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[Fularu]

Eh just go to a random french, spannish, italian beach. Women have been topless there for decades now and no one cares about it anymore

 

[Escape Goat]

And the comments alone in this thread have made the tops go back on

 

[mhayes86]

That's cool, but not enough to make me want to go back to Ocean City any time soon.

The place has gone down hill over the years, and is typically just crowded with drunk teens, especially since this is the end of the school year and "senior week" time.

 

[TWrecks310]

As someone who has been to Ocean City like 20 times in their life, this is some extremely Ocean City shit.

 

[A Link to the Past]

If it's not a topless beach, I better not see guy nips

 

[Ryoku]

Good luck. It's about a 2-3 hour drive from BWI Airport, and that's if traffic is good.

Ehh. Traffic becomes much, much less of an issue ~15 minutes past the Bay Bridge.

 

[KSweeley]

Well this is fucked up, the City Council for Ocean City just passed an "emergency ordinance" prohibiting topless women on Ocean City beaches: https://www.facebook.com/MayorRickMeehan/posts/1744378248912585

Mayor Rick Meehan
2 hrs ·
This ordinance provides clarity as to the position of the Town of Ocean City, that we will not allow women to be topless on our beach or on any public property within city limits.

Link: https://oceancitymd.gov/oc/ocean-city-council-passes-emergency-ordinance-while-awaiting-ag-opinion/

Ocean City, Maryland – (June 10, 2017): While the Worcester County States’ Attorney waits for an opinion from the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, the Ocean City Council has passed local legislation after a woman expressed her desire to be bare-chested on Ocean City’s beach. The woman, an advocate to “normalize bare-chestedness,” believes it is her constitutional right under equal protection to be bare-chested in public.

Ocean City officials disagree. The Council met on Saturday, June 10, to pass an emergency ordinance that prohibits offenses involving public nudity or those in a state of nudity. The ordinance states “there is no constitutional right for an individual to appear in public nude or in a state of nudity. Whatever personal right one has to be nude or in a state of nudity that right becomes subject to government interest and regulation when one seeks to exercise it in public.”

Further, the ordinance reads, “equal protection clause does not demand that things that are different in fact be treated the same in law, nor that a government pretend there are no physiological differences between men and women.”

The council voted unanimously in favor of the emergency ordinance.

 

[III-V]

ahhh, we are so afraid of nudity and sex yet fine with a bit of the ol ultra violence

 

[BlazinSkatinAxel]

Who wants to bet that women caused this? I'm sure men werent.

 

[moggio]

Well here in America, we have folks who believe women being topless isn't family friendly:

Then they need to get fucked.

 

[Malleymal]

I remember when I went to the Europe last summer and we went to a beach on the Black Sea and I kept seeing topless women. It was so cool to see people just going about their business not caring about the nudity. It was refreshing.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

religious nutters

 

[Count Dookkake]

I've had some good times in Ocean City.

 

[Kensation]

 

[HStallion]

Remember that seeing boobs before the age of 18 will turn you into a deranged unstoppable pervert monster with no hope of reform. Its like feeding a Gremlin after midnight, you just don't do it.

 

[Previous]

Well this is fucked up, the City Council for Ocean City just passed an "emergency ordinance" prohibiting topless women on Ocean City beaches: https://www.facebook.com/MayorRickMeehan/posts/1744378248912585



Link: https://oceancitymd.gov/oc/ocean-city-council-passes-emergency-ordinance-while-awaiting-ag-opinion/

Not surprising, local politics are overwhelmingly conservatives. They tried to strictly limit zoning for sex shops a few years ago If I recall. I don't think they tolerate head shops either (I haven't been inside any of the dozens of new "vape" shops that have popped up in the last couple years so maybe that changed).

The congressman from the district is also famous for attempting to stop DC's marijuana legalization.

 

[Trouble]

Ocean City is still a shithole. Gonna need more than the off chance of boobs to make me ever go back there.

 

[Ashes]

Are women's boobs sexualised or not sexualised? This thread seems to be giving mixed messages.

To clarify I don't mean in an office setting, of course it'd be highly inappropriate in most professional settings, men and women; I mean specifically on the beach in a sunbathing setting.

