Jack Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 A Republican in my home state has proposed a bill in the Montana legislature that would make illegal, "any device, costume, or covering that gives the appearance of or simulates the genitals, pubic hair, anus region, or pubic hair region." here's a link to an article about it: http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/missoula-lawmaker-yoga-pants-speedos-should-be-illegal-in-public/article_71538ba2-d529-5ec3-a289-108de20e9398.html The internet is already up in arms over the "yoga-pants ban," but I have spotted a more dire issue. A Montana paper, The Daily Inter Lake, has reported the law would also ban the exposure of nipples, including, wait for it... MALE NIPS. So say goodbye to river rafting without a shirt, trying to escape the summer heat, or proving your grit by wrestling bears in a jock strap (regular past-time here). So what do you think, grand wizards of FDR? Is this bill a terrible idea because the person pushing for it mentioned afterwards that "Yoga pants should be illegal in public anyway," is it a bad idea because it oppresses women's rights to wear the wonderfully slutty... I mean liberating leg covers. Is it a bad idea because it bans men from being topless? Or is it just a bad idea because it's absolutely ludicrous to send people to jail for what they wear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepin Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 To be entirely clear here, this person is proposing that is someone is wearing yoga pants, that a man in a costume ought to fine the person and remove themselves from public space. If the person refuses, they are to be fined and forcibly removed and temporarily imprisoned. If they refuse to pay the find, they will be taken from their home and imprisoned. If they resist arrest, they will be shot. The solution to yoga pants is to threaten to kill offenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st434u Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 As if the western world wasn't effeminate enough, David Moore brings you... mandatory male bras 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirgall Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Ask your representative to add a friendly amendment that "the mandatory punishment for dilatory law-making be tarring, feathering, and riding out of town on a rail." While not a law, it was a tradition from the time that Victorian dress codes were in vogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuzzums Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 In the past male nipples were as taboo as female nipples. So it would make logical sense to ban them both. I always thought that public nudity was more of a faux pas rather than an actual law. I'm pulling the social conditioning card here and claiming that this whole thing, including the backlash, has nothing to do with a rational, objective debate and everything to do with whatever people find acceptable or not. Regardless, nudity doesn't hurt anyone, I don't think, therefore banning it in any form is oppressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegahero09 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Wait so does this include denim boners? Cause, I mean it could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall B Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Or denim boner's evil sister the cotton camel-toe. Trying to ban yoga pants would have about the same amount of success as trying to bring back prohibition. The public would loves booze and the public loves them some yoga pants and Im with them in that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegahero09 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Lol wait so what if it did- what if they took it all the way and panned pants. So men would have to wear some kind of dress thing. Oooooo or kilts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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