Free The Nipple Campaign Analysis

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The Free the Nipple campaign is a movement that advocates a woman’s rights to be topless in public. They want the same rights as men do, they want equality. The campaign is used as a symbol against female oppression and censorship (Esco). Some women say “it’s 2015, why do I have to wear clothes in public? Men can be topless, why can’t I?” It’s not because the standards are sexist. It’s because breasts are one of the most sexualized things in the world whether you want it to be or not. People encourage nudity in public, but what happens when you’re topless and in public, and someone walks by and touches your bare chest. Are they groping you or was it an accident? You never know. Yes, there have been standards about nudity that has developed …show more content…
but has it transformed into something else (Kenigsberg)? Has it become more of a trend rather than an symbol of oppression and censorship in women? It may have. Several popular celebrities such as Chrissy Teigen and Miley Cyrus-- who has posted a lot more than one picture of her breasts-- are big influencer. And this encourages and inspires many other women to do it also. But are the actually supporting the Free the Nipple campaign or doing it because it’s popular and everyone else is doing it? Many people do it because they say it’s their freedom of expression for the women’s cause and taking that away would be taking away part of their rights. It is “a matter of free speech and equal protection and breasts should not be demonized.” I disagree that “breasts are being demonized” if a woman isn’t allowed to post an image of their breast on Instagram or any other social media. The amount of nudity is acutely inappropriate, especially because of the number of children and teens out on the sites and other people that may just be out there to look at someone’s breasts. People are afraid to put their phone numbers on social media, so why should you put your breasts on there? If you tell your enemy your weakness, you might as well tell the whole