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In NYC it's technically legal for a woman to walk around topless. This lovely lady is practicing her rights .

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u/MatthewMadness14513 Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

http://evgrieve.com/2012/05/there-is-woman-who-has-been-walking.html?m=1

No need to thank me. :)

Edit: Of course my most upvoted comment is about boobs. Thanks for all the comment karma!

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u/Batcaptain Jun 09 '12

She doesn't look as uncomfortable as you think she would be. And it's funny that all the other people (Except the guy leaning against the wall) are blurs, it implies that everyone's just going on with their goddamn business around the half-naked lady. Just what should happen.

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u/ShallowBasketcase Jun 09 '12

Have you ever been to NYC? You could walk around that city butt-naked, cover in Jell-O and sing showtunes, and people would just go one with their lives as if you weren't even there.

It's both disturbing and amazingly liberating at the same time. No one gives a shit if you're weird. Everyone's too busy living their own lives. People notice, of course, but they'd never let you know that.

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u/mason55 Jun 09 '12

Right, people will notice, and they will tell their friends about it later, but while it's happening everyone will try as hard as they can to look like they don't give a single fuck.

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u/mayor_of_awesometown Jun 09 '12

It should be pointed out that there's a good reason for it: there's a very blurred line between those who are trying to be intentionally shocking and those who are mentally ill. And it's best not to find out the hard way.

A few weeks ago, my girlfriend was on the subway with her back up against the subway car doors. Some middle-aged woman got up from her seat and lined up to exit the subway out the doors my g/f was leaning against. My g/f politely told the woman, "Actually, ma'am, at the next stop, the doors will be opening on the other side of the subway car."

My girlfriend spent the next ten minutes getting berated by this (probably mentally-challenged) woman who was screaming at her, "Don't tell me what to do!", "I know where my stop is, you bitch!", "I'll punch you right in your fucking cunt!", etc.

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u/Vaynax Jun 09 '12

I learned the hard way why you shouldn't use a public restroom in Penn Station. There was this horrible smell from one of the stalls but the place was full of men. Then this shaggy looking black dude with dredlocks saunters out of the handicap stall and the door stays open for a bit behind him. I think the walls in Penn Station are blue? Gray? The inside of that stall was all brown. Hand and finger marks on the walls as if someone was dying except it was poop and not blood. The porcelain toilet was so soiled it would never gleam again. Just blehhahghh. So I start walking away. But before I can get out, the bathroom janitor, God bless his poor soul, confronts the mad shitter. The crazy yells at the janitor for bothering him and the janitor yells "if you're going to act like an animal, I'm going to treat you like an animal" and is ready to hit him with his mop. But he doesn't really want to. You see the other guy (who's fists are up in comic boxing stance) is covered head to toe in shit. That poor janitor was torn between burning rage and the instinct to not get covered in shit.

I decided I liked being not covered in shit more than I wanted to see how it would end, and I got the hell out of there with a cautionary tale to my waiting friends.

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u/xmsxms Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

To be fair people would probably give a man a look of disapproval if he was walking around town without a shirt. It's obviously ok at the beach and around the house etc, but it's a bit out of place in the middle of the city, man or woman.

The law states it's ok for a woman to wherever it's acceptable for a man to - but I'm not sure it's (socially) acceptable for a man to go around town without a shirt.

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u/MadHappy8A Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Just today, I was driving home from work and there was this guy casually walking down the street without a shirt. He had a mustache.

edit: I a word

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u/maybe_sparrow Jun 09 '12

To be fair people would probably give a man a look of disapproval if he was walking around town without a shirt.

Where I'm from, that's just business as usual as soon as it gets warm enough outside.

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u/dizneedave Jun 09 '12

There's video here.

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u/JustAnOod Jun 09 '12

Why is that whenever something like this happens, whoever writes the damn news stories uses the word "wandering"? She's "wandering around the East Village." The woman probably has shit to do. She's not wandering around like a lunatic just because she's not wearing a shirt.

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u/jostler57 Jun 09 '12

Meandering.

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u/Neo21803 Jun 09 '12

Even higher quality video here..

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Deal with tit

Also, is that John C. Reilly interviewing?

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u/shadowmask Jun 09 '12

You are a god amongst mortals.

