As a show, Orange is the New Black has tackled issues affecting society including transgender rights, race and rape.
Now the show’s correctional officer Bennet, played by actor Matt McGorry, has taken on the #freethenipple movement… by photoshopping Miley Cyrus and Chrissy Teigen’s banned nipples onto his body in a topless selfie.
The actor decided to make the move after Instagram deemed men’s nipples as less sexualised than their female counterparts – and McGorry had a pretty strong opinion on the rules.
Uploading the snap to Instagram, Matt wrote:
‘Hi. This is a photo of me from my bodybuilding years, circa 2010. And these are the nipples of@mileycyrus and @chrissyteigen (I hope you don’t mind me borrowing them!) from their Instagram posts that were removed due to the dangerousness of their visible female nips. Can’t you tell by how perverse my photo has become without my asexual male nippies? Sarcasm. If you’re new to the#FreeTheNipple movement (like I am!) let me tell you what I think I understand about it. The banning of women’s nipples may sound normal or even inconsequential as you think, “well, women’s nipples are more sexual than men’s nipples”. But that’s not some scientific fact. It’s because of how our society so heavily sexualizes women. And it should be up to the individual woman to decide if she wants to show them, just like men have the choice. Part of the stand of #FreeTheNipple is about the right of women to claim what their breasts and nipples mean to THEM, and not have that be defined by how men and much of society decides what their boobies mean.’
Continuing in the post, McGorry, who identifies as a feminist added:
‘You might be thinking to yourself, there are way more important issues out there than women being able to expose their bumpy buttons whenever men can. But it’s not just about getting an even tan; it’s one piece of the puzzle of creating deep change in the way our society objectifies women and creates these different standards for men and women (and other genders). At the heart of it, it’s simply about gender equality and equal rights. – #FreeTheNipple and photoshop newbie’
Kudos. We couldn’t put it better ourselves.
