By Emily Crane For Dailymail. A Utah woman who was arrested for taking her top off in front of her stepchildren in her own home may be forced to register as a sex offender if she is convicted. If convicted of the charges, Buchanan could be sentenced to prison and register as a sex offender. Tilli Buchanan, 27, faced court on Tuesday after being charged with lewdness over the incident involving her husband's three children, aged 13, 10 and 9, in their West Valley City home. During the court appearance, Buchanan's attorney urged the judge to dismiss the charges and to change the state's lewdness laws because they discriminate against women. She said her husband's children - two boys aged 13 and nine and a year-old girl - appeared 'embarrassed' by her nudity. Police arrested Buchanan earlier this year after the children's mother reported the incident. Buchanan claims she and her husband had been installing insulation in their garage when they stripped down to rinse itchy material off their skin.


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Topless bans are just laws that treat female bodies like sex objects | Arwa Mahdawi
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T his week you may have heard about the Utah lewdness law , which a judge refused to overturn in a judgment against a woman who removed her top in her own home while applying drywall, and was seen by her stepchildren doing it. What little research there is on the topic suggests fears around the harms of parental nudity are exaggerated. One UCLA study that followed families over a period of 18 years found no negative effects among adolescents who observed their parents naked regularly when they were between the ages three to six. One of the main benefits to seeing a parent naked is that a child gets to see what a normal, naked adult body looks like. By contrast, seeing women with stretch marks, pubic hair and lumpy parts gives children more realistic expectations. If they want to see what boobs look like, they will Google it.