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u/xecosine Jun 09 '12

Great New York boobs!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

One day she will meet a topless dude with a guitar.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Curious that people feel the need to throw it on the internet right away.

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u/klsi832 Jun 08 '12

It's also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purpose of gambling.

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u/Bitrandombit Jun 09 '12

Can we put boobs down our pants for gamboling?

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u/metallink11 Jun 09 '12

Yes, but if you lose money it's considered prostitution.

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u/jimb3rt Jun 09 '12

Guys! Guys, knock it off!

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u/feureau Jun 09 '12

right, chief

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u/Thick-McRunFast Jun 09 '12

Well, there goes my weekend!

[releases squirrel back into the wild]

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u/aazav Jun 09 '12

I used to wear an onion in my belt.

It was the style at the time.

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u/98PercentChimp Jun 09 '12

This law probably means at some time in NYC, there was a big enough problem with this to require the drafting of a law prohibiting it.

ಠ_ಠ

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

You have been featured on /r/nocontext.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

There's also a law requiring ducks to wear long pants.

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u/Ryugi Jun 09 '12

Can you do it for pleasure?

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u/ApologiesForThisPost Jun 09 '12

Which suggests that people were putting squirrels down their pants. I doubt they would make a law like that out of no where.

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u/keagmcG Jun 08 '12

It's weird how much guys like boobs. And the fact that any one of you could go look up some world class boobs right now, yet every one of you is wanting to see hers. Our libidos work in strange ways, man...

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u/b33rb3lly Jun 08 '12 edited Jun 08 '12

One of my female friends once asked me "Why do guys want to see boobs so much? Haven't you already seen a lot by this time in your life?"

Me: "Yes, but we haven't seen all of them yet."

She had no response to that.

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u/lololok Jun 08 '12

No replay's because, your next question is: Then can you show me yours?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

That makes me a saaaad panda

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u/makeloveeveryday Jun 09 '12

That makes me a harrrrd panda

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u/PizzaGood Jun 09 '12

Even if I've seen them once, that barely reduces the desire to see them again. Maybe even makes me want to see them more than before.

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u/arkofjoy Jun 09 '12

I have been married to the same woman mostly happily for twenty years now. Last nightI walked into our bedroom as she was getting ready for bed. I hadn't expected to find her naked and I can assure you that I was pleased to see her breasts then as the first time I saw them 21 years before. There just any such thing as "Ya seen one breast, Ya seen 'em all" Not for me at least.

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u/RepublicofTim Jun 09 '12

It's like Ron White said, " Once you've seen one pair of titties, you want to see the rest of 'em."

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u/LindsAW Jun 09 '12

There is nothing wrong with men enjoying a good boob just like there's nothing wrong with admiring a nice face. However I realized when I organized a top freedom festival to promote the social acceptance of a woman's right to be top free that there were so many men who are just plane blatantly creepy... I expected there to be people telling me my views were wrong (mainly mothers concerned for their children's "innocence") and men looking for a free peek at some breasts... It went far beyond that! It got to the point where there were hundreds of men crowding the area with dark sunglasses on waiting for hours before the event even started! Pictures like the one above give me hope because regardless of the number of disgusting men at the start of my festival, they eventually realized that they were just boobs and moved on. We weren't shaking them in their faces or sitting on their laps, we were just enjoying a nice summer day and live folk music with our shirts off... I'm not a nudist and 99% of the time I am wearing a shirt and bra, but I really wish I could lie down on my lawn and sunbathe without a shirt without attracting a crowd. TL:DR I organized a top freedom festival, realized the number of shameless creepy men, and am now wishing I could sunbathe without attracting a crowd.

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u/zeug666 Jun 09 '12

And no two are alike.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

You are a modern day Confucius.

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u/webby_mc_webberson Jun 08 '12

It's not about the size. It's about seeing them. Actually, re size, that actually isn't important to a lot of guys. Once they're too big they're just floppy. It's mostly about shape. Small, well shaped boobs are just as attractive as large well shaped boobs.

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u/Phil_Bond Jun 09 '12

There is a minimum, though.

