Free The Nipple has become a “real life” equality movement that’s sparked a national dialogue. “Famous graffiti artists, groups of dedicated women, and influencers such as Miley Cyrus, Liv Tyler, and Lena Dunham have shown public support which garnered international press and created a viral #FreeTheNipple campaign.” The points addressed throughout the article challenge equal rights for men and women, legal rights for all women to breastfeed in public and, a more balanced system of censorship in society.
‘Recently, via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, a campaign called Free the Nipple has galvanized a gender equality movement that is taking the internet by storm and generating many publicity stunts, peaceful protests, and court cases challenging city and state laws on the matter.’ On December 12th 2015, the campaign released a feature length theatrical/documentary style film on by the same title. …show more content…
The movement points out everyday occasions that a woman might casually remove her top such as sunbathing at the beach, in the park, or in her own backyard, breastfeeding her child, to cool down in extreme heat, or simply to change from one shirt into another. It’s not about whether a woman should or should not; it is about whether she has the right to choose. It’s about sexual suppression in our culture, conditioning women of all ages that their bodies are shameful, and training men to objectify women by only using the female figure to sell products.
‘For men of the 1930s, going shirtless in public was as shocking a sight as it is for women today.’ It was not until 4 men defiantly strutted through Coney Island bare-chested to bring attention to the issue that public opinion quickly shifted. The men were fined $1 each for public
‘Recently, via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, a campaign called Free the Nipple has galvanized a gender equality movement that is taking the internet by storm and generating many publicity stunts, peaceful protests, and court cases challenging city and state laws on the matter.’ On December 12th 2015, the campaign released a feature length theatrical/documentary style film on by the same title. …show more content…
The movement points out everyday occasions that a woman might casually remove her top such as sunbathing at the beach, in the park, or in her own backyard, breastfeeding her child, to cool down in extreme heat, or simply to change from one shirt into another. It’s not about whether a woman should or should not; it is about whether she has the right to choose. It’s about sexual suppression in our culture, conditioning women of all ages that their bodies are shameful, and training men to objectify women by only using the female figure to sell products.
‘For men of the 1930s, going shirtless in public was as shocking a sight as it is for women today.’ It was not until 4 men defiantly strutted through Coney Island bare-chested to bring attention to the issue that public opinion quickly shifted. The men were fined $1 each for public