Top Freedom News
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Many people do not realise that it was forbidden in many western countries for men to go topless until the 1930s. Men fought this ban and, as a result, it is now universally excepted that men can sunbathe, swim or mow the lawn topless. As a result women's breasts are now much more sexualised than men's but many women are now campaigning to have this balance redressed - or re-undressed to be more precise. In some countries (eg: France, Germany) topless (or top free as the Americans prefer to call it) women in swimming pools and public parks are common place and accepted and in many other countries groups have been set up to gain equal rights for women on this issue. |
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Campaign groups around the world |
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USA:Go Topless Day
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UK:Scottish sisters demand right to play swamp football topless. "Last year, we had a great time but we all wore T-shirts and found they just dragged us down. If men are allowed to go topless, then the same rules should apply to us girls." more |
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Denmark:The Topless Front recently won a major victory when the Copenhagen Culture and Leisure Committee voting to allow women to swim and walk around topless at swimming pools. photos by Martin Lehmann, DGI-byen, Copenhagen |
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Sweden:Bara Bröst which means both Bare Breasts and Merely Breasts are setting up a network of local groups which use swimming pools topless. photo by Julia Lindemalm |
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Canada:Top Free Equal Rights Association (TERA) helps women who encounter difficulty going without tops in public places in Canada and the USA, and informs the public on this issue. |
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 photo by Jordan Matter |
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