Right to go shirtless/topless in public?

[darklordoftech]

Should local governments be able to regulate if someone should be allowed to go shirtless in public?

No

Should private institutions be allowed to?

Yes

Should our culture encourage or discourage people to go topless?

Neither

Should distinctions be made between men and women?

No

[darklordoftech]

This is something people make a far bigger deal about than it is. It's actually not illegal in most places in the US for women to be topless in public.



(Also Minnesota should be light blue as well.)

It's actually been legal in all of Canada for almost 30 years because of a Canadian Supreme Court decision...and guess how often women are seen topless in public in Canada. It also seems the majority of Canadians aren't even aware of this.

So it's almost entirely a social expectations thing than a legal thing.

I find it interesting how little correlation this map has with evangelical populations or whether a state is red or blue.

[darklordoftech]

Definitely support. Topless women may be a strong social taboo, but that doesn't mean it should be illegal. Also, it would be good if it were far less taboo. Yes, plenty of parents don't want their kids seeing topless women, but it isn't objectively harmful. Also, its pretty arbitrary to keep the female nipple off limits while the rest of the female breast is okay.

It's quite something how people who disagree on if climate change is real, if borders should exist, and if police should exist agree that you'll die if you see a boob before your 18th birthday.

[darklordoftech]

it's, in some ways, a recent phenomenon too.  Boys swam naked in public US high schools into the 1970s for example.  cite

And movie ratings had more leniant criteria and theaters and stores didn't ID for R-rated movies well into the 90s.