Woman wins $29,000 for topless stroll

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A woman arrested for exposing her breasts has accepted a $29,000 settlement from the city, her lawyer said.

Jill Coccaro, 27, was arrested on a topless stroll two years ago, despite a 1992 state appeals court ruling that concluded women should have the same right as men to take off their shirts.

Coccaro, who now goes by the name Phoenix Feeley, remained in custody for 12 hours before she was told prosecutors were not going to pursue charges.

Her attorney, Jeffrey Rothman, told the Daily News that his client won the civil rights settlement from the city, which did not admit or deny wrongdoing.

"We hope the police learn a lesson and respect the rights of women to go topless," Rothman said.

Feeley told the New York Post that she was not treated well after her Aug. 4, 2005, arrest in Manhattan's Lower East Side section. She claimed in an October lawsuit that a police officer yanked her out of a patrol car by her hair and police took her to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

She told the newspaper she had gone bare-breasted after running the 2004 city marathon without police bothering her.

"I've always just felt that was something natural," Feeley said of going topless. "I've kind of always done it out of practicality."

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[peejay 327]

Personally, I have nothing against women's breasts, but there is a time and a place for everything.

"I've always just felt that was something natural," Feeley said of going topless. "I've kind of always done it out of practicality."

So is defecation, urination, and flatulence, but....

[pedroh 21]

well, defecation or urination is not the same as a guy walking without a tshirt.. why can't a woman do it? she's not pissing in public,she's just ventilating the tatas

[isleta521 5]

well, defecation or urination is not the same as a guy walking without a tshirt.. why can't a woman do it? she's not pissing in public,she's just ventilating the tatas

Ventilation is a good thing

[peejay 327]

well, defecation or urination is not the same as a guy walking without a tshirt.. why can't a woman do it? she's not pissing in public,she's just ventilating the tatas

So what taboo do we knock down next? How about some hairy guy marching down the road swinging his hairy schlong and bouncing his furry huevos? I don't think so. Let's not go there.

So Pedroh...why can't he do that? For that matter...why can't I take a piss in the front yard of my house just cuz I feel like it's something I want to do? After all...Fido the pooch does it and nobody throws a fit over it. Fido runs around naked too...schlong and huevos swinging in the breeze.

Answer: Because society has decided there are certain limits to behavior. Like it or not...that's the way it is.

[GaryC 7]

well, defecation or urination is not the same as a guy walking without a tshirt.. why can't a woman do it? she's not pissing in public,she's just ventilating the tatas

So what taboo do we knock down next? How about some hairy guy marching down the road swinging his hairy schlong and bouncing his furry huevos? I don't think so. Let's not go there.

So Pedroh...why can't he do that? For that matter...why can't I take a piss in the front yard of my house just cuz I feel like it's something I want to do? After all...Fido the pooch does it and nobody throws a fit over it. Fido runs around naked too...schlong and huevos swinging in the breeze.

Answer: Because society has decided there are certain limits to behavior. Like it or not...that's the way it is.

It depends on what society your talking about. In some societies nuditiy is accepted. In other societies showing anything other than the eyes is a no-no.

[mawilson 2,133]

well, defecation or urination is not the same as a guy walking without a tshirt.. why can't a woman do it? she's not pissing in public,she's just ventilating the tatas

So what taboo do we knock down next? How about some hairy guy marching down the road swinging his hairy schlong and bouncing his furry huevos?

Let's.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

well, defecation or urination is not the same as a guy walking without a tshirt.. why can't a woman do it? she's not pissing in public,she's just ventilating the tatas

So what taboo do we knock down next? How about some hairy guy marching down the road swinging his hairy schlong and bouncing his furry huevos? I don't think so. Let's not go there.

So Pedroh...why can't he do that? For that matter...why can't I take a piss in the front yard of my house just cuz I feel like it's something I want to do? After all...Fido the pooch does it and nobody throws a fit over it. Fido runs around naked too...schlong and huevos swinging in the breeze.

Answer: Because society has decided there are certain limits to behavior. Like it or not...that's the way it is.

Don't you think it's a bit outdated to allow men to go shirtless but not women? Is government in the business of legislating against social taboos?

[JoeMama 0]

I believe in equal rights. I walk around without my shirt on. Where can I pick up my $29,000.00 check?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Because society has decided there are certain limits to behavior. Like it or not...that's the way it is.

Relax, peejay. Women in NYC are not about to go topless en masse (although I wish they did, Manhattan is full of hotties). Why not? Because it is still culturally seen as "weird" in many circles (not all), if not outright taboo.

Edited June 19, 2007 by Gupt

[pedroh 21]

well, defecation or urination is not the same as a guy walking without a tshirt.. why can't a woman do it? she's not pissing in public,she's just ventilating the tatas

So what taboo do we knock down next? How about some hairy guy marching down the road swinging his hairy schlong and bouncing his furry huevos? I don't think so. Let's not go there.

So Pedroh...why can't he do that? For that matter...why can't I take a piss in the front yard of my house just cuz I feel like it's something I want to do? After all...Fido the pooch does it and nobody throws a fit over it. Fido runs around naked too...schlong and huevos swinging in the breeze.

Answer: Because society has decided there are certain limits to behavior. Like it or not...that's the way it is.

some cultures don't consider the breasts as 'private genitalia' like the ####### or the #######.. and a part of the human anatomy is as dirty or naughty as one wants to think of it, so don't blame society, blame your own tabboos for thinking a boobie is something nasty..

again... being nude does not equal sh!tting in public or takin a piss.. one is 'exposing' a part of the human anatomy, the other one is a bodily function...

if all societies thought like that, topless beaches wouldn't exist.. and one 'feature' of the nude beaches is that people don't see breasts as nasty (or guys wearing thongs if its a european topless beach )