 

[Syriel]

Well this is fucked up, the City Council for Ocean City just passed an "emergency ordinance" prohibiting topless women on Ocean City beaches: https://www.facebook.com/MayorRickMeehan/posts/1744378248912585



Link: https://oceancitymd.gov/oc/ocean-city-council-passes-emergency-ordinance-while-awaiting-ag-opinion/

So man boobies are OK, but lady boobies aren't?

Sounds like straight up sexism. Plus, that mayor desperately needs to take a human anatomy class.

 

[Schucky Ducky]

I went to college near there and worked at a public accounting firm in the Ocean City area. Ocean City really is the worst.

 

[KSweeley]

The Mayor of Ocean City seriously believes prohibiting topless women will protect the rights of families who visit Ocean City: https://oceancitymd.gov/oc/ocean-city-is-not-a-topless-beach-will-not-become-a-topless-beach/

Ocean City Is Not a Topless Beach & Will Not Become A Topless Beach

Ocean City, Maryland – (June 9, 2017): Despite many reports and social media posts, the Town of Ocean City is not a topless beach and will not become a topless beach, town officials pledge. The intent of the policy that is being reported on was strictly for our Beach Patrol employees. Lifeguards in Ocean City are expected to have their eyes on the ocean, as the safety of our swimmers is their first priority. The town’s police department, on the other hand, will respond to calls from the Beach Patrol and complaints from our beach patrons, should any activity of toplessness occur.

“The Mayor and City Council are unanimously opposed to women being topless on our beach or in any public area in Ocean City,” stated Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan. “While we respect Ms. Covington’s desire to express what rights she believes she may have, Ocean City is a family resort and we intend to do whatever is within our ability to also protect the rights of those families that visit us each year.”

This matter was brought to the town’s attention when the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office received a request from a woman, Chelsea Covington, who believed it was her constitutional right to be bare-chested on Ocean City’s beach. At that time, the State’s Attorney reached out to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office for an opinion on the matter, which the Town of Ocean City is still anxiously awaiting.

 

[Elfotografoalocado]

For fucks sake, the purpose of breasts is to be put in a baby's mouth so that it can suck from it. Their sexual value is secondary and certainly unknown to kids who have plenty of porn available on the internet anyway.
But then, why is this discussion being had now and not in the 70s like everywhere else in the West?

 

[TemplaerDude]

I hope this decision tanks their fucking town. Sexist fucks.

 

[HStallion]

For fucks sake, the purpose of breasts is to be put in a baby's mouth so that it can suck from it. Their sexual value is secondary and certainly unknown to kids who have plenty of porn available on the internet anyway.
But then, why is this discussion being had now and not in the 70s like everywhere else in the West?

I've seen people freak out at women who were breast feeding their babies in public. I mean making a scene over nothing at all and expecting everyone else to be as outraged as they were. Its rather amazing what tits in public do to some people, its like you were wearing a Nazi uniform or something to them.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I've seen people freak out at women who were breast feeding their babies in public. I mean making a scene over nothing at all and expecting everyone else to be as outraged as they were. Its rather amazing what tits in public do to some people, its like you were wearing a Nazi uniform or something to them.

we live in a world where the VPOTUS can't be in a room with a woman alone in fear of being tempted by her mere presence. I can believe it.

 

[KSweeley]

For fucks sake, the purpose of breasts is to be put in a baby's mouth so that it can suck from it. Their sexual value is secondary and certainly unknown to kids who have plenty of porn available on the internet anyway.
But then, why is this discussion being had now and not in the 70s like everywhere else in the West?

I know that, you know that, I'm sure a lot of people here on GAF knows it, but this doesn't compute in the brains of many Americans in the 21st Century however.

 

[John Kowalski]

For fucks sake, the purpose of breasts is to be put in a baby's mouth so that it can suck from it. Their sexual value is secondary and certainly unknown to kids who have plenty of porn available on the internet anyway.
But then, why is this discussion being had now and not in the 70s like everywhere else in the West?

They should be free to be nude regardless of them being sexual

 

[Hickbilly Deluxe]

This will go one of two ways.

1) Women will be able to go topless, followed by tons of complaints of men staring at them or..

