Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Two Tahitian Women (1899) by Paul Gauguin. The word "topless" usually refers to a woman whose breasts, including her areolas and nipples, are exposed to public view. It can describe a woman who appears, poses, or performs with her breasts exposed, such as a "topless model" or "topless dancer", or to an activity undertaken while not wearing a top, such as "topless sunbathing".
Women in six U.S. states are now effectively allowed to be topless in public, according to a new ruling by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Additionally, women who go topless are sometimes slapped with more vague charges such as being a public nuisance, or offensive behaviour. [3] On public beaches, local bylaws are not heavily enforced, and women can often sunbathe topless without issues. [2] Breastfeeding in public is a legal right in Australia.
In the United States, the Motion Picture Production Code, or Hays Code, enforced after 1934, banned the exposure of the female navel in Hollywood films. [3] The National Legion of Decency, a Roman Catholic body guarding over American media content, also pressured Hollywood to keep clothing that exposed certain parts of the female body, such as bikinis and low-cut dresses, from being featured ...
One time, she seemingly flashed her underwear in strapless dress with a sky-high slit. The second time around, she exposed her breasts in a super see-through number.
But now, some people are wearing granny panties in public with pride — and without pants. Celebrity Sightings In New York City - September 19, 2022 (Jared Siskin / GC Images)
Public exhibitionism by women has been recorded since classical times, often in the context of women shaming groups of men into committing, or inciting them to commit, some public action. [3] The ancient Greek historian Herodotus gives an account of exhibitionistic behaviors from the fifth century BC in The Histories .
There are also social movements to promote a greater degree of nudity, such as the topfreedom movement to promote female toplessness, as well as the movement to promote breastfeeding in public. Furthermore, some psychiatric disorders that can lead to greater nudity include exhibitionistic disorder, voyeuristic disorder, and gymnophobia.