Matt McGorry supports Free the Nipple with Miley Cyrus, Chrissy Teigen’s nipples
The campaign involved women superimposing male nipples over their own, in an act of protest against Instagram‘s female nipple ban.
However, given the fact that Instagram hasn’t budged on its policies towards what nudity is acceptable and what nudity is suggestive or obscene, Hebron’s Photoshop male nipple stand-ins have experienced a bit of a resurgence across social media.
You may recall the great Chrissy Teigen Nipple Debate of 2015, when the model joined the outcry and repeatedly posted topless photos of herself, only to have them taken down again by Instagram.
In the past, both women have had photos taken down for being “inappropriate”.
You may not be able to tell the difference between a male and female nipple, but Instagram and Facebook apparently can.
McGorry admitted he has only recently started identifying as a feminist but in recent weeks has made up for lost time by campaigining passionately about equal rights. Battling against the social media powers that be, the “How to Get Away With Murder” star has something to say: “It should be up to the individual woman to decide if she wants to show [her nipples], just like men have the choice”.
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”.
Last year, artist Micol Hebron created a male nipple “template” to sardonically comment on how women’s nipples were unnecessarily sexualized.