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I hope I'm not offending anyone here but there are plenty of hefty guys with larger boobs than many women, and they go out in public topless.
Folks who go to nude beaches say it is non-sexual and not a big deal, and I suspect they're right because anybody who goes there expects to see public nudity and to be nude themselves. Walking naked through the center of town, though legal here in Vermont, would be viewed very different because that person would stand out in the crowd and because everyone else wouldn't have been expecting it. Context matters.
The other thing not yet discussed here involves children. While it might be healthy for kids to grow up not having hangups about nudity, we can't forget about the pedophiles and assorted creeps who would take advantage of the situation. How do the Europeans deal with this issue?
I hope I'm not offending anyone here but there are plenty of hefty guys with larger boobs than many women, and they go out in public topless.
Folks who go to nude beaches say it is non-sexual and not a big deal, and I suspect they're right because anybody who goes there expects to see public nudity and to be nude themselves. Walking naked through the center of town, though legal here in Vermont, would be viewed very different because that person would stand out in the crowd and because everyone else wouldn't have been expecting it. Context matters.
The other thing not yet discussed here involves children. While it might be healthy for kids to grow up not having hangups about nudity, we can't forget about the pedophiles and assorted creeps who would take advantage of the situation. How do the Europeans deal with this issue?
I think of that when I see parents change their little kids clothes on the beach in public.
The farther east you get the more Victorian society seems to get. Here in Oregon there is no law against a woman going topless anywhere. Men can go topless, so can women. It's not common, but it's not illegal either. A few years ago a woman spent all afternoon wandering around downtown Eugene with no top. The cops didn't do anything until she got into a fight with another woman who objected.
It's also illegal in this state to interfere with a woman breast feeding a child. The old "it's for the children" chant doesn't play here, since women are officially mammals and children are what breasts are for.
NY as well. Anywhere a man can be shirtless in NY, a woman can be topless.
A Minnesota woman is sparking debate about the state’s definition of nudity after being approached by police for sunbathing topless on a local beach.
Isn't there usually a sign at the entrance that states whether topless is allowed or not?
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