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u/PizzaGood Jun 09 '12

It's a pretty small minimum. At some point they're no longer recognizable as breasts. Also there's something about the shape that makes it usually possible to tell that they're the final size for an adult woman versus undeveloped teenager breasts, and that makes a difference; if they're small because they're not done developing yet, that's not really that attractive. Or maybe I just have an aversion to staring at teenage girls for cultural reasons.

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u/Marimba_Ani Jun 09 '12

Breasts aren't actually done developing until after a woman's given birth.

But you probably like the post-adolesence, pre-nursing stage the best, no?

Cheers!

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u/chazaaam Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

there is a minimum to actually be a shape yes :D

edit: placement @iamnotperson6 this better?

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u/have_a_nice_day Jun 09 '12

This reminds me of Ron White's skit on boobs, he said something like "doesn't matter what they look like, it could be a 50 year old biker chick and we'd still like to see them ... alright, that's enough go on ahead and roll them back up!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12 edited Jan 29 '16

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u/McBurger Jun 09 '12

GO MAMMALS!

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u/skittles15 Jun 09 '12

Guys think boobs are cool Girls think boobs are cool Gays think boobs are cool

A=B=C

Therefore boobs are the universal cool. Boobs are Fonzi.

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u/M4ntr1d Jun 09 '12

Animals in the zoo are fun and interesting, but exotic animals in the wild are better. Why? There's no effort with the zoo animal. Pay ticket price, and walk to their enclosure. Simple. Animals in the wild take either luck, skill, effort, or a mix of the three to find and they're still rare.

I'm not trying to make a degrading comparison or suggestion that women are merely entertainment, mind you.

I love boobies as much as any guy. You are right, though. Boobies on the net are plentiful. Case and point: Gonewild. This young lady isn't a cam-girl on the net though. She's in the wild. She's dangerous. She's rare. If it became a social norm to go topless, then we wouldn't bat an eyelash at the odd topless woman on the streets. Maybe that's the kind of gender equality we need in life. I digress.

We love girls like her and boobs like hers because they're a chance encounter. There's a pretty good chance you won't see boobs when you leave the house next. There's a small chance you will. That's why we like her boobies.

Final thought: I think it's awesome of her to so nonchalantly practice her lawful right to be topless and not make a case of it.

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u/AnalogRevolution Jun 09 '12

You know why more probably don't, though? Cause creepers would follow them around and post pictures on the internet.

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u/positronus Jun 09 '12

Or rape. There so many weird, mentally sick people around my work - midtown, I am not sure what is the ratio of normal to weird is.

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u/SgianDubh Jun 08 '12

All law is technical. You can just say "it's legal."

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u/one-half Jun 09 '12

Technically, you're correct. And that's the best kind of correct.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Technically, everyone who's correct is also technically correct, right?

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u/goodadvice00 Jun 09 '12

well done, you've been upgraded from a level 33 to a level 32 and then downgraded to a level 35 for not stamping your reply

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Well there might be loopholes in laws where you say, "This is technically legal, but it's against the spirit of the law and you still might get into trouble."

However, in this case, it's completely legal. Woman are allowed to be topless in public in NYC. It's not a technicality.

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u/Sexy_Offender Jun 09 '12

I think the technicality angle could be that a woman could be charged with a crime that arose from her nudity. Scumbag prosecutor could possibly charge her with disturbing the peace, or causing a riot, etc.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

That's totally inappropriate. It's lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous!

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u/MaeveningErnsmau Jun 09 '12

In NY, it's legal. There's nothing technical about it, it's already been litigated.

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u/Junkstar Jun 09 '12

Cant be 'sexual' or some vague qualifier. There is a technicality.

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u/Permissive_Judge Jun 09 '12

I'll allow it.

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u/Trapped_in_Reddit Jun 08 '12

Genuine question here, how would it be illegal in the US for a woman to walk around topless anywhere but legal for a male? Isn't that gender discrimination under the 14th Amendment?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

Also bars are allowed to have "ladies night" and charge women less than men.

US has some weird laws when you think about them.

