Another interesting assignment for school today. I had a scenario where a woman removed her blouse to protest that men are allowed to walk around shirtless while women are not. She was arrested and convicted of indecent exposure. Now here are a few definitions to help understand my point of view on this. (Most of the stuff below I copied from my essay on this topic)
Indecent exposure is defined as purposefully displaying ones genitals in public and causing others to be alarmed or offended.
The genitals are defined as the reproductive organs, especially the external sex organs.
With this in mind breasts are not technically considered sexual or reproductive organs, but rather a milk-secreting glandular organs, which are used as a source of food and nutrition for babies.
Now...
The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment of the U.S Constitution prohibits states from denying any individual equal protection of the laws.
Now that we have covered indecent exposure, we must take into consideration public indecency. Public indecency, as opposed to indecent exposure, does specifically state that it violates the law to expose both the genitals and the female breasts.
Since public indecency specifically mentions the female breasts it could very well be considered a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment because male and females would not be treated the same if in the same situation.
So what do you think?
Indecent exposure is defined as purposefully displaying ones genitals in public and causing others to be alarmed or offended.
The genitals are defined as the reproductive organs, especially the external sex organs.
With this in mind breasts are not technically considered sexual or reproductive organs, but rather a milk-secreting glandular organs, which are used as a source of food and nutrition for babies.
Now...
The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment of the U.S Constitution prohibits states from denying any individual equal protection of the laws.
Now that we have covered indecent exposure, we must take into consideration public indecency. Public indecency, as opposed to indecent exposure, does specifically state that it violates the law to expose both the genitals and the female breasts.
Since public indecency specifically mentions the female breasts it could very well be considered a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment because male and females would not be treated the same if in the same situation.
So what do you think?