![]() Though the controversial bill, which stated that women could not "purposely expose the areola or nipple of her breast or breasts in a public place," was vetoed 18-0 in March, state representative Brian Gallagher continues to defend the bill, saying it was introduced because conservative mothers were concerned about "how that behavior would impact their children." Last year, four male New Hampshire state representatives proposed a bill that would make it a misdemeanor for women to show their nipples in public with "reckless disregard" for others. Meanwhile in Indiana, Utah and Tennessee, there is a complete ban on exposed female chests at any time and in states like New Jersey, a topless woman may be arrested for "lewd" behavior or "endangering the welfare" of minors. ![]() However, women continue to be harassed by police for "public indecency" or "disorderly conduct" if they are spotted with their tops off and refuse to cover up. In New York, along with Hawaii, California, Maine, Ohio, and Texas, it is legal for a woman to be topless anywhere a man is allowed to do the same. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play Hopefully the same will happen for women. "At some point, men insisted on their right to bare their chests, and over the course of a generation, it has become the new normal. ![]() "We're used to seeing men's bare chests in public, but a century ago that was roughly as scandalous as a woman's bare chest today," Andrews explains. Eighty years later, the sight of a topless man has gone from being regarded as lewd and obscene to "utterly ordinary"-something that Alethea Andrews, founder of New York's Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society, hopes women will, one day, experience for themselves. ![]() This led to a mass arrest of topless men in New Jersey and a handful of $1 fines given to those who dared to bare their chests on Coney Island, until finally, in 1936, the guardians of national decency relented, giving men the right to go topless in public. In1934 it was still illegal for men to show their nipples in public. As part of 's week-long issue discussing all things nude, we investigate if women should have the right to go topless in public.
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