Model arrested for wearing topless swimsuit". Wilmington Morning Star. 23 June 1964. p.11 . Retrieved 23 August 2015. In Thailand, the government of Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram issued a series of cultural standards between 1939 and 1942. Mandate 10 issued on 8 September 1941 instructed Thai people to not appear in public places "without being appropriately dressed". Inappropriate dress included "wearing no shirt or wearing a wraparound cloth". [25] [26] Before the introduction of Western dress codes, Thai women were depicted both fully clothed and topless in public. Until the early 20th century, women from northern Thailand wore a long tube-skirt ( Pha-Sin), tied high above their waist and below their breasts, which were uncovered. In the late 19th century the influence of missionaries and modernization under King Chulalongkorn encouraged local women to cover their breasts with blouses. [27] Laos In 2012, a woman swam topless on Opunake beach. The police were called, but informed the callers that toplessness was not an offence. [113] Suzanne MacNevin. "Topfreedom: The Fundamental Right of Women". The Feminist eZine. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023 . Retrieved 21 July 2017. Marshallese Culture". Safaritheglobe.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015 . Retrieved 18 July 2013.

a b Neutsch, Juliane (11 March 2023). "Oben ohne im Freibad und Hallenbad: Ist das erlaubt?"[Topless in Outdoor and Indoor Pools: Is It Allowed?]. Focus (in German). Archived from the original on 22 July 2023 . Retrieved 22 July 2023. Menkes, Suzy (18 July 1993). "Runways: Remembrance of Thongs Past". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Adamson, Thomas. "French women bid topless sunbathing 'adieu' ". heraldbulletin.com. The Herald Bulletin. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023 . Retrieved 4 February 2022. In the 16th century, women's jeogori (an upper garment) was long, wide, and covered the waist. [32] The length of women's jeogori gradually shortened: it was approximately 65cm in the 16th century, 55cm in the 17th century, 45cm in the 18th century, and 28cm in the 19th century, with some as short as 14.5cm. [32] A heoritti (허리띠) or jorinmal (졸잇말) was worn to cover the breasts. [32] The trend of wearing a short jeogori with a heoritti was started by the gisaeng and soon spread to women of the upper class. [32] Among women of the common and lowborn classes, a practice emerged in which they revealed their breasts after childbirth to proudly indicate that they had given birth to a son, i.e., a male heir. [33] Swedes fight for topless rights". Metro.co.uk. 19 November 2007. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012.The Imitation of Christ fashion line incorporated toplessness in its 2002 fashion show, which brought comparisons to Vanessa Beecroft's art [47] A case in Erie, Pennsylvania, concerning the exposure of breasts and nipple proceeded to the US Supreme Court. [12] The Erie ordinance was regulating the nipple in public as an act that is committed when a person "knowingly or intentionally, ... appears in a state of nudity commits Public Indecency." Later in the statute, nudity is further described as an uncovered female nipple. But nipple exposure of a man was not regulated. An opinion column credited to Cecil Adams noted: "Ponder the significance of that. A man walks around bare-chested and the worst that happens is he won't get served in restaurants. But a woman who goes topless is legally in the same boat as if she'd had sex in public. That may seem crazy, but in the US it's a permissible law." [10] Filmmaker Lina Esco made a film entitled Free the Nipple, which is about "laws against female toplessness or restrictions on images of female, but not male, nipples", which Esco states is an example of sexism in society. [17] In traditional societies Two Wichita Native Americans in summer dress (1870) Berlin: Bäder-Betriebe erlauben »oben ohne«für alle"[Berlin Pool Regulations Permit Toplessness for Everyone]. Der Spiegel (in German). 9 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023 . Retrieved 22 July 2023. Katherine Gillespie (11 March 2016). "How to Legally #FreeTheNipple in Australia". Vice.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023 . Retrieved 12 November 2018.

Pasties were and may still be worn by some actresses while filming an otherwise apparently topless or nude scene, which is not caught by the camera angle. [164] A topless pole dancer in a strip club Topless dancing Beer, Todd (12 May 2015). "Social Construction of the Body: The Nipple". SOCIOLOGYtoolbox. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015 . Retrieved 16 May 2015.

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Women are also at times employed in adult-only venues to perform or pose topless in forms of commercial erotic entertainment. Such venues can range from downmarket strip clubs and topless bars to upmarket cabarets, such as the Moulin Rouge. Topless entertainment may also include competitions such as wet T-shirt contests, especially during spring break in the United States, in which women display their breasts through translucent wet fabric—and may end up removing their T-shirts in front of the audience. [ citation needed]

a b "Toplessness - the one Victorian taboo that won't go away". BBC News. 15 November 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023 . Retrieved 13 August 2017. Film making in other centres were not subject to the Hays Code, but were subject to various national censorship regimes. The Italian film Era lui... sì! sì! (1951), for example, also had a French version which included topless actresses in the harem scene. This version was especially made for the French market, where censorship was less rigorous than in Italy. [160] Social and official attitudes to toplessness and nudity had eased by the 1960s and the Hays Code came under repeated challenge. For example, in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) all Tahitian girls were topless and there was a long native dance scene, though the topless female dancers' breasts were covered by leis. The historical epic film Hawaii (1966) also featured scenes of topless native girls, their breasts being strategically covered by leis. [ citation needed] Hollander, Anne (1993). Seeing through clothes. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08231-1.In most Western societies, it is a cultural norm for girls after puberty, if not earlier, to have their breasts covered especially while in a public place, as an act of modesty. At least, it is not culturally acceptable for women to expose their nipples and areolas in public. Though many women do not regard their breasts as sexual, most would not go against the social norm, let alone challenge various laws that cover toplessness. Until recent times, women who went topless in a public place may have been cited for indecent exposure, lewdness or similar laws. Women and the law in most Western countries generally do not regard breasts as indecent. [ citation needed] Some women campaign for what they call "topfreedom", seeking to change these laws. The strictness of the etiquette varies depending on the social context. For example, at specific cultural events the norm may be relaxed, such as at Fantasy Fest, at Mardi Gras in New Orleans and at the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro. The same may also apply at designated topless beaches. [ citation needed] Agnès Sorel, known to appear topless in the French court, was the model for Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels, by Jean Fouquet (c. 1450) Public breast-baring fashions

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a b c d Shteir, Rachel (1964). Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show. East Pakistan Police Co-operative Society. pp.318–321. ISBN 978-0-19-512750-8. EUROPA PRESS (3 August 2014). "Una cuarta parte de los españoles renunciaría a una semana de sueldo por más días en la playa". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 February 2023 . Retrieved 10 June 2019. El 42% de las españolas asegura haber hecho "topless" en alguna ocasión, muy por encima del 20% de media mundial Tailor, Neelam (25 March 2023). "Berlin welcomes topless female swimmers in victory for activists". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023 . Retrieved 22 July 2023. From around 300 BC Indian mystic Ancient Greece had a particular fascination for aesthetics, which was also reflected in clothing or its absence. Sparta had rigorous codes of training ( agoge, ἀγωγή) and physical exercise was conducted in the nude. Athletes competed naked in public sporting events. [36] Spartan women, as well as men, would sometimes be naked in public processions and festivals. This practice was designed to encourage virtue in men while they were away at war and an appreciation of health in the women. [37] Women and goddesses were normally portrayed clothed in sculpture of the Classical period, with the exception of the nude Aphrodite.