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Why does our (US) Laws still discriminate on basis of gender?
A female walking down a city sidewalk topless is illegal.
To do so is a criminal offense of "indecent Exposure" and she is arrested.
However
A male walking down the same city sidewalk at the same time topless is not arrested because its not a crime for males to be topless in public.
Is it discrimination on basis of gender?
Is it because of the difference in the size and shape between male and female breasts?
Would a fat man with huge hanging hairy breasts be more indecent than a female with a size 22 AA bust line?
8 Answers
- TomLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
I'd say that equality can only be established when men and women are treated as ABSOLUTE equals in all counts.
So that means, equal sentencing for violent crimes (women get lower sentences by default and even shorter sentences if they have kids, men do not.), equal levels of paternity and maternity leave for having kids, so that women arent struggling to find jobs over men due to career breaks being longer for kids, womens bodies be treated the same as mens with regards to exposure.
- 8 years ago
The law reflects societal norms/preferences. Tolerance of various circumstances depends on the tolerance level expressed by the public. Laws come from government officials elected by the people as representatives of their will. Laws can, in the same way, be changed to reflect new societal preferences. However, laws often are slow to change and lag behind current societal preferences. Ways around this lag include selective enforcement and judicial correction. Society has adopted different standards of acceptable behavior for men and women. While you may find topless women walking the street to not be offensive, the broader public does. As a result, the law stands. The core truth here is that society discriminates on the basis of gender and the laws simply reflect that proclivity. Therefore, you must ask why society holds these beliefs and what society would tolerate as far as fat man breasts. I think you will find the answer lies in a combination of holding women as chaste and sexualizing every aspect of their bodies. When society holds these views it follows that it will not tolerate a woman exposing her sexual parts to the rest of the world. That is simple indecent to a society with our inclinations. A fat mans breasts are not predominately sexualized and would likely not provoke any response other than disgust which we have decided is tolerable as opposed to indecency,
- 8 years ago
The U.S. Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court in a way that recognizes that there are natural differences between men and women. In other words, laws that discriminate between men and women are perfectly legal in some instances, including state indecent exposure laws.
Source(s): Law School - 8 years ago
Where? There are no 'US" laws on indecent exposure. they vary by state. Some state laws do discriminate, while others provide for the same rules for men as for women.
A challenge to discriminatory laws would probably be successful.
- BruceLv 78 years ago
I'm not aware of any US law, that would fall under state law.
In my state, they define indecent exposure as showing anything that is normally covered by a bathing suit or undergarments. Because guys don't wear tops or bras, they can legally be shirtless.
Source(s): Law enforcement since 1991 - Sans DeityLv 78 years ago
Because our nudity laws are based on social mores, not on black-and-white technicalities. So, while it seems that a really fat man who is topless is showing the same shaped object as a normal woman, it's simply not the same thing because the offense is not the same based on our societal expectations.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
i don't be responsive to anymore. God will cope with it. interior the Genesis, God define His ' biblical marriage is to procreate and inhabit the earth' and stay with God's regulation and use God- given earth's components. Then comes adult adult males's regulation: it twisted & severely handicapped God's commandment to be inoperable. think of of the Israelites dancing & rocking on the foot of Mt Sinai and worshiping a golden calf, jointly as Moses has been away for purely 40 days!! What a collection of stiff-necked those that are no longer worth of God's provides you and you be responsive to what occurred: that's what this perverse technology will end as much as. Exodus 25 while Moses found out that, to the scornful excitement of their foes, Aaron had enable the people run wild, 26 he stood on the gate of the camp and cried, "Whoever is for the LORD, enable him come to me!" each and all the Levites then rallied to him, 27 and he informed them, "to that end says the LORD, the God of Israel: positioned your sword on your hip, one and all of you! Now flow up and down the camp, from gate to gate, and slay your individual kinsmen, your pals and friends!" 28 The Levites achieved the command of Moses, and that day there fell approximately 3 thousand of the people.
- CommonSenseLv 58 years ago
It is discrimination against men!!! It does not allow men to see a woman's chest and get an erection.