2) The city will require men to wear tops.

Granted, everything could turn out just fine but the cynic in me says it wont.

 

[Bornstellar]

forced sexualization of the female form

I mean, really?

 

[sturmdogg]

I'm behind this 100%. It's completely arbitrary and fundamentally unequal that men are permitted to be topless and women are not.

Unfortunately, any way you slice it, it will be a shitstorm to change things.

You just want to see boobies.

 

[moggio]

You just want to see boobies.

Spoiler

 

[Emperor_Uriel]

Good. The less security and police are being pushed to go after people who aren't dangerous, the better.

 

[Wafflecakes]

That didn't take long,

Emergency vote in Ocean City, Maryland: You can't go topless here
http://wtkr.com/2017/06/10/emergency-vote-in-ocean-city-maryland-you-cant-go-topless-here/

The City Council of Ocean City unanimously passed an emergency ordinance prohibiting public nudity — which states ”there is no constitutional right for an individual to appear in public nude or in a state of nudity."

”Whatever personal right one has to be nude or in a state of nudity that right becomes subject to government interest and regulation when one seeks to exercise it in public," says the ordinance, which will remain in place until the state attorney general delivers an opinion on the matter.

Violators of the ordinance could face a fine of up to $1,000.

The ordinance also says that the ”equal protection clause does not demand that things that are different in fact be treated the same in law, nor that a government pretend there are no physiological differences between men and women."

 

[itwasTuesday]

Going there next week.

Edit: ^ doh
still going tho

 

[Icedburden]

Good luck. It's about a 2-3 hour drive from BWI Airport, and that's if traffic is good.

Pretty much. And even after you see everything, the city ain't that great.

 

[TimHortons]

Isn't it a dry county?

 

[ahoyhoy]

I remember that brief period Salvia was legal in OC and was being sold in every other shop on the boardwalk.

What a weird time.

 

[teruterubozu]

Damn, thought there'd be pics in this thread...

 

[Ryoku]

I say we force primates to wear bras in zoos to make them more family friendly.

 

[SigSig]

"Emergency ordinance" against sunbathing topless lmao
How are the US still so comically prude

 

[AngmarsKing701]

Should've been first post

 

[CambriaRising]

As someone who lives in Fenwick Island (Literally right outside the city limits), I have seen mostly negative responses from prude locals. It's sad.

If men can be topless, women should be able to as well. Point blank.

I hope this decision tanks their fucking town. Sexist fucks.

Record tourism in the last 3 years, so nah.

 

[v0yce]

I agree. If we're okay with any men to be topless we should be okay with women too. Hope this applies to Newport!

Then they need to get fucked.

religious nutters

ahhh, we are so afraid of nudity and sex yet fine with a bit of the ol ultra violence

For fucks sake, the purpose of breasts is to be put in a baby's mouth so that it can suck from it. Their sexual value is secondary and certainly unknown to kids who have plenty of porn available on the internet anyway.
But then, why is this discussion being had now and not in the 70s like everywhere else in the West?

There's a pic of a topless guy on the beach.

I somehow doubt one of you will post a topless lady pic.

 

[moggio]

There's a pic of a topless guy on the beach.

I somehow doubt one of you will post a topless lady pic.

That's because AFAIK it's against the ToS of this forum which is also a sexist rule that needs to be re-evaluated.

 

[Wafflecakes]

Fair point. If you are going to complain about the town, you should at least complain equally about GAF's stance... which is essentially identical.

 

[isaacnukem]

California, here I cooooomeeeeeee

Oh wait, different place?

 

[Exile20]

Not worth it to go to OC to see some titties.
You pass too many strip clubs on the way.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

There's a pic of a topless guy on the beach.

I somehow doubt one of you will post a topless lady pic.

best I could find skirting the rules.

 

[11redder]

Why aren't cows forced to wear bras over their udders in the US?

Filthy beasts, out in the fields flaunting what "God" gave them and perverting the innocent minds of children/calves everywhere without a modicum of shame. It's a national scandal.

Down with this sort of thing.

 

[v0yce]

best I could find skirting the rules.

I think you may be missing the point.

Do you think GAF is run by "religious nutters?"