{"id":1767905,"date":"2022-12-08T14:02:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T19:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1767905"},"modified":"2022-12-08T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T19:03:07","slug":"in-the-name-of-equality-nantucket-beaches-go-topless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-the-name-of-equality-nantucket-beaches-go-topless\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Name Of \u2018Equality,\u2019 Nantucket Beaches Go Topless"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-the-name-of-equality-nantucket-beaches-go-topless%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1767905&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gender equality<\/a> include men and women being allowed to publicly expose their breasts?<\/p>\n<p>Well, according to Dorothy Stover \u2014 a lifelong resident of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and a self-proclaimed sex educator \u2014 the answer to that question is yes.<\/p>\n<p>Stover scored a legal victory this week after Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-KVDTiGDZ5k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved<\/a> an amendment recently passed by Nantucket voters that legalized toplessness for men and women on all island beaches.<\/p>\n<p>She first advocated for the change last spring, proposing an amendment that read, \u201cIn order to promote equality for all persons, any person shall be allowed to be topless on any beach within the Town of Nantucket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Stover, the idea first came to her many years ago when she saw a cartoon showing a man and woman with the exact same body, with the male telling the female to cover up.<\/p>\n<p>Her desire to ditch her bikini top legally was hastened again after she realized she couldn\u2019t do so at a Nantucket beach, despite men being able to walk around bare-chested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do like to go topless on the beach,\u201d Stover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-KVDTiGDZ5k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained<\/a> on a podcast recorded before voters approved the measure, explaining that there was a Nantucket beach where women could bare their upper half without hassle from authorities \u2014 even though it was illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Yet she noticed a double standard one day on another part of the island after seeing several males who must have suffered from gynecomastia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was at a different beach where you couldn\u2019t be topless and I had this moment when I wanted to be topless,\u201d she said. \u201cI realized I couldn\u2019t and as I looked around the beach, I\u2019m like, \u2018Wait you know there are people that there are men that have bigger breasts than I do right now but they\u2019re able to be topless? Why can\u2019t I be topless?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stover apparently doesn\u2019t see any difference between men\u2019s chests and women\u2019s breasts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the exact same makeup \u2014 men have mammary glands and nipples \u2014 and so I started reaching more into it and men can go topless but we can\u2019t,\u201d Stover previously <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/05\/nantucket-residents-vote-to-allow-topless-beaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not all island residents support her ideas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I have to go topless to prove I am equal to a male that is something wrong with that concept,\u201d one woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6lLJ-E4pnho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> during a debate about the proposal last spring.<\/p>\n<p>A man at the time also pointed out that Nantucket has strict laws about everything in hopes of keeping a certain aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talk about preservation, we talk about making sure the shingles are gray, yet we\u2019re going to pass something that could call undo attention to the island for wrong the reasons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman was offended by that comment, saying, \u201cTo the gentleman that just spoke, I don\u2019t like to be compared to a shingle. My breasts are not shingles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, the town is requesting \u201ceveryone to be patient and respectful as the island adapts to this first-of-its-kind bylaw in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you have to ask people to be \u201crespectful,\u201d isn\u2019t it a sign that maybe this law isn\u2019t the best way to achieve equality?<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to be a \u201csex educator\u201d like Stover to understand that this will lead to heavy bouts of voyeurism.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does gender equality include men and women being allowed to publicly expose their breasts? Well, according to Dorothy Stover \u2014 a lifelong resident of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and a self-proclaimed sex educator \u2014 the answer to that question is yes. 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