Why is it illegal for women to be topless

[asterix]

How can two mounds of fat (which breasts are) cause a disturbance? Lots of chaps have very adequate breasts yet they don't get pulled into court. And how would breasts cause an offence?

I was born this way (i have proof) there's times when i just want to get my top off and be jolly comfy, but some how my bits may cause the coming of the apocalypse (i never thought my bits were that bad) and it's not like i'd be completely naked.

Breasts are not simply 'mounds of fat'. They are organs or glands.

he basic components of a mature mammary gland are thealveoli(hollow cavities, a few millimetres large) lined with milk-secretingcuboidal cellsand surrounded bymyoepithelial cells. These alveoli join up to form groups known aslobules, and each lobule has alactiferous ductthat drains into openings in thenipple. The myoepithelial cells can contract under the stimulation ofoxytocinthereby excreting milk secreted from alveolar units into the lobule lumen toward the nipple, where it collects in sinuses of the ducts. As the infant begins to suck, the hormonally (oxytocin) mediated "let down reflex" ensues and the mother's milk is secreted – not sucked from the gland – into the baby's mouth.
All the milk-secreting tissue leading to a single lactiferous duct is called a "simple mammary gland"; a "complex mammary gland" is all the simple mammary glands serving one nipple. Humans normally have two complex mammary glands, one in eachbreast, and each complex mammary gland consists of 10–20 simple glands.

I'd add that an in-law is, possibly as I type, having surgery for breast cancer today (drove her to the hospital this morning) so it is a matter that has received our attention recently.

 

[Ghost Donkey]

It would be nice if there were certain areas, like small parks, surrounded by natural barriers like trees where people may go topless or nude if they fancied. I donm't have a problem with it but many do their objections should be respected also. If you have a problem with seeing this then you don't enter. There is always the issue of the perceived threat or actual threat to children if they are included. Let the media get hold of that one!

 

[rikki]

I don't know about public (upper body) nudity.

But the hypocrisy involved in the rules for licensed premises (in Australia) astounds me.

Some bars have topless bar maids. Fair enough - if that's what you want.

But men aren't allowed in the front bar of any pub without their shirt on for hygiene reasons!!
They're not serving the drinks.

 

[penguinking9]

The acts, as they are worded above (post #88), do not state that going topless is illegal in any way.

And they only seem to suggest that going naked is an offence if your intent is to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

I've not found any yet, but there may be other acts that cover toplessness* though.

(*is that a word?)

 

[BigonaBianchi]

i rode topless through kansas without getting arrested

 

[jonny jeez]

It's madness...everybody is beautiful

Have you not seen Kerry Katona?

 

[User169]

As a student, I once spent a summer carrying out scientific research on mammary glands - in Ayr of all places.

 

[mangaman]

*mod hat on*

Unfortunately I can only see this thread going one way.
Please keep the discussion to the point in question and keep it clean (including any pics) otherwise the thread will be closed.
Cheers.
Ian.

Ian - totally OT - your avatar gets more terrifying by the day.

 

[Dayvo]

It would be nice if there were certain areas, like small parks, surrounded by natural barriers like trees where people may go topless or nude if they fancied. I donm't have a problem with it but many do their objections should be respected also. If you have a problem with seeing this then you don't enter. There is always the issue of the perceived threat or actual threat to children if they are included. Let the media get hold of that one!

IIRC, there was a legal case in Sweden a number of years ago where neighbours tried to prevent a man from sun-bathing naked in his own garden.

The judge decreed that the man can do (more or less) what he likes on his own property, and the neighbours were under no compulsion to look into the man's garden.

Scandinavians, particularly the Swedes, don't have the inhibitions about nudity that is prevalent elsewhere: nakedness doesn't equate to wanting sex. Anyone on European beaches from the 70s onwards will have noticed Scandinavians by their lack of clothing.

 

[Linford]

It always struck me as being a bit daft that we get so hung up about nudity, and sexuality which is entirely the reason why we as a species exist, yet have no problem with war scenes, and people having bits blown off.

 

[LosingFocus]

Just to show how odd my cycling brain is after a year and half of this place....

I read the title as clipless, not topless.

 

[skudupnorth]

Cheeky chappies. I've seen a lot of chaps chests and i have seen a lot of ladies chest and i have not fainted at neither. I can't see what all the fuss is about everyone has nipples! (there i said it) you have nipples, i have nipples. Nipples, nipples, nipples.....even my bike has em.

I used to enjoy greasing my nipples...........on my old car !

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I do believe it should be illegal for women to ride clippless however

 

[rich p]

As a student, I once spent a summer carrying out scientific research on mammary glands - in Ayr of all places.

...and the women weren't all ayr-heads, I'm guessing?

 

[User169]

...and the women weren't all ayr-heads, I'm guessing?

They was sheeps!