Duchess of Waves

Topless... really?

https://lemmy.world/post/2065072

Topless... really? - Lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2064786 [https://lemmy.world/post/2064786] I live near Munich. Yes, Germans are pretty relaxed about nudity. Even I thought I was relaxed about it, often sunning topless (female, soon 30). But recently a law was passed stating that you only need to cover your primary sex organs, eg. in public places like streets, lakes, public pools, forests and so on. In other words, even females of ALL ages can walk around topless. Which I don’t mind for adults. But. Today I had the rather confusing experience of having four girls next to me at the lake, obviously minors but still pretty well endowed, and besides swimming and sitting in the sun they rode their bikes, played ball, hugged and kissed their boy friends and most people starred at them. Because they were topless. Is it just me who has a problem to watch minors tits bouncing all around her in broad public? Is that morally rotten or just very open? Is that even a legal interpretation of the law? PS, this topic got deleted on EVERY Reddit channel I asked for opinions.

Jul 23, 2023 at 10:49pmWeb
Show threadkaduJul 23, 2023

This conflict arises from our generational heritage of considering boobs a sexual object. With that in mind, it’s normal and expected that seeing minor boobs bothers you and creates a morality conflict.

In many Brazilian native tribes, there’s no cultural background of boobs being attached to sexuality so… A native would look at this scene and feel the same way as you would looking at a minor’s hands or ears: nothing.

The issue comes from this loop: in order to make boobs not a taboo or sexually charged body part, you need to be open about them and let people (including minors) display them publicly. But if you do that, for quite a long while, you’re making lots of people uncomfortable and maybe unintentionally aiding abusers that very much sexualize them.

So what’s the solution? I have no clue.