Ever since they started letting women show ankle, men have been unable to control themselves…
/s
B-Z_B-S on
The Republican Party supports Sharia Law.
Aware_Cheesecake_519 on
This bill is crazy.
Lonely-Bag-9401 on
Voting/ not voting has consequences.
madbiscotti on
so I have to see gross old men shirtless in the summer while I’m walking my dogs but this is a problem….
kioma47 on
Conservatives demand the entire world be their own personal safe space where they need never see anything that will make them “uncomfortable” and they have complete control over everybody else’s lives.
SuspectsTheButterfly on
Christian taliban
Creative-Package6213 on
Hey look, more religious laws trying to make their way on to the books.
Solonohioperson on
Small government , everyone.
cloud7up on
So they want Sharia law in Ohio? This is not the country I remember. GOP must be on crack or something
Lomak_is_watching on
This is so stupid. Even if you think a drag show is the worse horror known to mankind, how often has anyone accidentally seen a drag show?
Some people act like there’s a stage on every corner in town with a drag queen dancing around. So strange.
Athleticsbaby on
>“Parents across Ohio want to know their children are safe and not exposed to adult performances or imagery. This bill closes loopholes in our law, strengthens protections for minors, and ensures that private spaces remain just that—private. Ohio must remain a place where families feel confident that their children can simply be kids.”
Guess they’d better close the Hooter’s locations. And maybe ban cheerleaders from pro football. Gotta protect the kids, right?
Of course not. These weirdos continue to fixate on drag queens and the “horrors” of gender neutral bathrooms.
OhGodSoManyQuestions on
Would this ban images of dress-wearing Jesus with his long, girlish hair?
RandalFlagg19 on
No one hates freedom quite like the Republican Party
spark3h on
Why don’t we go back to making *parents* responsible for parenting their kids?
Obscenity laws are entirely nanny state nonsense.
If you don’t think your kid should see something, *be a parent and prevent them from seeing it*. It’s not the responsibility of random American citizens to parent other people’s children.
Take some fucking personal responsibility and parent your kids. The first amendment should have **no** exceptions for the sake of protecting anyone’s delicate eyes or ears.
Northern_Ice_2501 on
Holy fuck. In Ontario, women (as of 1996) can be topless in public. Have never seen it, but it’s our right. What’s next? No underarm showing on deodorant commercials?
GG1817 on
let’s just all go toppless.
Ohio really is the worst state ever.
SwimmingThroughHoney on
>”The author claims Ohio HB 249 will jail women for going braless in a T-shirt. HB 249 is about shielding kids from adult performances & imagery —not policing whether women wear bras, bikinis, or T-shirts,” King wrote on X. “Twisting it into ‘women could be jailed for going braless’ isn’t just wrong—it’s a deliberate misrepresentation.”
Well that settles it then. Because the GOP have definitely never made such claims that they then went back on:
* Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” Act: “It’s about making sure that instruction in the classroom is age-appropriate… specifically for grades K through 3.”, Rep. Joe Harding. Bill passed and then books were removed from classrooms and the Florida Dept of Ed expanded the rules to K through 12.
* Texas Senate Bill 8 (The “Heartbeat” Act): “This bill is about private citizens vindicating their rights, it is not the government enforcing a ban.”. Once Roe was overturned, Texas used SB 8 to start criminal enforcement.
* The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: “This is about simplification… our goal is that you can do your taxes on a postcard.”, Former Speaker Paul Ryan. Doing your taxes obviously didn’t get easier and the Act added $1.9 trillion to the deficit.
* One Big Beautiful Bill Act: “This is about fiscal responsibility and empowering local leaders to manage their own healthcare budgets. **It’s not about cutting care**; it’s about making it work better for those who need it.”, Rep. Steve Scalise. The bill cut roughly $1 trillion from Medicaid and bared the courts from enforcing contempt orders against the government.
Burninator05 on
> My wife had an unfortunate encounter, and she went into the locker room to change, and there was a man in there changing
How did their wife know that the person changing wasn’t a cis woman unless the wife wasn’t minding their own business in the changing room? The article doesn’t mention if the “man” was trans or cis but I feel like it’s implied that they were trans given recent <gestures broadly>.
