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[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 96 points 1 month ago

Also legal in Ontario, Canada. A woman was arrested for walking around topless in hot weather. She was finned by police but topless men in the area were not. Ontario courts eventually rulled this was discriminatory but the provincial government did not appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada so the ruling only applies in Ontario.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago

Yeah despite there being a law against discrimination, the cops are obviously going to use their subjective view of things like lewd behaviour to charge topless women where they wouldn't men.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 month ago

That's literally the law Ontario courts rulled cannot apply to topless women as it is discrimination.

On July 19, 1991, a sweltering and humid day, Gwen Jacob, a University of Guelph student, was arrested after walking down a street in Guelph, Ontario while topless after removing her shirt when the temperature was 33 °C (91 °F) and was charged with indecency under Section 173(1)(a) of the Criminal Code

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Yeah. Shit, isn't it?

ACAB

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Oklahoma is very much not Ontario

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Take Oklahoma off your list because in Tulsa they will still arrest any woman who does this. Apparently they refuse to follow that law that was passed.

I know because the city made big fucking stink about it when Tulsa women started to go topless when it was found to be legal. So they passed and ordinance making it illegal within city limits at public spaces so practically everywhere.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Have there been any lawsuits about that? Surely someone has done it so they could then sue the city right?

[-] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I bet they would charge them with "Creating a public disturbance."

That's what the cop who told me in Indiana, "Sure, you can wash your car at a public car wash while having a pistol in view; it's not illegal. But I'll arrest you and put you in jail for 'creating a public disturbance' in less than a heartbeat". And, no, he wasn't joking.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, this is effectively illegal in every conservative state.

[-] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, this is effectively illegal in every conservative state.

It's because y'all qaeda hates women.

[-] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

de facto vs de jure

[-] JRush@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's also legal in British Columbia, Canada and it has been since 2000

[-] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

Happy about this. A scant few hours ago I had an over the fence conversation with my neighbor and neither of us were wearing shirts. It's the ideal way to live.

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