Weird Laws: Nudity Legal in San Francisco
Legal to be naked in public in San Francisco
Public nudity has been in the news lately in San Francisco, as several men have been walking around the City, primarily in the Castro district, completely nude. You cannot watch the evening news without some sort of coverage of the event. Even I was shocked to learn that it is not illegal to be nude in public in San Francisco.
Apparently, simply being without clothing in public is not a crime. Engaging in lewd conduct, or being naked while aroused is a crime. Thus, the unassuming naked men wandering the streets and carrying about their business, are not committing an arrestable offense.
It is unclear the form this law takes, i.e. whether it is a positive law, stating “nudity is not a crime,” or, what I believe is the case, there is simply no law addressing the matter, only ones outlining the above stated limitations regarding lewd conduct and arousal.
San Francisco supervisors considering regulations to address nudists
The proposal would require that naked persons place a garment or some other barrier between themselves and a seat, when they are in public. It would also require that they cover up before entering a restaurant, an iteration of the “no shoes, no shirt, no service,” motto of the food industry.
Actually, California Penal code section 314.1 PC (exposing private parts in public if it offends anyone, clearly it does) is a crime.
My wife and I have been to nude beaches and nude resorts and the only difference between them and other beaches and resorts is your naked. There is no sex in public or any other lude acts taking place. And if there was then those people would be asked to leave. I firmly believe I should be allowed to be nude in public, it should be my choice. However I do agree to no nudity in restaurants, stores, and other like places. Nudity it self is not a bad thing, nor should it be a crime.
This is yet another example of how so called free thought has gone out if control and made California wacko.
I am less disturbed by the idea of public nudity than I am by the fact that no one seems to know how to spell the word “lewd”.
I’m also generally less disturbed by nudity (public or private) than the consideration of whether something is spelled (spelt?) correctly or not. As far as I know (confirmed by definitions online), that is the generally accepted way to spell “lewd”.. or am I missing some subtle humour (humor) that isn’t coming through (thru) with plain text (not to get too textually aroused); why, what did you have in mind?
Actually, the spelling error was corrected after it came to light. Sorry for any confusion!
Pulic nudity should be okay in any state. You dont have to have sex in public.
I think it’s awsome. Wish i lived there
I agree that nudity should be permitted just about any wear. Restaurants can have a special nude section. I hate having to put on clothes just to walk to the post office.
Nudity should’ve a crime it is socially offensive and only for the low class individuals.
It is really only offensive to those that are taught to believe it is. Why do people continue to think when your naked you should be bathing or having sex. It’s sad really.
How is this ‘wacko’?
I do not and will not sit down where a naked person sat before me. EW!!! Get some pride! I do not want to eat in a restaurant with you pubic hairs flying in my food. I definitely do not want to ride on a bus and have your little private part hanging in my face as you are holding the ceiling rail on the busy bus.
yea lets teach our children to go naked what assholes no pun intended:)
These people have no respect for themselves or others.
Nothing wrong with nudity..but there is also nothing wrong with picking at your ass or your nose, but I certainly do not want to see it in a social setting. Nothing wrong with sex either, but do you want to see that on park benches and restaurants? Use some common sense and appropriate thinking! We are not in the middle of some underprivileged and primitive country, we do not prepare our family meals on city streets in large cauldrons with open flames, we do not hunt the streets for our foods with bow and arrow or spears, and our children do not run naked in the streets. There is nothing wrong with all that if it is your societal structure,but that is not the case in cities like San Francisco.
Are we all assuming the naked people strutting around are buff and well cared for? Do you really want to see an overweight, dirty looking,smelly person with their genitals exposed walking along side of you on a street? Do you want your children to see that? What the hell is wrong with San Francisco? Do they have perverts and malcontents running that town?
There is no reason for public nudity. How often is the weather that good that you can expose your body to the elements, and when it is, do it in your own yard or go to an area where it is acceptable by EVERYONE .
Public nudity is right next to lewdness and indecent exposure when it becomes an exhibit and attraction instead of a natural and acceptable social lifestyle.
I love to see young guys naked! Why not in public? Just looking is OK.
It depends on the thing dangling in front of my face. I might like it.
Nudity should be allowed. If women can breastfeed in public, they should be allowed to walk around topless.
Women should be required to go nude in public but men should be prohibited.
So move there already.
If ment cannot get aroused while nude, then women cannot either. Does this mean their nipples can’t become erect, or just that the labia must not inflate or become wet?
PUBLIC nudity is beyond the beyond. I was STUNNED that this is even up for discussion. I’m not a prude but this simply is never acceptable in public.
Go home. Take your clothes off THERE. And then take a 250,000 mg chill pill.
I freeze in a restaurant with clothes on!
Breast are totally different than those other areas and they have totally different meanings. And so I see nothing wrong with women being topless- men do
HEY IF YOU GOT IT SHOW IT, IF YOU DON’T SHUT THE HELL UP. LET PEOPLE BE JUST THAT PEOPLE.
I’m glad nudity is banned. That **** should stay behind closed doors or exclusive areas. You can’t run the risk of traumatizing a child just
for the sake of being politically correct.
Nude is good. A baby is nude. You have no respect for the baby coming into the world being nude idol worshiper with cloth as your god.
Both Adam, and Eve were nude. Don’t create division. War results.
Interesting Penal code. Secretly the ones against the penis is for it. Why else the word that almost looks, and sounds like penis? Jesus says if your eye offensa you pluck it out. That is what people should do being offended by seeing a human without a man made thing covering them. People will see how stupid it is to lose your sight not being offended by a normal thing.
The one traumatized is you by a normal thing idol worshiper. To keep yourself, and the kids away from all conceivable nude things would literally be fatal .
You want to be equal. You know that being aroused is not bad at all.