Posted on 01/22/2005 1:05:48 PM PST by Ramonan
SACRAMENTO — As a Ventura County public defender, Liana Johnsson has handled many life-changing cases, but her biggest public crusade these days has been going topless.
For months, Johnsson has been fighting to allow topless women at California beaches and parks.
A group of lawyers, at Johnsson's request, has asked the Legislature to make topless sunbathing legal, saying the ban is the last criminal sanction that treats women differently than men.
The new movement has urgency: Because of a December court ruling, Johnsson and other attorneys contend, women convicted of indecent exposure could find themselves listed as sex offenders under Megan's Law, alongside rapists and child molesters.
The office of state Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer said women should not be concerned about being identified as sex offenders, given that California law considers topless sunbathing to be indecent but not lewd. Lawmakers may soon be tackling the issue to remove any chance of misinterpretation by local prosecutors.
Before her idea reached Sacramento this week, Johnsson presented her arguments to more than 400 delegates at an October bar association convention. She flashed images on a screen of the big-breasted male evildoer from "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," as she spoke.
The issue goes beyond topless sunbathing. The conference lobbyist, Randy Perry with Aaron Read & Associates, questioned whether fraternity boys mooning out a car window or golfers caught urinating in the woods would also be required to register as sex offenders now, if convicted of indecent exposure.
"What we're talking about is common sense," said Perry.
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That cannot be real.
lol!!!!
Obviously you have not seen a lot of men without shirts. Man-boobs are in many cases larger than women's. What's the big deal with keeping women's boobs under wraps? Size wise, many men exceed the women. If you see a bunch of topless women at the beach, guess what .... it's NOT erotic. There is a BIG difference between a bunch of topless women at the beach, and a gentlemen's club.
As boobs are not genitalia; they are used as a food source for a few months to a year when they raise an infant; other than that ... they are nothing more, nor anything less than what erotic thoughts YOU place upon them. Thus, forcing women to cover up their boobs because YOU may become aroused is the exact same logic used by our Islamic friends who put women in burkhas.
Nope, that's just a third nipple sans boob.
Topless Beach Map - California
"...You can find a topless beach in almost every county along the California coast. There are almost 50 places where you can go to a topless beach - where nudity or topless sunbathing is allowed or tolerated. The topless beach options include Blacks' Beach, perhaps the most popular topless beach in the country and the nation's oldest topless beach (San Gregorio Beach, where people have been going topless since 1967).
Laws regarding nudity and behavior at a topless beach vary by location and fines for going topless (or all the way) are stiff in some places. In fact, you can even be arrested for being unclothed at a topless beach. I have made every effort to provide accurate information about topless beach locations, but the responsibility for knowing the law is yours.
Please be respectful of others at any California topless beach and read the Topless Beach Etiquette guidelines before you go. Check the California nudity laws too..."
Using a feather is kinky. Using the whole chicken is perverted.
LOLOLOLOL!!! This is the truest truth I have EVER seen on this site!!!!
I don't think anyone is forced to wear a top right now. I see lots of women at the beach with their tops unhooked so they don't have the tan lines. Blacks Beach in San Diego is a nude beach, I went there once, you would wish more of them had their suits on if you saw them.
Probably a tumor from all the silicone
I despise DU-style "smileys!"
Thus, we should now make makeup, mini-skirts, bikini's, Levi's, shorts all illegal too? I'm more aroused by what is NOT seen, by what is seen. A totally nude female is not as erotic as the one that is just nearly naked. What is erotic, is what is left to the imagination. Then again, one could use this same bible verse and force women to wear burka's in the US too.
No, that's just her entire breastbone slowly being ripped out by the pull of those things.
-Dan
martin, she your client???
Why are you judgmental against Islam? I thought you believed all religions, including the worship of Satan, were equal?
If we allowed this our women would look like the national geographic natives in no time,due to gravity. that wouldnt be good.
It probably is. Imagine the lower back pain too.
Equal rights.
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