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[Probably Nsfw] How come men can wander around topless in the sun & women can't, I mean...it's just not fair?

Asked by ucme (50047points) May 23rd, 2013

Here in lil ol englandtown we don’t get much sun, no it’s true!
For a brief little period of around…ooh, a week or so which we like to call summer, some of us blokes peel off our shirts & go about without a care in the world.
What about the womenfolk though? If they chose to go about their daily business all topless & everyfum, they’d very likely get arrested on grounds of indecent exposure.
Topless beaches are fair enough & nudist camps are, well…lets not go there. I’m on about your typical average day to day stuff, get em out girls, you know you wanna =0}
For the record, this is a tongue in cheek question, not meant to be taken seriously, but feel free to go that way if you must.

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janbb's avatar

Boobs are sexy, hairy chests are not. (Oh well, some are, I guess.)

ucme's avatar

Ah, but they’re functional though, designed for nursing babies &...who am I kidding, of course they’re sexy, but still :)

KNOWITALL's avatar

We should petition for one day a year at least we can free-boob. Good Q, we were just talking about the hated bra’s at the office today!

Berserker's avatar

In Ontario, women are allowed to walk around topless. I doubt that many do though…in fact before posting this I looked it up to make sure, and the first thing I saw was some news about how an Ontarian woman was harassed for doing this. :/

Not that this answers your question, just saying, there’s one province where women can walk around showing their boobs and not get arrested.

But I suppose women can’t generally go around with exposed boobs because breasts are considered ’‘private parts’’, which I guess would be like walking around with your shlong or snatch showing. Baha it’s so ridiculous, everyone wants to see boobs, but once they do see them it’s some big scandal.

YARNLADY's avatar

Apparently men cannot control themselves when they view women’s breasts, so we must cover them.

ucme's avatar

@KNOWITALL I’d sign that petition…ahem, if it would help in any small way & if it’s a good question then where’s my GQ eh…eh!?!:D
@Symbeline There you go you see, i’m purely thinking of this from a woman’s point of view ;}

janbb's avatar

There is a woman who walks around New York City topless apparently but I haven’t seen her.

ucme's avatar

New York Tity

KNOWITALL's avatar

@ucme There you big baby!

@YARNLADY That would be a concern, of course. Not too liberating showing your breasts and getting gang-banged for it.

livelaughlove21's avatar

I’d rather not see boobs flopping about as I sunbathe on the beach, thanks. I’d be willing to bet that only a small percentage of women have when I’d call “aesthetially pleasing” breasts. The thong bikinis are too much for me as it is – they can keep the boobies to themselves.

I wish some men would refrain from going shirtless as well, but I can’t always get my way. And I’m going to have to disagree with @janbb, because some hairy chests are EXTREMELY sexy. And it should be said that they’re not always hairy.

Berserker's avatar

@livelaughlove21 Well yeah, it ain’t fair. Not all boobs are pretty, but not every man’s chest is aesthetically pleasing, either. Yet there’s no law against man titties jiggling around.

janbb's avatar

@livelaughlove21 Did you see my disclaimer?

ucme's avatar

@livelaughlove21 Yeah, for the larger breast, support has to be a primary concern, keep those puppies under control dear.
@Symbeline Now where have I heard man titties before? XD

rojo's avatar

Man Bra We should be required to wear them in public too.

FutureMemory's avatar

Bring on the TITTIES!

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

Well, let’s get a law passed that everyone can go around with flapping tatas! Just let me get mine fixed first. I don’t like ‘em. :D It’s not fair, really, that men can go topless and women can’t. I mean, Jack Nicholson has bigger tits than a lot of women!

ucme's avatar

I wanna see titties in our cities!

josie's avatar

Some women should absolutely be walking around topless to be sure.

To be totally honest, others should not.