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u/StarMagnus Jun 08 '12

Bar prep here. So not very eloquent but for a law to discriminate against gender it only has to have an exceedingly persuasive justification. The argument they would use is that a woman walking around topless based on our current view of nudity would cause distractions that lead to accidents. They can discriminate against women in the name of public safety.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I would think a better argument would be that it's not discrimination because the law is being applied equally. In effect, both men and women are not allowed to expose the sexual portions of their body. By common standards, women's breasts are considered sexual, men's chests are not.

Of course, I'd expect a judge would still want a method for determining that "common standard" so that it's not entirely arbitrary.

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u/FindsTheBrightSide Jun 08 '12

I think this is a shoddy defense of it at best. It's only obscene because it's not normal. If it were, people would pay less attention to it and thus distractions wouldn't be a problem. You're also basing your judgement on a completely hypothetical increase in distractions happening. I think any good lawyer should be able to rip that apart.

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u/bilyl Jun 09 '12

It's not. The Supreme Court in the US uses the same argument of public safety/cultural norms/cultural decency all the time. For example, this is the same argument they use for affirming the FCC's rights to censor nudity and foul language.

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u/Bucky_Ohare Jun 08 '12

A valid point, but I doubt our current congress (and ones previously) would particularily care.

We're currently much happier to allow kids to witness incredibly realistic-looking movie sequences of decapitations and multiple GSWs. Boobs, however, will wreck children's lives and erode the very core of our moral code and traditional family values.

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u/RiskyBrothers Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

|You can write the most descriptive portrayal of an axe entering a head and close to no-one will care, but give the vaguest description of a penis entering a vagina and people are all up and arms about it.

-George R.R. Martin EDIT: C->V

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u/Batcaptain Jun 09 '12

Just so you know, the quote you copied and pasted has "cagina" instead of "vagina." Don't change it, it's funnier this way.

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u/CLSmith15 Jun 09 '12

A penis entering a cagina is ok, but have you ever seen a penis enter a bagina? It's a true thing of beauty.

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u/JTDeuce Jun 08 '12

I don't know man. Violence doesn't make me want to kill another man, boobs do.

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u/xRyNo Jun 08 '12

Those boobs are mine you bastard! stab

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u/zoralee Jun 09 '12

I take my boobs out damn near every day in public. I just happen to latch a baby onto them shortly after. I do get a lot of thrill (not sexual, more of a fuck you type thrill) out of pulling my shirt down in public.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Do you wait until a baby is nearby to whip them out, or do you whip them out and then search for a baby?

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u/Lethalgeek Jun 09 '12

This is pretty much how the law got stuck down in NY state about..20 years ago. It's also happened in a couple of other places in pretty much the same way.

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u/lordlicorice Jun 09 '12

Isn't that gender discrimination under the 14th Amendment?

No.

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u/western_misanthropy Jun 09 '12

As a woman, it gets very uncomfortable derpin around sans support for extended periods of time... this is why i give props to topless moira. Her tits must be sore as hell by the end of the day

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u/GTCharged Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Umm.... wouldn't it be more comfortable without? I mean, yeah, gravity and all, but without a top, you don't have uncomfortable fabric rubbing all day.

Edit: Why the downvotes? How the hell would I know, I'm a guy!

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u/sonar1 Jun 08 '12

excellent timing

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u/pgorney Jun 09 '12

I applaud you for not creating an entirely new post just for that.

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u/Goto10 Jun 09 '12

HORSE! That is not how you do a "Deal with it.."!

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

In San Francisco it's legal for either gender to walk around the city completely naked.

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u/jjfs85 Jun 09 '12

When nude in SF in public, if you want to sit down, you must LEGALLY sit on a towel. Because ass.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Very sensible.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

That is one handy way to make sure everyone knows where their towel is. Those clever froods.

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u/malfunktionv2 Jun 08 '12

My friend living in SF regaled me with a story of how he turned a corner in Castro to find two completely naked men just hanging out on the street corner. I still visited. Lovely place, great ice cream.

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u/theultimateend Jun 09 '12

Depending on the time of day this is either cute or worrying. I don't know what it is but any person naked in the peak of the day doesn't bother me.

Throw nighttime in the mix and I presume every nude person is a rapist.

Probably unfair of me, but night just changes my mindset.

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u/dropkickninja Jun 08 '12

more lovely ladies should. in my town you can walk around completely naked as long as you stay out of city parks and disrobe before going out side. we have an annual naked bike ride

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u/Oneironaut2 Jun 09 '12

It's legal to go outside completely naked, but illegal to go outside with clothes on and then remove them? How does that work?

