Instagram is flummoxed by men's nipples photoshopped on to women's bodies

Warning: This post could be considered NSFW if your working environment considers male nipples superimposed over women's chests unsafe.

How do you solve a problem like nipple censorship? Why, with more nipples, of course.

California-based artist Micol Hebron has come up with a way to seemingly combat the ban on female nipples on social media - covering them up by photoshopping male nipples on top.

There's even a handy template for people to use:

The #freethenipple campaign first emerged as a protest against womens’ chests being only regarded as sexual objects, in a way that men’s aren’t - as evidenced by Instagram, Facebook and other social media sites’ policies on nudity, which allow male nipples but not female ones.

The campaign has seen a resurgence in the last few months and Hebron's idea from last year went viral this week, with users all over the world exchanging like for like in topless pictures:

To quote model Chrissy Teigen, a prominent #freethenipple advocate:

As you can see, Instagram seems unsure about what to do with male nipples covering female nipples, as the photos are still online. Watch this space.

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