débats TIME!Do toi think it should be against the law for women to be topless in public?

In some cultures, such as the one in which I currently happen to be living, breasts are not sexualized any plus than, perhaps, a woman's back ou her legs. While it's true, they would prefer it if toi didn't montrer them, and they are seen as a part of the female body that can be alluring to men, they don't find bare breasts - ou indeed, breasts in general - to be a big deal. So missy's point about patriarchy and western culture oversexualizing breasts is a good one to note.

In my current country of residence, women breast feed in public on occasion, and quite often at accueil in front of guests (I've seen my fair share of local women's breasts because of this). They figure, adults and children eat together, and when they are finished, it's time for the baby to rejoindre in. It's just how they live here. For locals here, a woman baring her breast is as scandalous as a woman baring her back in the United States - perhaps it might create some fanning of the face, but overall, it's no big deal.

For this reason, I believe that society's reaction to breasts - and indeed, society's reaction to most things - is generally a cultural construct. In this case, as missy points out, it stems from the West's patriarchal conservative history. Women have breasts and men don't, they are a dimorphic sex difference (but not, as whiteflame suggests, an actual sex organ. Hate to call semantics on you, whiteflame, but breasts are secondary sexual characteristics, not primary characteristics. A woman's breasts are not directly involved in the process of reproduction any plus than her lips are.) and because of this, it's another sign of how women are different. I don't know the psych theory on this, but I would conjecture that this is one of the underlying causes of our need to cover women's breasts, among other things, in our culture. Especially as many African cultures are matriarchal (or at least, were at one time, before colonization/invasion) and it's the African cultures that seem to have no problem with bare-breasted women.

So in response to the question posed, I would say personally, don't have a problem with bare-breasted women - and this is coming from a bisexual who is aroused par both sexes. However, laws are a reflection of the culture in which they govern, and until the culture change the laws won't change. I believe breast-feeding should be legal, but general toplessness in public outside of places like nudist clubs, spas, beaches, etc, should remain illegal, until the vues are changed. This is, of course, in the United States. In some nations,toplessnes for women in public isn't illegal (though is generally not encouraged), and in others, toplessness for either sex in public is illegal.

not at all! i think the breast is simply the way the female chest looks like, it is not a sexual organ and does not need to be hidden! so why not? women will finally be free to go topless at beaches ou when they're feeling hot and not have to be ashamed of their breasts, it will allow for women to be plus equal! and plus, it would be doing the men a favor too ;P
besides any woman who doesn't want to montrer of her breasts doesn't have to, it's not like we would be forcing them to take their clothes off

No I donot think it should be legal. I really don't see how legaly a woman can be right par taking her haut, retour au début off infront of a kindergarden school and say she has legal rights to montrer small children her breasts. Just like it would be wrong for a man to do the same montrer his penis.It is evident that society has classified female. breasts as mature/offensive content and that it should required of entities to restrict access a dit content to people of certain age. Therefore, since it is only fair for everyone to view everything in public, female breasts shouldn't be shown.

Not at all. And I don't mean that in a kinky way. The thing is, having too many regulations is not a good thing - people l’amour to do whatever they like, under the Human Rights Act. This is a part of this - because, if they cannot be topless in public, then a part of that act is being neglected for them. It may not necessarily be apprpropriate, but I don't think outlawing it is also going to solve anything. People, unless they are harming another person without good reason, should be able to do what they wish, without constantly being suppressed par a bunch of pointless, irrelevant laws.

women don't do that anyway so... No!

Alright, guess I'll be the first to take a stance against. We call this indecent exposure (which is illegal in most places) for a reason. While I have no personal qualms with this portion of the female anatomy, I have to recognize what it is that makes people so squeamish. This crosses a certain boundary, one that says it's perfectly alright to montrer the entirety of one's sexual organs in public. Essentially, this advocates for legalization of public nudity. Again, no qualms from my perspective, but this is a big issue for society as a whole. I think this would dramatically affect others, however. We recognize that nudist colonies can do this because there, people are comfortable in their own skin. However, the world at large is not ready, and I'd be concerned for the safety and well being of people who decide to go around in various states of undress.

Nope. The female breasts have been hyper-sexualised (evolution blah blah blah), but their primary function was, and still is, to feed offspring. Logic would dictate that it would be plus reasonable for it to be illegal for men to be topless, since male nipples really only serve a sexual function. People are anti-female toplessness because they don't like that uncomfortable l’espace that female breasts find themselves in as symbols of both mothering and male sexual pleasure. The public breast-feeding débats is a perfect example of this.

EDIT: In nerd speak ~ The dominant patriarchal discourse positions women's bodies, especially those in public view, as contested sites. Breasts, in particular, blur the boundaries between mothers/children/parental care and sex, particularly male sexual pleasure. The act of making naked female breasts illegal works toward nullifying this conflict within the dominant discourse, and effectively banishing both functions from the discursive arena.

Nah, I guess not. I mean I'm not gonna take my haut, retour au début off in public, but I suppose it's their life. Plus it's just the haut, retour au début (right?) they are still covered up with a bra, which is no different than a bikini.

The female breasts are made up of the same "ingredients" (so to speak) as the male breasts. Some of us have proportionately more of those "ingredients" but that's about it.

Men are allowed to go topless. Their breasts are just as much a sexual organ as the female ones. It is extremely hypocritical (if not sexist) to say that it's perfectly acceptable for men to not have a top, but women have to cover up.