Posted on 01/22/2005 5:16:40 PM PST by KMC1
IS THIS THE MEASURE OF EQUALITY?: As it happens, a Ventura California female lawyer is attempting to make the case that the state is discriminating against women.
How so? Because topless sunbathing by women is a criminal misdemeanor - for men it is not.
Additionally Liana Johnsson is arguing against the inclusion of the "topless misdemeanor" in the list of offenses that gets one included on the Megan's List for sex offenders.
In an Orange County case last month a State Appeals Court ruled that anyone convicted of misdemeanor indecent exposure must be added to the list. Orange County public defenders are objecting because of the amount of resources it would require to track every woman who did in fact commit the misdemeanor.
Johnsson has lobbied over 400 members of the bar association at the October gathering trying to spread the word. To underscore her point she showed a two minute video of large breasted men.
The Governor of California - Arnold Schwarzenegger took the all-too-courageous position of declining any comment on the possibility of a state wide legal standard being changed. State law enforcement officials confirmed that there is already a series of beaches where some topless bathing is already "allowed" even though laws forbid it.
Let me say plainly that I think it would be irresponsible for women who get caught sunning with their ties untied to be equated with people in society who molest or rape vulnerable women and children. Adding the sunbathers to "Megan's List" in my opinion is a mistake. However - Johnsson is making a dreadful mistake - especially to her own cause.
It is painfully obvious to me that Ms. Johnsson has fully accepted and in fact become the advocate of the fullest feminist expression. Men and Women are not equal - they are the same.
Feminists don't desire to be treated equally , they wish to be completely interchangable. For women like Ms. Johnsson her greatest wish is not so much to be celebrated as a woman - so much as it is the allowance of all who she comes into contact with to be allowed to lure at her as though she is a sexual object.
And here you find feminism's great lie...in the name of being the same as man - allow women to be reduced to an object of sexual curiousity.
The question is - will Ms. Johnsson ever realize that she is in fact devaluing women instead of celebrating them?
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BTW, interesting choice of words in your first sentence.... :~)
This is so sad. The women who want to go topless shouldn't, and the women who should go topless don't call me.
Per Ron White: Once you've seen one woman nekkid... you want to see the rest of 'em nekkid.
It's nice to see someone is thinking in depth about this, instead of just being for or against it out of hand.
I love a joke as much as the next man, but you go too far.
YEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I am NOT SLEEPING TONIGHT!! Janet Reno >> Sin dipped in Misery!
Hillary Swank is kinda cute
[You know the topless women you'll see will look just like Hillary Clinton, not Hillary Duff or Hillary Swank right?]
I don't know, I've spent many summers vacationing in an area on Lake Superior where the beaches are more isolated and some women occasionally go topless. In my experience, only the ones who are, shall we say "more attractive to the male eye" remove their tops.
Of course since this is Lake Superior, the "beach season" is only 3 weeks long.
In the name of equality, I'd like to see a two minute video of large breasted women.
Friend, that isn't a nightmare.
It's a vision of hell.
She has nice eyes.
At the risk of being judged superficial, before I decide whether this woman is a freedom legal fighter or a terrorist, I would need to see an personal example of her arguments.
So seeing a boob turns you into a slobbering idjit? No, I don't suspect it does. It REALLY isn't such a big deal. I can't figure out why people get all worked up on this.
You are right...
she does have eyes.
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