Why can't women go topless like men do?

[libodem]

63. If we all went around like that

It would be so commonplace that no one would notice anymore. As it is I was driving the other day and saw a woman walking wearing the smallest black bikini. She was with a guy, walking a dog. I admit to a double take to see if what I saw, I had really seen. I missed my opportunity to make a safety right. We all could get used to it but it might be distracting until we all did.

If I saw a random female, walking around downtown sans top, my first impulse would be to consider some mental impairment. I would be concerned for her safety from a predator and from legal consequences.

Am I wrong for my personal modesty? I personally would not want to be publicly exposed because the girls are no longer particularly perky or cute. I wouldn't want to be exposed to critical comments about how appropriate it is to show something that is stretched and sagging from breast feeding three babies?

You do what you want. I just can't. I hate the dressing room at the gym. I hate the wet swim suit and showering in a public facility. I don't even really like that one of my best friends is obese and uninhibited nudist. I wish I didn't care what other people think or if I'm offending anyone. I'll be the friend in a swim suit when everyone one else skinny dips.

Hope you don't ban me from the group for being different. I love you for being free and not ashamed. I'll try harder.