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San Francisco's anti-female ordinance
SF Park Code criminalizes just one of the genders
In San Francisco, the progressive weekly Bay Guardian found
"no municipal ordinances whatsoever regarding not-for-profit,
everyday nudity," despite asking lawyers and police officers.
[SFBG, "The Naked City," 19 May 2004]
Alas, we've got one, hidden away in The City's "Park Code"
(not in the Police Code).
This little-known code affects only city parks (as defined in section 2.01), so it can't ban nudity on most streets.
Nor can a lowly city ordinance affect federal lands, such as Baker Beach or the Presidio.
S.F. Park Code section 4.01 provides, in part, that "No person shall, in any park. [sic; period should be comma] without permission of the Recreation and Park Department: [.........] ...(h) Expose his or her genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum, anal region or pubic hair region or any portion of the female breast at or below the areola thereof, except that this section shall not apply to children under the age of five years; [.......]". This wording apparently hasn't changed since 1981, or earlier.
In this ordinance, our supposedly egalitarian and feminist city blatantly treats every female as a second-class person,
at least after her fifth birthday.
When will San Franciscans demand that city ordinances be gender-neutral?
How long will our city continue, in the 21st century, to criminalize females as a class?
If any San Francisco woman ever decides to lead a campaign against this unfair discrimination,nudist groups will be glad to help.
And there are "topfreedom" activists who can show how equal freedom of choice has been achieved in Canada, New York state, and Santa Cruz (see http://www.TERA.ca).
[.....]
Tortuga Bi LIBERTY,
for Senior Unlimited Nudes
of San Francisco
http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude
"no municipal ordinances whatsoever regarding not-for-profit,
everyday nudity," despite asking lawyers and police officers.
[SFBG, "The Naked City," 19 May 2004]
Alas, we've got one, hidden away in The City's "Park Code"
(not in the Police Code).
This little-known code affects only city parks (as defined in section 2.01), so it can't ban nudity on most streets.
Nor can a lowly city ordinance affect federal lands, such as Baker Beach or the Presidio.
S.F. Park Code section 4.01 provides, in part, that "No person shall, in any park. [sic; period should be comma] without permission of the Recreation and Park Department: [.........] ...(h) Expose his or her genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum, anal region or pubic hair region or any portion of the female breast at or below the areola thereof, except that this section shall not apply to children under the age of five years; [.......]". This wording apparently hasn't changed since 1981, or earlier.
In this ordinance, our supposedly egalitarian and feminist city blatantly treats every female as a second-class person,
at least after her fifth birthday.
When will San Franciscans demand that city ordinances be gender-neutral?
How long will our city continue, in the 21st century, to criminalize females as a class?
If any San Francisco woman ever decides to lead a campaign against this unfair discrimination,nudist groups will be glad to help.
And there are "topfreedom" activists who can show how equal freedom of choice has been achieved in Canada, New York state, and Santa Cruz (see http://www.TERA.ca).
[.....]
Tortuga Bi LIBERTY,
for Senior Unlimited Nudes
of San Francisco
http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude
For more information:
http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude
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