ThaPhantom07 on
These people are insane and we need to stop treating them as normal.
pike360 on
America is so embarrassing.
whatevenaremovies on
Every time Republicans say they want to “protect the kids,” just assume that they are using it as a shield to try and strip more of your rights away.
CrazyPlato on
“This is about protecting children”
“What happened in the incident that prompted this bill?”
“An adult saw someone changing in a YMCA locker room”
ICPGr8Milenko on
I’m confused. Did the wife walk into the wrong locker room? Was the man changing in the wrong locker room? Was it a trans woman they’re misgendering? Was it a shared locker room? How does somebody simply changing in a locker room (private space) pivot into ridiculously vague public decency laws?
badmoviecritic on
Why are Americans so afraid of boobs? If you normalize them, it will go a long way to de-sexualize them (if that is the principal concern).
It’s a body part, people. We are all naked under our clothes and we are all animals, no matter what was written in a few old books. Have some respect for one another, okay?
Atouchofexcitement on
It’s amazing all these bills that claim that they’re all about “ protecting the kids” and yet we have children dying from gun violence, abuse, inadequate, healthcare, and lack of food every day in this country. Those seem to be issues that are never steamrolled through or waxed philosophy or morally by Republicans. Anytime a Republican says it’s about protecting the children what they really mean is it makes me feel icky so I don’t like it. Your Religion has no place in deciding what is legal and not legal.
siouxbee1434 on
I’m waiting for laws that prohibit men from being out in public unescorted or not covering their bodies
SoundSageWisdom on
For fuck sake. Let me guess? Males are behind this
littlehobbit1313 on
> “The YMCA provides wonderful service, but in this issue, I don’t think they are following Christian principles.”
So why wouldn’t you just take this up with the YMCA as a private organization instead of making a whole fucking law over one incident?🙄😒
> “The author claims Ohio HB 249 will jail women for going braless in a T-shirt. HB 249 is about shielding kids from adult performances & imagery —not policing whether women wear bras, bikinis, or T-shirts,” King wrote on X. “Twisting it into ‘women could be jailed for going braless’ isn’t just wrong—it’s a deliberate misrepresentation.”
I work in writing policies for my company and here’s the thing: it doesn’t say they *won’t* be jailed for going braless either. Unless that’s stated explicitly, then there’s absolutely gray for someone to arrest a woman for going braless based on their own interpretation of “indecent exposure”. And as we’ve seen, that’s sort of their whole playbook: “the law doesn’t say that // we wouldn’t do that” quickly turns into them taking advantage of the exact vagueness they’re telling us not to worry about.
tastybeer on
Canadian checking in – here it is 100% legal for women to be topless as long as they are not being overtly inappropriate. If a dude can be shirtless, so can a lady. I forget the exact description of what “overtly inappropriate “ is but basically if they are just walking around and going about their business, 100% legal. The first summer it was in effect I saw a few women topless but now that the novelty has worn off, not so much.
Honest-Situation-738 on
>
* **Closes loopholes to prohibit adult sexualized performances in public spaces in front of minors**
So, like… all the sports cheerleaders that do those risque but ostensibly G-rated performances at sporting events are going to get banned in Ohio?
I’m not convinced.
LunaPhazer on
If they ban sports bras and bikinis for women then I want all men have to wear a shirt in public as well.
thefanciestcat on
>The bill’s primary sponsors, State Rep. Angela N. King, **R**-84, and State Rep. Josh Williams, **R**-44,
You already “knew” but now you *know*.
Imsorrywhatnoway on
Fighting hard overseas for “women’s liberation” but at home, they’re going to end up making American women wear burkas when out in public.
CaptainRelyk on
Abortion bans was just the beginning
The next step in controlling women’s bodies is deciding what their allowed to wear
Wrong_Square7826 on
So can women not perform wear anything other than dresses? This has nothing to do with protecting kids. Not an expert, but the drag queens I have seen on tv all seem to be wearing long gowns, flamboyant make up and crazy hair… Maybe some perform in risqué outfits with penis flopping but why would kids be there? It seems OK for female teen performers to flaunt their T&A… that is not harm to kids?
Mouthy_Dumptruck on
One of my favorite things to point out:
Christians claim Islam is a religion of coercion, submission, and male dominance.
Republicans are attempting to do the same, just by 1 article of clothing as a time. They’re trying to be covert about their societal takeover. Imo, that’s worse.
