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Ohio law forbids public exposure of "private parts". However, state courts have ruled that "breasts" are not private parts. The Supreme Court of Ohio in City of Bowling Green v. Bourne (2007) said: "The Court of Appeals merely noted that 'The female breast has traditionally been viewed as an erogenous zone.' Citing tradition is not good enough ...
However, not all employers provide these facilities and they are rarely available to women in public places. As a result, breastfeeding often takes place in public, typically on public transport, in secluded corners, under trees, in cars or parking lots, or in public toilets. Women breastfeeding in public often experience embarrassment due to ...
Two Tahitian Women (1899) by Paul Gauguin. The word "topless" usually refers to a woman whose breasts, including her areolas and nipples, are exposed to public view. It can describe a woman who appears, poses, or performs with her breasts exposed, such as a "topless model" or "topless dancer", or to an activity undertaken while not wearing a top, such as "topless sunbathing".
Women in six U.S. states are now effectively allowed to be topless in public, according to a new ruling by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. 'Free the Nipple' movement: Women can now legally ...
On public beaches, local bylaws are not heavily enforced, and women can often sunbathe topless without legal repercussions. [58] Breastfeeding in public places is a legal right in Australia. Under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, no business or service provider can discriminate against a breastfeeding woman. Women can still breastfeed even if ...
The poster continued to write that they were not shaming women who breastfeed, but the women “who breastfeed in public with no respect to cover themselves up and just let their boobs hangout ...
The "topfreedom" movement promotes equal rights for women to be naked above the waist in public under the same circumstances that are considered socially acceptable for men to do so. [ 11 ] Breastfeeding in public is forbidden in some jurisdictions , not regulated in others, and protected as a legal right in still others.
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Black women have the lowest breastfeeding initiation rate of all racial groups at just under 70 percent, compared to 85 percent of white ...