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Topless woman at the 2008 Oregon Country Fair
Toplessness refers to the state in which a woman's breasts, including her areolas and nipples, are exposed, especially in a public place or in a visual medium. The male equivalent is known as barechestedness.
Exposed breasts are normal in many indigenous societies. However, many countries have social norms around female modesty, often enforced by legal statutes, that require women to cover their breasts in public. In many jurisdictions, women who expose their breasts can be prosecuted for indecent exposure, although public breastfeeding is often exempted from public indecency laws.
Social norms around toplessness vary by context and location. Throughout history, women's breasts have been featured in art and visual media, from painting and sculpture to film and photography, and such representations are generally defended on the grounds of artistic merit. Toplessness may also be deemed acceptable on educational, medical, or political grounds. At many beaches and resort destinations, especially in Europe and Australia, women are either formally or informally permitted to sunbathe topless. However, societies tend to view breast exposure unfavorably, and subject it to stringent regulations or prohibitions.
or sexual harassment". In Greece, toplessness is legal. In Iceland, toplessness is legal in public. Female toplessness has been officially legalized (in...
Breastfeeding in public Free The Nipple Female toplessness in Canada Toplessness Williams, Peter (September 20, 2019). "Topless women win big as Colorado city drops...
French interior minister. In Greece, toplessness is legal. In Iceland, toplessness is legal. Female toplessness has been officially legalized (in a nonsexual...
city of New York settled with Feeley for $29,000 because toplessness is legal there. Go Topless Day is scheduled for the Sunday nearest August 26, Women's...
Mondo Topless is a 1966 pseudo-documentary directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Babette Bardot and Lorna Maitland among others. It was Meyer's first color...
opposed to toplessness being allowed on a city street, 62% in parks, and 48% on beaches. In all cases, women were more opposed to toplessness. The Federation...
Tropez on the French Riviera, where toplessness later became the norm, the mayor ordered police to ban toplessness and to watch over the beach via helicopter...
would be covered in most contexts but with a degree of tolerance for toplessness varying in different regions and cultures. For example, Dayna Fischtein...
toplessness and male bare chested. On February 15, 2019, The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Free the Nipple as to female toplessness...
especially in the urban areas of Borneo. In the Indonesian archipelago, toplessness was the norm among the Dayak people, Javanese, and Balinese people of...
written on her breasts and stomach "Brexit leaves Britain naked". Two "Topless Disturbance" protests took place on Canada's Parliament Hill against the...
in early 20th century European and American pinup postcard media as toplessness and nudity became more common. In America, after bare breasts become...
acceptable. Female toplessness, however, has become more taboo in recent decades; for many years it was quite common for women to go topless at public beaches...
neo-burlesque dancers to perform in venues that are not licensed for toplessness under local ordinances. The punk rock singer Wendy O. Williams who performed...
Swim bare from the waist up." (p. 79) "Here are the two pioneers of Toplessness: Big Davey Rosenberg — who thought up the gimmick — watching Carol Doda...
regarding partial nudity (or toplessness) are analogous to those regarding full nudity, but social tolerance towards toplessness is higher. The law does not...
American rapper Eminem has released 59 singles as a lead artist and eight promotional singles. He has also featured in 23 singles as a guest artist, while...
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives is a 1997 New Zealand film about a group of twenty something friends. It was based on a TV series. After missing...
may include comedy and singing) and generally eschews full nudity or toplessness. Some burlesquers of the past have become instructors and mentors to...
illegal on Aruba. Topless sunbathing is tolerated on beaches in resort areas, however this is not allowed on resort grounds. Topless beaches include The...
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