At least Muslims are upfront about their unfair female “purity” expectations.
ike7177 on
Anyone that has a spouse voting for this has the right to absolutely REFUSE any further intimacy with them. Any daughter that has a father voting for this should go 100% no contact and disown them.
givin_u_the_high_hat on
Sharia law in full effect. The GOP love how extremist theocracies treat women.
Stopper33 on
“We hate Sharia law”. Institutes Sharia Law
Jonely-Bonely on
Your religion dictates what you are prohibited from doing.
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Ever since they started letting women show ankle, men have been unable to control themselves…
/s
The Republican Party supports Sharia Law.
This bill is crazy.
Voting/ not voting has consequences.
so I have to see gross old men shirtless in the summer while I’m walking my dogs but this is a problem….
Conservatives demand the entire world be their own personal safe space where they need never see anything that will make them “uncomfortable” and they have complete control over everybody else’s lives.
Christian taliban
Hey look, more religious laws trying to make their way on to the books.
Small government , everyone.
So they want Sharia law in Ohio? This is not the country I remember. GOP must be on crack or something
This is so stupid. Even if you think a drag show is the worse horror known to mankind, how often has anyone accidentally seen a drag show?
Some people act like there’s a stage on every corner in town with a drag queen dancing around. So strange.
>“Parents across Ohio want to know their children are safe and not exposed to adult performances or imagery. This bill closes loopholes in our law, strengthens protections for minors, and ensures that private spaces remain just that—private. Ohio must remain a place where families feel confident that their children can simply be kids.”
Guess they’d better close the Hooter’s locations. And maybe ban cheerleaders from pro football. Gotta protect the kids, right?
Of course not. These weirdos continue to fixate on drag queens and the “horrors” of gender neutral bathrooms.
Would this ban images of dress-wearing Jesus with his long, girlish hair?
No one hates freedom quite like the Republican Party
Why don’t we go back to making *parents* responsible for parenting their kids?
Obscenity laws are entirely nanny state nonsense.
If you don’t think your kid should see something, *be a parent and prevent them from seeing it*. It’s not the responsibility of random American citizens to parent other people’s children.
Take some fucking personal responsibility and parent your kids. The first amendment should have **no** exceptions for the sake of protecting anyone’s delicate eyes or ears.
Holy fuck. In Ontario, women (as of 1996) can be topless in public. Have never seen it, but it’s our right. What’s next? No underarm showing on deodorant commercials?
let’s just all go toppless.
Ohio really is the worst state ever.
>”The author claims Ohio HB 249 will jail women for going braless in a T-shirt. HB 249 is about shielding kids from adult performances & imagery —not policing whether women wear bras, bikinis, or T-shirts,” King wrote on X. “Twisting it into ‘women could be jailed for going braless’ isn’t just wrong—it’s a deliberate misrepresentation.”
Well that settles it then. Because the GOP have definitely never made such claims that they then went back on:
* Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” Act: “It’s about making sure that instruction in the classroom is age-appropriate… specifically for grades K through 3.”, Rep. Joe Harding. Bill passed and then books were removed from classrooms and the Florida Dept of Ed expanded the rules to K through 12.
* Texas Senate Bill 8 (The “Heartbeat” Act): “This bill is about private citizens vindicating their rights, it is not the government enforcing a ban.”. Once Roe was overturned, Texas used SB 8 to start criminal enforcement.
* The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: “This is about simplification… our goal is that you can do your taxes on a postcard.”, Former Speaker Paul Ryan. Doing your taxes obviously didn’t get easier and the Act added $1.9 trillion to the deficit.
* One Big Beautiful Bill Act: “This is about fiscal responsibility and empowering local leaders to manage their own healthcare budgets. **It’s not about cutting care**; it’s about making it work better for those who need it.”, Rep. Steve Scalise. The bill cut roughly $1 trillion from Medicaid and bared the courts from enforcing contempt orders against the government.
> My wife had an unfortunate encounter, and she went into the locker room to change, and there was a man in there changing
How did their wife know that the person changing wasn’t a cis woman unless the wife wasn’t minding their own business in the changing room? The article doesn’t mention if the “man” was trans or cis but I feel like it’s implied that they were trans given recent <gestures broadly>.
These people are insane and we need to stop treating them as normal.
America is so embarrassing.