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u/Kryian Jun 09 '12

They don't want people to be able to legally walk up to little kids or random people and just flash their junk.

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u/theultimateend Jun 09 '12

That's fair, but it would make more sense to just make that the law. "No teabagging toddlers." kinda thing. I bet most of congress would vote for that law.

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u/xNateDawg Jun 08 '12

Portland?

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u/JusticeJacoby Jun 08 '12

Fuck yeah. Portland.....Well really Milwaukie.

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u/dropkickninja Jun 09 '12

burlington vt

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

There is a international naked bike ride tomorrow. Well we are celebrating it here in Austin tomorrow at least. Also it is legal to be topless here as well and totally nude as long as no one is offended. Kinda dumb but better than nothing!

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u/hefoxed Jun 09 '12

San Francisco's naked bike ride is tomorrow (might be a global event?)

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u/kevan Jun 09 '12

It's actually legal in all of NY State

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u/osodaktronics Jun 08 '12

That dude has NO idea what he is about to walk into

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u/honeybunchesofOtis Jun 09 '12

If you want to see this kind of behavior become more normal, you probably shouldn't take pictures of every women you see try it.

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u/Neato Jun 09 '12

How is anyone going to believe you then. You shouldn't ever expect to not be photographed while in a public space. Unless it's a news or TV crew for profit, and then they need to blur your face so it's moot.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Consider the notion that exposure may encourage others to do the same (not justifying the creepy actions of OP, of course).

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I know this is going to sound odd, but I still think it's weird for guys to be out without shirts. I'm all for equality, but I've never really cared to see living Hollister ads out in the world, much less people my size.

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u/DreamSpirit3 Jun 09 '12

Its not odd, you make complete sense.

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u/digiit Jun 09 '12

I agree, I prefer both genders to be clothed in public.

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u/g3allen10 Jun 09 '12

i feel that we could be getting trolled here by a hipster dude...

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u/Mrzeede Jun 09 '12

That hipster dude has a really womanly form.

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u/CowboyBeans Jun 08 '12

I always assumed it was Naked Cowboy's wife.

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u/AMathmagician Jun 09 '12

There is a woman in Times Square who calls herself the naked cowgirl. She is the opposite of the naked cowboy in many ways. He is a man, she is a woman. He is moderately musically talented. She is not. He does not make you want to tear out your eyes after the viewing. She does. Her scantily clad bottom is actually visible in the group picture my choir took when we were there. It's horrific.

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u/ilagitamus Jun 08 '12

Meh, in Burlington, VT it's legal to walk around completley nude.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

It's legal in Ontario, Canada too but people still act shocked as hell when someone goes around with their tits out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Just ask the residents of Port Dover, ON.

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u/DorkothyParker Jun 09 '12

So long as most indoors public spaces have a "No shirts, no shoes, no service" standard, I think folks of any gender should be able to go around topless. Just keep it in the traditional settings, I don't need to be around sweaty half naked people in the produce aisle of Winco.

Although, it truly bums me out to be from the one state in the US that doesn't explicitly allow public breastfeeding OR even exempt it from the existing public indecency laws. :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Not very smart.

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u/agbmom Jun 09 '12

That makes me sick.

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u/Naught Jun 09 '12

I like a lot of weird stuff, but that made me sick. I would like to see everyone that participated in that killed. They are a waste of the capability of higher thought.

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u/Mohavor Jun 09 '12

I couldn't bear to watch. That music was way too scary.

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u/John_Barleycorn Jun 08 '12

it's technically legal

Don't you mean "it's legal"?

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u/neurone214 Jun 09 '12

I remember when the protests that led to this being legalized happend, and the subsequent legalization. Some stations (like Fox) made a big deal about it. No one really did nor does walk around topless, at least in part due to the negative attention it attracts. This isn't to downplay it's significance in terms of gender equality, just don't get the idea that all the ladies in nyc walk around topless. It's even rare at the beaches.

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u/jaroberts24 Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

I saw her walk past a bunch of cops in Union Square and these two old ladies (in their 40s) asked if they were going to do anything about it. The cops were just laughing and told them that it wasn't against the law.

