free the nipple

there is a free the nipple movement and i can see where they're going with that. why are men's nipples ok and female nipples aren't. in fact why are men's chests ok while female chests are not? of course the answer is we've turned female breasts into sexual organs and once something becomes a sex object it must remain hidden for fear it will turn people on. sex and the public supposedly don't go together (but generally sex and the public go hand in hand for advertisers).

“It is illegal for women to go topless in most cities, yet you can buy a magazine of a woman without her top on at any 7-11 store. So you can sell breast, but you cannot wear breast, in America.” – Violet Rose

men were once not allowed to go around topless and they protested for their right to do so and a year later they could.

there are those who might assume women could do the same right now, however, there are a couple of serious things to consider.

1) when men fought for chest rights they were not sexualised so their nakedness was not a threat to other men or how they might be treated (i.e. groped, raped etc.), and men were allowed to go around topless in private i.e. around the house and backyards (this is not the case in many instances for women)

2) women are highly sexualised in the media which would impede our ability to go around topless without fear of being victimised (i.e. groped, raped, shamed etc.)

3) men grope women's breasts in night clubs, on beaches, where ever they damn well please because they can, they have the power and we've created a lovely thing called rape culture, thus women being topless around men would add to their desire to attack us and victimise us

4) we shame women's bodies at an alarming rate, if you don't look a certain way - have acceptable nipples, acceptable breasts, acceptable bodies (and ideal placed upon us by men) people berate you and treat you like you have no right to exist let alone go around half naked (even though unattractive men can)

5) the vast majority of women feel insecure about their bodies, if they went around topless and got harassed or berated the protest wouldn't work because we'd all go running for cover - and the protest cannot work if only women deemed acceptable win the fight to go around topless

6) the protest can only be done by those brave enough to go around topless and weather the treatment we'd endure for putting up this fight

7) due to the nature of the sexualised breast it would take women longer to win this war and even if we end up being allowed to expose our nipples this won't guarantee we'll be equal to men as a result and without a doubt all those exposed nipples/breasts would be photographed and end up on social media without our consent