Nudity Should Be As Legal As Clothing

You've hit the nail on the head, my friend. From what I've seen there are no laws that specifically ban public nudity. Which is a good indication the public is not supportive of banning public nudity. This is Pennsylvania's take on this: CHAPTER 31. SEXUAL OFFENSES Subchapter B. Definition Of Offenses " 3127. Indecent exposure. (a) Offense defined.--A person commits indecent exposure if that person exposes his or her genitals in any public place or in any place where there are present other persons under circumstances in which he or she knows or should know that this conduct is likely to offend, affront or alarm. The laws are open to interpretation. If there was a public outcry against nudity, then why don't we have laws specifically banning it? The issue is freedom. No one can answer the question. What harm physical or mental does nudity pose to the public? Or, for that matter, the question. What harm physical or mental does clothing pose to the public? The answer is none. And for that reason alone, "Nudity Should Be As Legal As Clothing". I'm not talking about lewd acts here. That is a different debate. Lewd acts can be performed with or with out clothing. How a person acts in public doesn't have anything to do with whether they are clothed or not. The acts themselves are worth passing laws against. Not the state of dress a person is in when performing them. And a law against lewd acts is enough. We don't need laws against clothing or nudity. Let me pose some questions to you to put this debate in more perspective. Has anyone ever been harmed by a naked person in public? If no, then why not allow nudity in public? Has anyone ever been harmed by a clothed person in public? If yes, then why are we allowing clothing in public? Have you ever heard of someone being harmed by a naked person in public? If no, then why not allow nudity in public? Have you ever heard of someone being harmed by a clothed person in public? If yes, then why are we allowing clothing in public? Are you offended by the way others look? If so, do you believe that person should not appear in public? Does it really matter if they are clothed or not? Do you find certain clothing people wear offensive? Would you tell them to stop wearing it and put on something else? When you meet people in public do you look at their genitals specifically? Do you feel others might look at a person's genitals if a person wore no clothing in public? I guess the basis of what I'm saying is whether a person is clothed or not in public makes no difference as to how someone will treat them. Makes no difference as to how people will react. If someone is going to treat someone badly, then whether clothing is worn or not will not effect the outcome. If someone is going to act badly in public, then clothed or not the result will be the same. So if clothing or nudity have no effect on how people behave in public, then each one should be treated as the same when it comes to the law. Anything a naked person does in public, can be done by a clothed person. You don't see laws banning certain articles of clothing. You don't see laws banning nudity. Therefore, nudity should be as legal as clothing in pubic. And the indecent exposure portion of laws needs to be removed entirely. If we take the Pennsylvania law and reword it like this would you support it: CHAPTER 31. SEXUAL OFFENSES Subchapter B. Definition Of Offenses " 3127. Indecent exposure. (a) Offense defined.--A person commits indecent exposure if that person (wears certain clothing) in any public place or in any place where there are present other persons under circumstances in which he or she knows or should know that this conduct is likely to offend, affront or alarm. No. Because it doesn't make any sense. To a nudist their clothing is their naked body. Why shouldn't they have the same rights in public that a clothed person has without this "Indecent Exposure" part of the law being present? If you wouldn't want this law including clothing, then there's no logical reason to have it when clothing is not worn. Indecent Exposure can also apply to clothing if the person wearing it knows the clothing is likely to offend, affront, or alarm. So based on all of the above let me try to clarify things a bit. Point #1: Nudity and clothing have nothing to do with how a person acts in public. The person committing the acts is the sole one responsible for what they are doing. There is nothing a person can do in public naked that they can't do clothed. It's just a matter of what body parts can be seen. The act alone is enough to make it illegal. You shouldn't ban clothing or nudity because of it. Point #2: Just because you find something distasteful doesn't mean it should be banned. Taste is a subjective matter and if you could ban something based on it then everything would eventually be banned because everyone's taste differs. Not everyone wants to see certain articles of clothing the same way not everyone will want to see a person's genitals. Does that mean personal freedom to wear the clothing or go naked should be banned? Of course, not. We have to allow people to be themselves. The same way we want to have the freedom to be ourselves. Point #3: Why would you not want more freedom as opposed to less? Banning clothing or nudity results in less freedom. Don't we have enough restrictions without adding another one to it? Point #4: Since there are no laws directly banning public nudity (and trust me certain lawmakers have tried), then my argument that "Nudity Should Be As Legal As Clothing" is fully supported by the majority which have chosen not to support such public nudity banning laws. Point #5: Just because you don't see people exercising their right to go naked in public, doesn't mean more people won't as people become more open about their bodies through education. Sometimes all you need is for someone to say it's ok. I am here to tell you. It's OK to go naked in public. Let's advance as a society. Fight for the rights you deserve and don't give in to someone else's perception that certain parts of the human body are wrong, sinful, indecent, etc. That simply is not true.