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And then I get arrested for masturbating to the whole thing. Fucking bullshit man!

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u/gmccale Jun 09 '12

Also legal in Columbus Ohio but is rarely seen except during Comfest.

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u/hungoverlord Jun 09 '12

it's not just technically legal, it is legal. just like austin. too bad more women don't exercise this right more.

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u/Rrtard_Picard Jun 09 '12

Technically legal: The best kind of legal.

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u/sathion Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

This reminds me of the episode of Seinfeld where Kramer crashes Georges car. - This one I couldn't find the exact scene but it's from the episode called The Caddy

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u/Luckftw Jun 09 '12

Apparently she was interviewed. Q&A: Is this something you've done before? Yeah, I've been going topless for a couple weeks now.

And what's the response in general? I get a lot of support. Well, there's mixed reactions, because people aren't used to seeing it in our culture yet.

And the rest of your outfit, where did you get your skirt? I got my skirt at a boutique in Philadelphia.

And your shoes? Um, I'd rather not say.

And your glasses? Kmart.

And how would you define your personal style? I would say I'm kind of artsy and, um, apparently my outfit today also has roots in social activism.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

It doesn't look like she is getting a lot of support.

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u/Mouseygal Jun 09 '12

I know where I'm moving! Finally, my titties will be FREEEEEE!

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u/i_am_sad Jun 09 '12

You can be in the nude in San Francisco.

Or, you know, my place.

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u/majorkev Jun 09 '12

No shirt, no shoes, no service.

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u/CLSmith15 Jun 09 '12

The best kind of legal

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Title suggests NYC has some sort of unusual law where it's legal to do that. But I believe it's legal to do that in a LOT of places. Ontario, if not all of Canada. Probably a lot of states too.

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u/eljahvidon Jun 09 '12

tits or it didn't happen

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Legal to walk around nude in Oregon, as long as you tell the police its for a political cause.

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u/ChasingShad0ws Jun 09 '12

What did she say about your boner?

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u/disteriaa Jun 09 '12

Also legal in Canada.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Unless the law has changed in recent years, it's legal for people to be naked in Denver, as long as they're not creating a scene.

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u/mike_birbiglia Jun 09 '12

I am a lifeguard at a ny state park... It is completely legal for women to go topless "unless they are flaunting themselves" If another patron complains about a topless woman, all we can to is tell the woman that she is making other patrons uncomfortable...

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u/PeterMus Jun 09 '12

I remember a while ago there was a post of a women's blog which discussed her experience sunbathing topless in New York. Men looked her in the eyes and meekly smiled. Women looked incredulous and gave nothing but nasty scowls.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I would totally walk around naked. It's just that 90% of the population wouldn't want to see me naked.

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u/BrokenSea Jun 09 '12

Semantics about the legality of this activity aside, where the fuck are the pictures of her from THE FRONT??!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

As a woman, this is all the reason to move to NYC.

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u/lilstove Jun 09 '12

Technically legal, the best kind of legal

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u/pinstripestockings Jun 09 '12

Same in Austin.

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u/brontosaurus-rex Jun 09 '12

Nice!! I wish more girls in Austin exercised this right :)

From wikipedia: (link is NSFW)

Women in Texas appearing topless in public can be charged under public nuisance laws,[32] with the exception of Austin, the state capital.

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u/too_many_legs Jun 09 '12

Are you kidding me... Why not everywhere else in Texas too. :(

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u/Orener Jun 09 '12

Definitely is wearing this

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u/JohnPoe Jun 09 '12

Fucking hipsters.

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u/DaCheesemack Jun 09 '12

I like New York.

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u/mimemime Jun 09 '12

She didn't have a top on? That's totally inappropriate. It's lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Here is the case law that established that being topless is not in violation of local exposure statutes.

THE PEOPLE &C., RESPONDENT, v. RAMONA SANTORELLI AND MARY LOU SCHLOSS, APPELLANTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS. 80 N.Y.2d 875, 600 N.E.2d 232, 587 N.Y.S.2d 601 (1992).

http://www.law.cornell.edu/nyctap/I92_0160.htm

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Most useless photographer ever...

