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Re:Rational Dress Society by NeoTar on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @06:33AM (#35437501)
> Here in the UK (which is what the article is about), it is illegal for either (/any) gender to expose their genitals in public [1] - that is called "indecent exposure". Breasts are not genitals and it is not illegal to show them.

That's not correct in England and Wales law (UK law varies between the nations). The current law (as amended in 2003) says:

A person commits an offence if— he intentionally exposes his genitals, and he intends that someone will see them and be caused alarm or distress.

It may well be different in practice though.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indecent_exposure

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Re:Rational Dress Society by quietbritishjim on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:01AM (#35437719)
Oh, very interesting, I didn't realise intent was part of it. There's even advice from the CPS (linked from that Wikipedia page) about what to do about someone claiming to just be generally a naturist [1]

[1] https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/nudity-public-guidance...

It includes this:

> Nudity in public alone with no aggravating features is very unlikely to amount to [public nuisance] (or any other) offence.

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