Exposing your bare buttocks in public has been officially made a crime in the Australian state of Victoria.
Known as mooning, the cheeky offense was previously punishable under other laws but is now banned under specific legislation.
First-time offenders face up to two months in jail while repeat offenders could spend six months behind bars.
The amendment was one of more than 50 crimes included in an overhaul of sexual offense laws.
The updated legislation has been designed, in part, to separate pranks involving nudity from acts of sexual exposure.
The Summary Offenses Act states that "behavior that is indecent offensive or insulting includes behavior that involves a person exposing (to any extent) the person's anal or genital region".
It specifically cites "mooning or streaking" as an example of such an offense.
The act also outlaws singing "an obscene song or ballad" and behaving in a "riotous, indecent, offensive or insulting manner".
LINK - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-37426651?ocid=socialflow_twitter
As a Person of Western Cultural Background I Believe this is Cultural Oppression.
This Level of Enforcement is Unwarranted and Heavy-handed.It Criminalizes Dissent and Protest.At worst this a misdemeanor crime or Prank.
Please Sign this Petition Against The Amendment to existing Laws that Restricts this Freedom of Expression and Criminalizes those that engage in this Historical Act of Protest.
Thank You.
