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Topless protester Chelsea Covington |
A battle over bare-breasted women at one of Maryland’s most popular vacation spots is heating up as summer hits without a clear answer on whether women are free to be free at the beach.
With the heat approaching, authorities in Ocean City issued a memo this week directing the beach patrol not to confront bare-chested women or ask them to cover up regardless of complaints. The policy is to stand until the Maryland Attorney General’s Office opines on state indecent exposure laws after a local beachgoer declared that if men can go sans tops, then women can, too.
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“It’s about equality, it’s about positivity, and it’s against body shaming and the forced sexualization of the female form,” said Chelsea Covington, a self-described “topfreedom” advocate who wrote a legal brief arguing that Maryland law allows women to go bare-chested in public. “It is most certainly about equality under the law.”
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The legal dust-up has rankled the resort town along the Eastern Shore, with officials worried seminude women will besmirch Ocean City’s reputation as a family-friendly vacation destination.Chelsea trying to get noticed on Brighton Beach, New York.
“The mayor and council have no desire to make Ocean City a topless beach,” said Jessica Waters, a spokeswoman for the city. “We have no plans for becoming a topless beach.”
Maryland law is not entirely clear when it comes to the question of whether women are expressly prohibited from baring their breasts in public.
Legally, it's a slam dunk case, if you really believe in equality of the sexes. However, I suspect that most of the opposition will come from women. I can hardly wait to find out how the notorious RBG rules on this one.
I haven't been to Ocean City in many years, but maybe a trip is in order?
Wombat-socho came in a little late with "Rule 5 Tuesday: EDC Girls".
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ps. would you consider adding CC to your blogroll??