sting? I made a point to have full sleeves after that.

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This really needs to be normalized. Men can use desensitization to staring at boobs.

Plus if its hot and you need relief, let the puppies breathe.

[–] seralth@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Been to topless beaches, naked boobs honestly are less attractive to the eye then boobs in a bikini top.

Sexual clothing ends up being like 80% of the reason my eye is drawn to tits most of the time.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Fun fact: they once dressed up some female rats in 'slutty' clothes and make up and the male rats preferred that to other female rats that were 'au naturel'. You'd think a species with no concept of a nudity taboo wouldn't notice this, but apparently that happened.

Point is: accentuated or 'decorated' nudity would be sexier than just simple nudity.

[–] stray@pawb.social 1 points 1 hour ago

The boys' first sexual experience was with a girl in a vest, so they sought more of what they knew they enjoyed. It's not that certain clothing is inherently sexual, but that the sex/clothing association is learned.

[–] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if desensitization really works here. I'm kind of annoyed that boobs have this power over me. And in this day and age it's not hard to see them every day.

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 1 points 52 minutes ago

I see naked boobs all the time.

Still love naked boobs.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I lived in Haiti for 3 years where the top of a woman was not considered private. Within 2 months, looking at a woman's breast was about as exciting as looking at her elbow. Weirdly, they switched back to being sexual after returning to Canada.

[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

There is an incentive to cover them for women

When they stop becoming "private parts" they stop having the effect

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Woman’s breasts aren’t considered private here (Canada) either

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[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Yeah. Topless isn't naked, and people who think otherwise are a bunch of weirdos.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is DISGRACEFUL! IMAGINE if a CHILD sees a FEMALE NIPPLE! The DOWNFALL of America is Happening in FRONT of our Eyes!

-People who Worship School Shooters!

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 21 hours ago

What if they actually use the nipple to...feed the baby

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 17 points 1 day ago

Finally. Can we now, as a people, move on?

now if only we can end sexual segregation...

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 153 points 1 day ago

Equal treatment irrespective of the sexual features you were born into? What a left-field decision in this clusterfuck of a year.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 33 points 1 day ago

With all the crazy stuff going on in the US, sometimes some good happens too

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just probably don't do it in the 9 out of 12 months we used to have winter in

[–] oyo@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure the mosquitos will get you for the remainder.

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[–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 95 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 84 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yes ladies, now we too are free to freeze our tits off in Minnesota.

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 81 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Female-presenting nipples?? Tumblr told me those were porn.

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's weird that a man topless is fine for pg movies, even G probably. But a woman topless shoots it right up to R. Though Titanic was PG-13. I assume it was more relaxed at the time?

[–] frezik@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago

It happened now and then, but it's mostly because James Cameron gets to do whatever he wants. Any rando director and it's an R rating. If PG-13 movies get to show a female-presenting nipple at all, like the Fifth Element, they will be very brief, often from the side, and may not even be in focus. They're probably not using makeup or other techniques to make the nipples stand out.

Same with Wolf of Wall Street, but on the next level up. Scorsese directs and argues against an NC-17 rating (which is considered a box office death sentence).

Hollywood is a very nepotistic industry, and the ratings system is no exception. Most of the rules for ratings aren't even written down. There are unwritten rules that even the general public figures out (like only getting one f-bomb in a PG-13 movie), but they can be cast aside when a major director or producer gets on the phone and causes a fuss.

[–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (7 children)

There are quite a few PG-13 where women are topless. Boobs don't automatically get an R rating. Everything else being equal, I believe it has to be topless in a sexual context to elicit an R rating.

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[–] Duranie@leminal.space 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I loved the movement years ago to shop male nipples over female nipples and post the end results. I mean, letter on the law and stuff, right?

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Heres another one. Getting mad at trans women for both "pretending" to ne women and also for being topless/flashing their breasts.

[–] m3t00@midwest.social 49 points 1 day ago (4 children)

fb gave me 30 days off for this

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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago

Go topless or the misogynists win!

[–] Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago
[–] don@lemm.ee 53 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Men aren’t even referred to as having breasts because they’re so much smaller, but a really long time ago some people dictated that women should keep that shit covered up, ostensibly because giblets started tingling at the sight. Meanwhile, cultures exist that make no distinction between the two, and casually ask the rest of the world, “Fucking… why?”

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