It's perfectly legal for you to walk nude down the street in Austin TX
and for women to ride the NY City subways topless. I wouldn't recommend
either activities however.
K.Takeshita wrote:
>On 9/03/06 9:42 AM, "Bob Shell", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>You won't see this on USA beaches. Except for a very few nude
>>beaches, nudity or even just plain topless women is banned. Thong and
>>T-back swimsuits are also banned on many beaches.
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>Except in Ontario, Canada.
>Several years ago, in a very hot summer day, a local student, who was a
>young lady, took her top off, strolled on a public street and arrested.
>However, her reasoning was that she was feeling too hot and should be able
>to take her top off just as guys do. In court, she has been successful in
>defending her position. She might have been a bit too forthcoming on
>women's right, but the verdict was applauded.
>For a couple of weeks after this, topless young ladies, most of them looked
>proper, popped up in street corners etc. Even some of the not-so-young
>ladies cut grass topless in her backyard etc. They all showed up in
>newspapers with some amusing articles.
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>After a while, this quickly died down and now nobody talks about it these
>day, and most people probably do not even know that it is legal for women to
>go topless in public. There probably must be some proviso to go with this
>verdict, such as only in summer (define summer :-) or outdoor only etc.
>Good example of how quickly people get indifferent to these things. But
>most people realize the general public morality and I do not think I ever
>see this in newspapers any more or actually see topless women in public.
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>I do not think the tourists to Toronto significantly increased either :-).
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>But if you have an urge to go topless here in public, com'on over and you
>won't be arrested. Just email me before you do that.
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>Cheers,
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>Ken
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