yes

I say what's good for one gender is good for the other. I have seen plenty of men with man boobs bigger than some women and there is no objection to those men going around topless.

You can in NY, and I support the option.

........ YES.

Absolutely! If nudity were more mainstream it wouldn't be so sexualized and fetishized, and people would be less ashamed of their bodies. I'm all for it!

yes in some places

They should get to be topless just as much as men get to be topless. It's stupid that it's fine for men and not women. There's absolutely nothing wrong with them. Why do people demand they be covered at all times?

Yes, a woman should be able to walk around topless if she wants

Where I live, it's completely legal, and at the street markets I see woman with their jugs out. If men are allowed to jiggle their manboobs, why aren't women?

If men are able to, then women should be able to as well.

Of course they should.. Of course it'll probably cause a lot of issues, but I'd love it.

it's so messed up and wrong that we are taught from birth that our bodies are shameful and wrong. our bodies are natural and beautiful and we should be proud of them. we should end the over sexualizeation of the female body.

I don't like this "personal distaste" reason for having an opinion. "I don't want to see that/for my kids to see that" is not a good reason for something to be illegal. It's not the government's job to explain to little kids what boobs are.

I voted yes put I agree with Carrie Ann's comment - Not topless everywhere. Having said that where it is socially acceptable for men to be topless now it should also be acceptable for women.

I think a woman should be allowed to be topless anywhere a man is allowed to be.

No, a woman should keep 'em covered. i do not want my kids seeing that.

Yes. There's a time and place for everything and that's certainly true for nudity. Personally, I feel that anywhere it's OK for a man to go topless, it should also be OK for a woman to go topless. And I don't mind if that means I might have to seen some parts that I don't consider pretty!

I think we'd be better off if there were more places where nudity was acceptable in the US (more clothing-optional beaches, etc.). We have VERY unrealistic expectations and standards about the human body and we'll be A LOT better off, both individually and collectively, when we learn to accept our bodies and the bodies of others as they actually are.

As for kids, there is actually ample evidence that non-threatening exposure to nudity is not only not harmful for children, but actually beneficial. (Here's one study among several: link). I think we have it completely backwards in this society when it's considered perfectly OK to expose kids to all kinds of violence but even the slightest glimpse of someone's "naughty bits" is considered horrifying.