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Topless women in the year 2017, protest

women's suffering, forced to cover up their Breasts and nipples are a challenge to The American laws on nudity and sparking a debate across the country, the attitude of the Nude female form.

In September, Effie Krokos a $50,000 (£38,178) received the civil settlement, which After she took her shirt off in public in Loveland, Colorado, and was issued a summons for you.

The 20-year-old has been charged with indecent exposure, After they played Frisbee Topless in her fiance's front yard.

she had thought that The Law in Colorado had changed, and she was sure her T-shirt, if you are hot and sweaty, while The Game had been removed After All her fiancé, his top. They were about the same, right?

Effie Krokos, play Frisbee, Topless , because she thought that it was allowed, "I thought it was fine, there was a decision by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Colorado. I had read an article about it, that it was a Topless go OK for women to.

"It was a warm September Day and The Weather was roasting. I took my T-shirt, without having to think too much about it. "

But a few hours later, a Police Officer showed up to tell her that there were complaints, and you Stand in front of fees.

Krokos told the BBC: "I asked the Police Officer what I was charged, but I was only told I was disgusting, the neighbors, and that children were, and what to think it is OK for me, I could be Topless ?

"I was surprised, because for every Here Today , the breastfeeding was, you would have to supply a Topless woman. What is so disgusting is that?"

life effect krokos change said that by the time The Officer arrived at her home, she was fully dressed, while her fiance remained Topless , and yet there were no complaints about him.

"It's not like I'm standing in The Middle of The Road , screaming "look at me". I was discreet, to play Frisbee, in my garden, if I take my top off," she added.

But it was no matter. You had to have lawyers involved, to dismiss the charges and the case is sealed, so it wouldn't come up in the background checks.

If The Charge of indecent exposure had been maintained, it would have derailed her dream of teaching.

"It was a risk, a point that I have been marked down as a sexual predator as indecent exposure is a sexual act," Krokos said.

Free the nipple krokos had thought they would be safe, because a court ruling from earlier in the year.

Brit Hoagland and Samantha, Six activists with Free the Nipple - a global movement that campaigns for gender equality in nudity - South of The City of Fort Collins , Colorado, for a female The Right to go Topless in the same way men could be.

In Fort Collins , females aged 10 and older were not allowed to "knowingly appear in public" exposed with her Breasts. To even private places, where there is no chance of someone on the ground see you from a public place.

There were some exceptions, such as breast-feeding, but Hoagland says that the Council of The City criminalizes is the attitude "and sexualized minors over 10 years old," and Hoagland wanted to take a position.

Brit Hoagland is suing The City of Fort Collins in Colorado to ban women, the Topless -Supported by lawyers as well as supporters of The Free the nipple campaign, which saw the pair, success in February, when The City ban ruled unconstitutional by the Federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Gregor Richter, Phillips wrote in the verdict: "We are left to assume, as the District Court was that The City 's professed interest in the protection of children, the Breasts are not derived from any morphological differences between men and women, but the negative stereotypes that the women's Breasts, but not men, the Breasts as sex objects. "

This is the court's jurisdiction includes Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico , Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, so many Eyes are on those States and local governments to see how they deal with women choice above without After the verdict.

In September, After spending $322,000 (£244,964) Fort Collins , finally, is fighting the lawsuit, and wrote to reflect its local laws, the judgment of the court of justice.

The Local newspaper that the issue remained controversial, with some wish to continue The Fight , stating that the original ban on public nudity, a reflection of had the values of the community.

Change word Fort Collins mayor Kristin Stephens was among those who voted to remove the wording of The City code After the Supreme court ruling. She told the BBC: "I can't speak for everyone, but I decided not to go because I did not believe a protracted legal dispute was in The Best interest of The City . "

While Fort Collins to change decided, the wording of their laws that other cities and States have not done necessarily.

In crocs case, Loveland local laws do not allow exposure to the public, but also in The City agreed to the payout following advice from his insurers represented in accordance with The Law firm of Hoagland, and Six involved.

And the Oklahoma City police Department, for example, the laws and the banning of women from appearing Topless in public, with The City 's attorney general, Mike Hunter , says: "These courts have recognized that States and political subdivisions have defined a legitimate interest in preventing public nudity as a traditional. "

There are some places where it is legal for women to Topless . In Philadelphia, women can be naked, but not "indecent", while in New York City, female toplessness is allowed. The website Go Topless , reports that there are many States with unclear laws regarding what is allowed and what is not.

In New Hampshire , three Free the nipple protestors were arrested in the year 2016, when she went Topless on The Beach . Activists now want to enter the Supreme Court.

The expulsion of Adam and eve from The Garden of Eden, After you are aware of her naked state has many artists inspired, including Lucas Cranach the Elder Professor Amy Werbel is the author of Lust On Trial , a book that deals with the history of American obscenities.

she says, America against female nudity is rooted in the "Evangelical Christian opposition goes back to the representation of The Body , on The Arrival of the puritans in New England ".

"you brought a very special reading from the Old Testament the story of Adam and eve. And if Adam and eve into The World of knowledge, The First thing, the cover you tell yourself about themselves, their nakedness, and aprons fashion to.

"It's a key moment in which you realize the shame of nudity. And that lingered. "

Werbel says think in this particular theology that are rooted In America 's laws, arguing that it keeps The Female body", the responsibility for The Fall of mankind".

Amy Werbel says, America is now seeing a resurgence of the Evangelical directly, A search of the hashtag #FreeTheNipple generated over 4 million posts on Instagram, yet the rules state that nudity - including photos of female nipples is generally not allowed on the platform, with a few exceptions.

Werbel says: "So, then, when someone claims that they have changed, to A Man , then her nipples male, and this will be allowed. When someone transitions from male to female, the nipples are female and not allowed. "

The Free the Nipple campaign captured the attention of The World , It is a complex issue, warns Werbel, says that Social Media companies-algorithms can't understand nuance, as if the posted image shows free-speech-protected art or illegal pornography.

Not more discreet Kathryn Watzel, President of The American Association of Nude Recreation (AANR), says more people are now fighting in the courts for their right to nudity, as before.

"In The Past , a lot of these experiments were quieter and more discreet and that people would not before the court, but now it is a different case," she says. "Things Change , attitudes change. Just remember, 20 years ago breastfeeding in public was a no-no in the Eyes of many people. "

Kathryn J Watzel says the AANR support people's right to be naked in places where it is legal, Watzel says, your family is the posture while you are allowed to grow for home nudity, but you don't mind, that was not the case for all.

"My mother would do the house work, sometimes naked, as it was so hot and uncomfortable," She Said .

"My husband is in the background was different. No one in His Family came out of their bedroom or The Bathroom , without clothes or a Bathrobe. "

Krokos remains amazed at what was happening to her, in Loveland, to say that in some States with legal nudity, the people "do not disturb", but in the States in the West and In America , in the so-called "Bible-belt", "it is as it is A Crime against God, when you see someone, you above without. "

"this isn't about feminism; this is about equality.

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Source of news: bbc.com