Why should topless be illegal?

There are many discussions in Europe, just most in Sweden to become female topless generally legal. Most laws forbid with differences between men and women, and so many women reclaim the same rights for themselves.

I found it not natural that women have to hide her breasts, when men not have to do so at the same places. Freedom for both gender's nipples.

Agree - (most) women should be just as free to go topless as men. For many women over 40-50 - topless should definitely be illegal (I'm talking knee-knocker types), as well as for some men with gross man boobs and beer bellies! Here (US) we would have a lot of religious and conservative groups opposing it - asserting it excites sexual desire and all the bad things that come about because of visual lust! (??? Really???)

It's all about power.

Those who have it like to demonstrate to those who don't by using it. Rationality is not a factor.

Agree, but it's more important that the women on this site to weigh in.

I *FUCKING* hate double standards, whatever form they may take. And I loathe every society that decided that men can go topless but not women. You should NOT be allowed to allow one half of the population to do something but not the other half.

I don't know about other states but here in New England most states have no laws regarding women being topless. Individual towns however can restrict it but often times those restrictions get shot down when taken to the state supreme court. New York City has no laws against it and there is at least one girl who gets news coverage for going topless.

https://tinyurl.com/NYC-topless

https://www.fosters.com/story/news/2020/01/13/us-supreme-court-turns-away-nh-topless-women-case/1904116007/

@Rigel very ageist of you lol.

Rightly or wrongly female breasts are seen as sexual organs and men don't really have breasts just nipples (generally). Equal rights are great, discrimination in general is not a good thing.

For me the question arises, “are women being discriminated against in this situation?” maybe it is not an equal comparison. If we accept that women's breasts are sexual organs then the comparison would be should men be allowed to wander around with thier willy hanging out? Don't get me wrong I love boobies. I think there should be more of them and I spend as much time naked as possible but I don't go shopping naked.

The religious logic that the sight of a woman's naked breast, or any other part of her body, might cause a man to become aroused and possibly rape her or other women places the onus of preventing rape on women. Following that logic, women should be prevented from wearing clothing that permits men to view any portion of their body or even its shape. Better yet, women should be required remain indoors unless accompanied by a male relative. In short, it is 100% the victim's fault if they are raped.

In some cultures that is precisely the way it is.

Personally, what a woman wears or doesn't wear should be her choice and the reasons for her choice should be unquestioned, especially by men.

@Arewefree - Don't get me wrong I love boobies. I think there should be more of them.

I'm highly amused by the thought of a woman with three (or more?) boobies….!!!!

@Arewefree - Don't get me wrong I love boobies. I think there should be more of them.

I'm highly amused by the thought of a woman with three (or more?) boobies….!!!!

You should watch the first iteration of Total Recall.

What, Arnold Schwarzeneger with 3 tits!!??!! (lol)

Rightly or wrongly female breasts are seen as sexual organs and men don't really have breasts just nipples (generally).

That is the big difference that female breasts are viewed as sexual organs and can cause a sexual reaction in certain people. That reaction is seen as possibly inappropriate in many situations. Which many would rather keep hidden from their view, despite the normalcy of that reaction.

As far as my going topless, in the warmer months I will strip down to my bra when working in the garden. That is as far as I will go in my nakedness in a public space even on my own property. Here in Iowa, in the colder winter months being topless is not practical. Frostbite is a good possibility. Not something I want to happen.

It should not, breasts are just another part of the anatomy, and there is nothing wrong with seeing the human body. It really winds me up when newspapers put banners across boobs as though it is a sin to see a breast.

3 generations of my family go topless on the beach and I am proud of our independence.

It shouldn't. Neither should being bottomless. It's too hot here in TX to have anything on. Everybody knows whats down there. So what if it stands at attn every now and then.😁

Here in Ontario Canada it is legal to go topless anywhere! But, you never see it in public anywhere even on the beach. When it's allowed, then it's not a big deal.

A nicely shaped female breast is clean and beautiful.

So are nicely shaped buns.

Rightly or wrongly female breasts are seen as sexual organs and men don't really have breasts just nipples (generally).

