Bare chested women?

[GAHD]

In the Canadian province of Ontario, it is the confirmed legal right of women to walk around topless.

Not many DO, but they CAN.

[lemit]

Originally Posted by GAHD

In the Canadian province of Ontario, it is the confirmed legal right of women to walk around topless.

Not many DO, but they CAN.

So, there aren't topless college girls around all the time, even in the middle of the winter? You mean all those teen-exploitation movies are wrong?

What would be the use of living in a college town--like I do--if I couldn't see naked coeds everywhere?

Really. That's a question I keep asking myself.

--lemit

p.s. While I'm apologizing to everybody, I definitely don't want to leave you out. I don't want to have an angry, vengeful GAHD around.

[dannieyankee]

Want a female voice?

The reason topless women went out of style is because the world did have a minor change - that is, religion became dominant in almost everything, even clothing. The fashion was now that the most attractive woman was also angelic, pure, saintly. Thus, why virginity became a big deal. Also why women had to cover themselves up.

And because the world is so immensely lazy, very little has changed. There are people who claim complete atheism, yet they do not realise that they are living by a religion society's standards - that is, virginity, and covering themselves up.

[Miranda]

Originally Posted by dannieyankee

And because the world is so immensely lazy, very little has changed. There are people who claim complete atheism, yet they do not realise that they are living by a religion society's standards - that is, virginity, and covering themselves up.

Or maybe the 'atheists' cover themselves up because 1) there are laws against indecent exposure; 2) they are already self-concious, considering the breasts stimulate sexual arousal regardless of religion; 3) its cold outside. I don't doubt that religion had influence in such matters, but the issue of clothing goes beyond that at this point. Everyone lives by society's standards (most of the time) whether they know the history of their beliefs or not. Implying that only atheists do so is a hasty generalization.

[maddog]

Originally Posted by Miranda

Or maybe the 'atheists' cover themselves up because 1) there are laws against indecent exposure; 2) they are already self-concious, considering the breasts stimulate sexual arousal regardless of religion; 3) its cold outside.

I vote strongly for 3) !!! !!!
Cultures around the world demonstrate this effect nicely. Those cultures that bundle up
are coincident with those climate that are hard to survive the winter without clothing. There are
exceptions that prove the rule such as bathing in the winter in northern Canada, Norway, etc (can't have a rule without an exception -- Murdock's Law of Exceptions).
I would hazard to guess that the choice of freezing to death or not had not (or little)
religious (lack thereof -- [atheism]) component to it.

Originally Posted by Miranda

I don't doubt that religion had influence in such matters, but the issue of clothing goes beyond that at this point. Everyone lives by society's standards (most of the time) whether they know the history of their beliefs or not. Implying that only atheists do so is a hasty generalization.

Everyone lives by society's standards even when they deviate from it by flaunting the
opposite. It is just the other side of the same coin. Same goes for religion or lack thereof.

maddog

[dannieyankee]

I do not mean to state that by being an atheist you must not wear clothing; obviously there are other purposes for clothing other than covering up horrible parts that are forbidden OMGBOOBS, such as their original purpose to keep warm.

However, in places where men are freely allowed to wear their creepy speedos that show their unnaturally protruding junk, I believe that the main reason women do not do the same is because a) it is illegal, true, but also b) it is the cultural norm to cover breasts. And it is the cultural norm due to religious implications.

[maddog]

Originally Posted by dannieyankee

I do not mean to state that by being an atheist you must not wear clothing; obviously there are other purposes for clothing other than covering up horrible parts that are forbidden OMGBOOBS, such as their original purpose to keep warm.

I didn't take the interpretation that Atheists (my apologies to all who dislike the capital 'A'),
are Nudists. I just stress that adversity for Nudists, even the "bare chest variety" to practice
their craft in the dead of winter in extreme Northern (or Southern) Latitudes.

Originally Posted by dannieyankee

However, in places where men are freely allowed to wear their creepy speedos that show their unnaturally protruding junk, I believe that the main reason women do not do the same is because a) it is illegal, true, but also b) it is the cultural norm to cover breasts. And it is the cultural norm due to religious implications.

There are many men who wear 'speedos' for swimsuits that may need a talking to by
"Fashion Police" were they to exist. Then there are many places (beaches I aware of)
that allow Bare Chests (even Nude) in the US (more around the World).

The "prudishness" of the US is coming from a Puritan origin (Northeast US). Not everyone
is that way, though is in our heritage. For instance at Indiana University (IU) in
Bloomington, IN where I attended college first, there were unused/abandoned quarries
that were now filled with water. All the students knew where they were. Clothing Optional,
so nobody wore any (typical students). I would venture, that near each college was some
method where students could let loose and be free (except for maybe seminaries or
convents, etc).

maddog

ps: Maybe should the Daily Average Global Mean Temperature (DAGMT) were to become
significantly higher, a rallying cry for a Clothing Optional Society would become normal.
Who knows....

[lemit]

I've been away from this thread for a while. When did it switch to bare chested atheists? And, for that matter, why? I keep missing all these connections. I couldn't even figure out how a child on a staircase was doing science, so it makes sense that I couldn't see the connection between bare breasts and atheism.

Sorry to bother. Please continue your discussion of naked atheists. If the discussion turns to bare chested Baptists or nudist Jehovah's Witnesses, let me know.

--lemit

[dannieyankee]

If the temperatures were to increase too much, we'd end up like places in Africa, where it's nearly critical to wear full body-coverage with light material to prevent burning. Places like Miami in the spring or fall are perfect for bare-breasting it.

[DFINITLYDISTRUBD]

Girls breasts are only sexual if cuz the only time we really gits to see em iz when we's be gettin sum...boy's gots breasts too....so do chickens....no big deal...as too bare breasted women in public in similar situations to those where men roam shirtless....it's goin to be a long time comming if ever...damn religion....course then again I wouldn't want guys oggling my wifeys hooties....maybe tis a good thing ('sides a feller could get hurt if his mrs. were to notice him noticin another womans hooties)