YSK about this petition to allow women to be topless in public

While I fully agree that women should have the right to be topless in public, I won't be signing this petition because it is badly written, and I do not want such a thing to represent the fully serious issue of criminalization of humans' natural bodies.

Specifically, the petition refers to...

outlaws a women from joining.

That should be a womAn not "a womEn." And also...

Why should we seek to cover nurturing, life-giving papilla yet allow exposure of the useless protuberance found on men?

This is a pointless sentiment, to portray women's breasts as wholesome and a male chest as pointless. It doesn't matter what kinds of qualities or attitudes are attributed to human anatomy. It's not worthwhile to portray women's bodies as wholesome or motherly - in fact, a woman's body could be the 'opposite' and she WANTS to be perceived as scandalous and lustful, with no intention of being "wholesome" and nurturing life - that doesn't matter - because it should be a right to be naked, regardless.

And finally...

It's time women for a new paradigm in public decency

I think it was supposed to be "forM"? like "It's time women form a new paradigm in public decency." Maybe. I'm not really positive.. And that's a bad thing. I should know what it's supposed to be saying.

Plus, it's not up to only women to "form a new paradigm". Men have to be included as well, and the goal shouldn't be to have equal shirtless laws. The goal should be inclusive of everyone; Men, Women, people who are both, or neither. And the right shouldn't be to go outside without a shirt on, the fundamental human right is to have liberty, without undue interference from the state. Which means being able to swim naked, sunbathe naked, whatever. People's natural naked bodies can't be illegal in any way, topless or fully nude. There's no compelling rational reason for it to be.

I would fully support a proper petition for this fundamental principle of human rights. It should be re-written without any errors, and include professional level ethical reasoning.

I'm not intending to be insulting to the writer, it's just constructive criticism. The potential to do better can't be achieved unless someone is there to be brutally honest when it's not good enough yet.

Good luck.

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