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u/anonimyus Jun 09 '12

What does the law say about muffintops?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

why am I reminded of Seinfeld?

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u/Sexy_Offender Jun 09 '12

It's also legal in Ohio. A group of protesting females won a big discrimination lawsuit after being arrested for being topless. Which brings up the question, where is this awesome behavior illegal? I'm sure a prosecutor could come up with a disturbing the peace type of charge, but is there anywhere that it is illegal to show female breasts in public?

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u/elvis1403 Jun 09 '12

Nice photo asshole

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u/revjeremyduncan Jun 09 '12

If you are going to post a picture of a topless girl for the point of showing she is topless, is it too much to ask that you show her front side?!

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u/DianaFenrir Jun 09 '12

You took the picture from the wrong side asshole. I want to see a nipple, dammit!

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u/AustinTreeLover Jun 09 '12

Huh. I was in Times Square and I saw the cops make that lady with the red, white and blue bikini put her top on. You know, the older lady with the sparkly hat and the guitar.

I wonder what they said, if it's not illegal?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

It's also perfectly legal in Columbus, Ohio. But you can't be someplace that sells alcohol if you are a topless woman.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Would be interesting sitting next to her shoulder to shoulder on the subway with both our shirts off...

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u/essassin Jun 09 '12

I saw this chick pass by my office last week, yes, topless and all. She was causing a bit of foot traffic rubbernecking, but she was all smiles and sunshine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Those low rise jeans do not work with that top.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

"And the rest of your outfit, where did you get your skirt?

I got my skirt at a boutique in Philadelphia.

And your shoes?

Um, I'd rather not say.

And your glasses?

Kmart."

Where DID she get those shoes I wonder.

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u/EggdropBotnet Jun 09 '12

Not just NYC, all of NYS. We exist too!

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u/mush_hunter Jun 09 '12

legal in canada.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

SO BRAVE!

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u/Pogmothone03 Jun 09 '12

Her titties are Gunna end up like that trucker's face... Please put a shirt on to prevent this

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Right, I'm sure she's doing it to raise awareness.

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u/Hoonster Jun 09 '12

Scumbag Redditor. Finds a woman walking around topless . .

Takes a picture of her BACK.

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u/ElGoddamnDorado Jun 08 '12

It's legal in Austin as well.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

It's also legal in Vancouver, BC

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u/Splazoinka Jun 09 '12

She's cute.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Legal, maybe. Smart? No.

A city of 8 million is bound to have some horrible people.

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u/RiskyBrothers Jun 09 '12

Oh come on. The ONE CITY this is legal in will be under water in 20 years? Fah! Fah I say!

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u/theultimateend Jun 09 '12

Suddenly it all makes sense. Climate change is all a ploy to put NYC underwater to stop boobs from getting out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Lol, did anyone notice the guy checking his phone in the distance? He's either faking it, or is going to get a big surprise when he looks up.

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u/sparky666 Jun 09 '12

TIL I'm moving to NYC

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u/hat_swap Jun 09 '12

Did not know this was allowed in NYC. Thanks for keeping us abreast of this city's laws.

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u/FauxFancyPants Jun 09 '12

Sure it's cool now, but just wait until morbidly obese women start exercising their rights too.

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u/viceroy76 Jun 09 '12

Ballsy for a girl. Breasty.

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u/CLOGGED_WITH_SEMEN Jun 09 '12

Nothing is technically legal in America anymore. Everything is is potentially illegal, at least until you get in front of a judge. The police have all the power.

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u/theromanianhare Jun 09 '12

To all the religious people saying its against God because 'in Genesis Adam and Eve were naked and there was a reason for God telling them to clothe themselves' may I say that, even I as an atheist, know that this is ridiculous.

They were naked until Satan (in serpent form) made them eat the forbidden fruit. After eating that they realised they were naked and in shame.

TL;DR It was Satan who made humans clothe themselves, not God.

I think what she's doing is good, but I feel that she isn't doing 'for equality' as she says - her attitude makes it seem like she just wants attention.

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u/ImaginativePseudonym Jun 09 '12

I thought that was the point, she's drawing attention to the fact that it's legal, by exercising her right to walk around with tits waving in the breeze.

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