Every time Republicans say they want to “protect the kids,” just assume that they are using it as a shield to try and strip more of your rights away.
“This is about protecting children”
“What happened in the incident that prompted this bill?”
“An adult saw someone changing in a YMCA locker room”
I’m confused. Did the wife walk into the wrong locker room? Was the man changing in the wrong locker room? Was it a trans woman they’re misgendering? Was it a shared locker room? How does somebody simply changing in a locker room (private space) pivot into ridiculously vague public decency laws?
Why are Americans so afraid of boobs? If you normalize them, it will go a long way to de-sexualize them (if that is the principal concern).
It’s a body part, people. We are all naked under our clothes and we are all animals, no matter what was written in a few old books. Have some respect for one another, okay?
It’s amazing all these bills that claim that they’re all about “ protecting the kids” and yet we have children dying from gun violence, abuse, inadequate, healthcare, and lack of food every day in this country. Those seem to be issues that are never steamrolled through or waxed philosophy or morally by Republicans. Anytime a Republican says it’s about protecting the children what they really mean is it makes me feel icky so I don’t like it. Your Religion has no place in deciding what is legal and not legal.
I’m waiting for laws that prohibit men from being out in public unescorted or not covering their bodies
For fuck sake. Let me guess? Males are behind this
> “The YMCA provides wonderful service, but in this issue, I don’t think they are following Christian principles.”
So why wouldn’t you just take this up with the YMCA as a private organization instead of making a whole fucking law over one incident?🙄😒
> “The author claims Ohio HB 249 will jail women for going braless in a T-shirt. HB 249 is about shielding kids from adult performances & imagery —not policing whether women wear bras, bikinis, or T-shirts,” King wrote on X. “Twisting it into ‘women could be jailed for going braless’ isn’t just wrong—it’s a deliberate misrepresentation.”
I work in writing policies for my company and here’s the thing: it doesn’t say they *won’t* be jailed for going braless either. Unless that’s stated explicitly, then there’s absolutely gray for someone to arrest a woman for going braless based on their own interpretation of “indecent exposure”. And as we’ve seen, that’s sort of their whole playbook: “the law doesn’t say that // we wouldn’t do that” quickly turns into them taking advantage of the exact vagueness they’re telling us not to worry about.
Canadian checking in – here it is 100% legal for women to be topless as long as they are not being overtly inappropriate. If a dude can be shirtless, so can a lady. I forget the exact description of what “overtly inappropriate “ is but basically if they are just walking around and going about their business, 100% legal. The first summer it was in effect I saw a few women topless but now that the novelty has worn off, not so much.
>
* **Closes loopholes to prohibit adult sexualized performances in public spaces in front of minors**
So, like… all the sports cheerleaders that do those risque but ostensibly G-rated performances at sporting events are going to get banned in Ohio?
I’m not convinced.
If they ban sports bras and bikinis for women then I want all men have to wear a shirt in public as well.
>The bill’s primary sponsors, State Rep. Angela N. King, **R**-84, and State Rep. Josh Williams, **R**-44,
You already “knew” but now you *know*.
Fighting hard overseas for “women’s liberation” but at home, they’re going to end up making American women wear burkas when out in public.
Abortion bans was just the beginning
The next step in controlling women’s bodies is deciding what their allowed to wear
So can women not perform wear anything other than dresses? This has nothing to do with protecting kids. Not an expert, but the drag queens I have seen on tv all seem to be wearing long gowns, flamboyant make up and crazy hair… Maybe some perform in risqué outfits with penis flopping but why would kids be there? It seems OK for female teen performers to flaunt their T&A… that is not harm to kids?
One of my favorite things to point out:
Christians claim Islam is a religion of coercion, submission, and male dominance.
Republicans are attempting to do the same, just by 1 article of clothing as a time. They’re trying to be covert about their societal takeover. Imo, that’s worse.
At least Muslims are upfront about their unfair female “purity” expectations.
Anyone that has a spouse voting for this has the right to absolutely REFUSE any further intimacy with them. Any daughter that has a father voting for this should go 100% no contact and disown them.
Sharia law in full effect. The GOP love how extremist theocracies treat women.
“We hate Sharia law”. Institutes Sharia Law
Your religion dictates what you are prohibited from doing.
It doesn’t determine what I can do.