Female Toplessness In Canada
In Canada, topfreedom has primarily been an attempt to combat the interpretation of Obscenity#Canada, indecency laws that considered a woman's breasts to be indecent, and therefore their exhibition in public an offence. In British Columbia, it is a historical issue dating back to the 1930s and the public protests against the materialistic lifestyle held by the radical religious sect of the Freedomites, whose pacifist beliefs led to their exodus from Russia to Canada at the end of the 19th century. The ''Svobodniki'' became famous for their public nudity: primarily for their nude marches in public and the acts of arson committed also in the nude. Law In Canada, the law on public decency is found in sections 173 and 174 of the Criminal Code (Canada), Criminal Code. However, what constitutes an indecent act is not defined and is open to interpretation by the courts. In 1991, Topfreedom, toplessness as an indecent act was challenged in Guelph, Ontario, by Gwen Jacob, who removed her ...
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Obscenity
An obscenity is any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time. It is derived from the Latin , , "boding ill; disgusting; indecent", of uncertain etymology. Generally, the term can be used to indicate strong moral repugnance and outrage in expressions such as "obscene profit (accounting), profits" and "the obscenity of war". As a legal term, it usually refers to descriptions and depictions of people engaged in Human sexuality, sexual and excretory activity. United States obscenity law In the United States, issues of obscenity raise issues of limitations on the freedom of speech and of freedom of the press, the press, which are otherwise protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Federal obscenity law in the U.S. is unusual in that there is no uniform national standard. Former Justice Potter Stewart of the Supreme Court of the United States, in attempting to classify what materi ...
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