What is Toplessness?
{{No sources|date=December 2017}} [[File:Topless_woman_walking_on_Coral_Beach,_Jamaica.jpg|right|thumb|330x330px|Female toplessness]] '''Toplessness''' (or being '''topless''') is a state of a woman not wearing any [[clothing]] above the waist, meaning the [[breast]]s are visible. The term used for a man is '''barechestedness''' or '''shirtlessness'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About: Toplessness|url=https://dbpedia.org/page/Toplessness|access-date=2024-03-13|website=dbpedia.org}}</ref> Because the female breast is often associated with [[sexuality]], some countries consider it all right for men to be topless in public, but not women. However many countries consider it usual for women to be topless, even due to the natural heat. ==Barechestedness== '''Barechested''' means not wearing a shirt. It usually refers to men. It is very common in many societies and is also very common in [[sports]], for a number of reasons. Some reasons include ease of movement and cooling. It is also common to go shirtless while working/doing labor. Before computerization of vehicles, it was common for young men to work on cars and trucks without a shirt. ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Topless woman gazing out window.jpg|A [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] woman stands topless, staring out the window. File:Paul Gauguin 145.jpg|Painting of two [[Tahiti]]an women, by [[Paul Gauguin]] File:Junge Hamer in Südäthiopien.jpg|Woman in [[Ethiopia]], where it is common for women to be topless File:Nude woman at the water's edge.jpg|A topless woman at a beach File:Topless blonde sunbathing at the beach.jpg|Topless [[Sun tanning|sunbathing]] File:Woman in black microkini basks topless on the beach.jpg|Topless sunbathing </gallery> ==Related pages== *[[Topfreedom]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat}} {{stub}} [[Category:Nudity]]