I think that is right, and it is just that it is normal for ladies to keep nipples covered when they are in public in nearly all places. It is ok to be topless on some beaches like in the south of France and places I have gone to in Spain with my husband but I think girls are not liking going topless as much as they used to. Maybe they do not want to do it because they are afraid of cameras, I don't know. I first went topless on a beach with my husband when I was 20 and I felt free. But you just can not go topless anywhere that other people are just not used to it or you could get into trouble for shocking people when it is thought not to be decent. And maybe some men would not behave very well if they saw it either.

It seems to me that it's a conspiracy by women to make us guys want to see what they have kept hidden from us ever since they began to develop chest bumps as a young girl. If you hide it they will come.

When I played naked with the neighbor girls as a kid they had nothing that was of much interest. The front looked like a tiny continuation of what was in back and we all had that. My extra dangling stuff however was quite interesting to them and they used to follow me behind the bush to watch me pee. Then when they started getting bumps their mothers made them hide those and their front behinds from me. Now if they hadn't made a big deal out of hiding that stuff and making it plain it wasn't something I was allowed to see I doubt that I would have developed much of a craving to see it.

At the same time the mothers made it plain that it was fine for their girls to see my dangley stuff and even got them jobs where they got to touch and feel it while babysitting little boys and probably play with it once they discovered what they could make it do.

How many boys do you know who were hired to babysit girls?

You're right about the conspiracy, but it is not to women's benefit. Being the “distant, rare, desired, in-demand” sex is not fun for them the way it is meant to be for us. They hate the attention and the constant thirst from desperate men. The goal of this conspiracy is to disrupt natural monogamous coupling, the family unit, and non-government-sponsored happiness in general.

They certainly don't like the attention from someone they find revolting but most of the ones I've known do like being admired as we all do. Sometimes they won't admit they like it and that's what they want us to think but I find the older I get the more honest many of them become. I have a friend who just turned 65 and retired from her job taking care of men and women who needed that service. She's single and admits she likes the attention from some guy who doesn't turn her off. Erections came up in conversation one time and I told her I couldn't cut the mustard anymore but I could still lick the jar and she said she'd have me over any time. Teen girls wanted us to think they were all virgins and never fooled around but every one I dated wanted me to play with all the parts my mother told me to never touch. You qualified your statement with “desperate men” and certainly they don't like desperate but neither do I.

For many women over 40-50 - topless should definitely be illegal (I'm talking knee-knocker types), as well as for some men with gross man boobs and beer bellies!

@Rigel : Not really fair, dear Rigel, older people are nice too 😉

That is the big difference that female breasts are viewed as sexual organs and can cause a sexual reaction in certain people. That reaction is seen as possibly inappropriate in many situations. Which many would rather keep hidden from their view, despite the normalcy of that reaction.

@MissStress : Dont missunderstand me, for me its not a question that women should show her breasts, but a human right that women are allowed to do the same as men, IF THEY WANT TO DO!

As naturists my wife and I will not accept women-unfair laws in some countries.

In keeping with the theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgd9hitEAE

In keeping with the theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgd9hitEAE

Sadly, I've come to the realization of how true this has become.

@roscoe : nice song, but wrong content. In our naturist resort many grey cowboys stay naked, and nobody takes wrong notice of them.

Its a question of the character to accept the own body.

In the right place I think it should be legal such as a beach or garden or in a swimming pool. However, I don't think it should be legal next to a road or where there is machinery. I wonder how many road traffic accidents are caused by topless beauties on the pavement/sidewalk?

The law should not differentiate between men and women. If being topless is allowed somewhere, it should be allowed for all people.

Interesting conversation, and I'm not sure I have a horse in this race. My physical therapy occurs at a state university, which, here in the USA, means an athletic department usually. While I am waiting in the hallway for my appointment, I see on the daily a lot of female athletes going by, including cheerleaders and dancers.

TBH, I am not so much a breast man as a tummy and leg admirer. The cheer uniforms used at the university expose the whole tummy. I feel like if I were the father of a young woman on that team, I might kind of freak out at that. But I'm not, so I'm freaking out at that for different (better?) reasons. I do need to keep from staring, though. And if it indeed were the breasts being exposed, I'd kind of have a problem just due to the novelty of it here in America.

But in theory, I support the idea of the top of any gender being exposed. We'd be more comfortable with it if we allowed it more, methinks.