Anyway, isn’t the argument becoming moot?
http://www.filmsforaction.org/news/topless_women_in_public_not_breaking_the_law_says_nypd/

ucme's avatar

^^True, but thankfully I think they know who they are.

picante's avatar

Whilst standing at the palace gates
My tourist’s guide in hand
My eyes beheld two massive weights
Restrained by giant bands

The mega-orbs moved close to me
I could not cease to stare
And as Big Ben chimed one, two, three
I saw Her standing there

Her Royal Highness– yep, that’s right
Appeared before the crowd
To bathe her “girls” in golden light
She freed them from their shroud

The audience got quite the show
Espying Lizzie’s titties
And any tanning boob must know
It seems that more’s the pity.

Berserker's avatar

@ucme Man titties? I denno, it probably came from you. :p

ucme's avatar

@picante Ha, queenies globes remain firmly under wraps, thank goodness.
@Symbeline Probs, sounds like my sophisticated banter anyway.

poisonedantidote's avatar

I live here in this town, on Mallorca. I get to see tits more or less as much as I get to see hairy chests.

The law here states that beaches are nudist areas, you are legally allowed to walk around naked on any beach on the island.

Mama_Cakes's avatar

@livelaughlove21 the more I read your responses on this site, the more that you sound like a woman hater. Just sayin’. My partner picked up on it, too. ;)

marinelife's avatar

“It is now legal for women to bare their breasts in New York City.

This all stems from a court case back in 1992, People v. Ramona Santorelli and Mary Lou Schloss. The New York Court of Appeals found that the illegality of women exposing their breasts was discriminatory.

The ruling was put to the test in 2005, when Jill Coccaro bared her breasts on Delancey Street in New York, citing the 1992 decision, and was detained for twelve hours. She subsequently successfully sued the city for $29,000. — policymic

In 2007, an organization called on women to attend Go Topless Day events in 30 cities. This year they are going to have events on August 25 across the country. (NSFW)” ViralRead

livelaughlove21's avatar

@Mama_Cakes A woman hater? I’m not even sure what that’s supposed to mean. I don’t hate women. And this is hardly the thread to be making such accusations publicly. Especially when all I said is that very few women have breasts I’d want to see on a beach. If a man said he didn’t want to see hairy man boobs, would he be a man hater?

Even if I was a “woman hater,” how exactly would that concern you or your partner?

Ron_C's avatar

I vote for topless women…. no that’s not right. I want them to have heads and prefer them with out shirts

woodcutter's avatar

its terribly unfair yes, but the baddies here are the women. they are the main objectors I believe.

ucme's avatar

Cheers folks pleased you kept abreast of this thread :)
Yeah, women are just spoilsports when it comes to boob exposure…maybe one fine day.
I only see two potential obstacles here, there’d be an increase in traffic accidents resulting from male drivers distraction & lots of men would suffer terrible testicular injuries from their wives/girlfriends kicking them for ogling passing titties…sacrifices have to made.

OpryLeigh's avatar

There are times when I really wish that it was acceptable for women to go topless in public places. About 3 weeks ago the south of England had a few days of glorious sunshine (which, as @ucme said, is a rare occurence) and my boyfriend and I decided to go and chill out by a nearby lake. If it wasn’t so frowned upon I would have sunbathed topless. Boobs wouldn’t have been sexualised so much if it wasn’t expected of women to keep them covered unless you’re in private. They’re just boobs! I don’t care whether someone’s boobs are big, small, saggy or pert, if they want to enjoy a bit of freedom every so often in the same way men can then I don’t see why they shouldn’t.

janbb's avatar

@Leanne1986 I did go topless on a remote beach in Cornwall many years ago.

ucme's avatar

Cornish pasties :D

janbb's avatar

Nope – not even those. But did have some Cornish ice cream!

Mama_Cakes's avatar

My partner lives on the lake. It was late on a warm summer’s night and I stripped down/full monty and walked along the beach with her. What a liberating feeling.

OpryLeigh's avatar

@Mama_Cakes I love that feeling :)

ucme's avatar

Slightly turned on as I consider @Mama_Cakes the best looking jelly around…yeah I know, i’m not your type :)

rojo's avatar

I just read a blurb that stated that:

“Boobs are proof that men can actually focus on two things at once”.

Thought I would pass it on

GloPro's avatar

Anything goes in San Francisco. There may have been boobs out at the last parade I went to, but I was too distracted by the man doing the helicopter wearing only a belly chain and a smile. A big smile.

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