NC Bill Would Mean Prison Time For Topless Women

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Under the Republican-backed bill, first-time offenders would be charged with a felony, punishable by up to six months in prison.

Republican Rayne Brown stated that the bill was created in response to rallies promoting women’s rights.

Triggered by two topless rallies held in Asheville, the Republican-backed bill headed to a floor vote in the House and would amend the state’s indecent exposure law to expand the legal definition of “private parts” to explicitly include “the nipple, or any portion of the areola, or the female breast.”

Depending on whether such exposure is judged to be “for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire,” the woman could be charged with a felony, punishable by up to six months in prison for first-time offenders. More mundane exposure would be a misdemeanor, meriting up to 30 days in jail. “Incidental” exposure by breastfeeding mothers would remain exempt.

Oh, for fuck’s sake.

So they decide parts of our bodies are inherently sexual simply because we are women, and then they want to criminalize us for that sexuality we never fucking asked to be applied to us in the first place.

Oh, men. So terrified of literally the stupidest things.