Writing Prompt.

Credit...Margeaux Walter for The New York Times

One of the funniest newspaper illustration photos of late...

I guess the Judgy McJudger-son types are out in full force now, with too much time on their hands and no productive use to put themselves to?  1-800-GET-a-LIFE  ;-)

(I actually think we will see the reverse, in my lifetime: more men will go topless, with breasts, and laws designating no topless nudity for women will drop in public places in this country, if legally challenged.  Ev-o-lution via medical advances.  Que sera.)

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That's what I'm talking about:

Women are not imposing their nipples on you by existing, braless, in public spaces. You are imposing your judgment on their bodies. Why does this preoccupy so? It could be useful to interrogate the judgments you place on other people’s bodies and why those bodies, in their natural state, make you so uncomfortable.

Most work environments have professional dress standards, and it may well be that the “young ones” are flouting those standards, but that’s not really something you need to vex yourself over. That’s an H.R. issue that is none of your business. Try to let this go. Nipples exist. Sometimes, they are erect beneath clothing. The human body is not shameful. It’s a perfectly natural thing.

~Work Friend (Roxanne Gay)