Toplessness! A fundamental Right of Women

Give me a break, we have other basic human rights to worry about - how about medical insurance and education. The right to a good place to a decent place to live. The right to be able to heat my house in winter without having to stop eating because oil is so expensive. The right to be able to get a decent job so that I can afford to live. If my elected officials start spending my tax dollars discussing toplessness then I will be upset.

I don't see how I need to have the right to be topless in public to be equal to a man. What I need is the right to get paid the same for the same job and qualifications. I need to have people stop judging me if I choose to be a stay at home mom or if I choose to be a working mom. I need to not have to deal with men in position thinking I'm just a dumb female that they can say whatever they want to. Our government has a lot more important issues to deal with than whether or not women should be going topless. How about they start thinking about all the women out there without health insurance, all the women being abused by their partners with no way out because of the flawed welfare system, or all the women slowly killing themselves trying to look like the celebrities and models that are constantly being paraded in front of us.

I remember when they made it legal for women to go around topless. I think the men were all excited thinking women would actually be doing this, well, there is nobody walking around topless. There is the occasional one on the beach, but, we don't walk around topless in public on a regular basis.

"Toplessness is a basic fundamental right of women! Without it they will always be subjugated and considered lesser, simply because they are censored. " What complete and utter bollards! all the best urban

The men over there should be lucky. It also remembers me of those movies where tribal women are shown topless.Thanks.

I want all the same rights as men, including going topless. That being said, I might not exercise my right to go topless. Americans have too many taboos. Back when I had to have a roommate to make ends meet, I had a female roommate from Denmark. They sunbath topless, publicly and privately, but I don't think they walk the streets topless. But, if you think about it, how many men out of their teens walk around town topless. In most public places, everyone has to wear a shirt, even in convenience stores. Regards. :o)

Cool for Canada, though I can't say, myself..that I want that right as an American girl. Oh sure, once, on a hundred degree day I wished I could work topless..but never wanted to be topless in any other situation. I don't feel any less equal for that fact. Doesn't mean I think it's horrible that Canada's laws permit it, I think it's cool of Canada to be so considerate. But I don't consider toplessness a basic human right. I'm more concerned, as an American, currently..about heabeas corpus, which is now...TECHNICALLY optional, and if its optional its pretty much like not having it at all. And there's more issues, more bsic human rights which have been made "optional" during the last, well, eight years now of Bush's reign. So..yeah. Cool and all, but I'm a bit preoccupied with staying free right now. Perhaps toplessness will be an issue for America to address in the future, it would certainly be interesting ^_^

Hello my dear bearhugs friend. I quite agree with your viewpoints on this topic. Women are supposed to enjoy the same right in every field without being ignored since both genders are born equally. Thank you very much for your discussion. Happy New Year.

hey barehugs!wow,I didn't know Canadians take toplessness seriously!But good for the women who fought for the right!now there'll be more topless women out there!

well im sure it would make a stir in the congress. since not all man have the same perspective on having woman rights to go topless in the public and i dont think there wil only be a few who will benefit on it and it doesnt have such strength to make a difference in our daily lives.i think the law has the power to do first the important things that makes the country benefit more other than having topless babes everywhere.