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  Topfreedom - should women go topfree in public?
Topfreedom - or Topfree Equality - movement believes that women should be allowed to go topfree in any public place where men are allowed to remove their shirts, without threat of harassment, arrest, or other legal, or political deterrent.
Think through this argument: why fight for topfree in public when the principal fight is between "manwatching", self-proclaimed "civilised" socialites and the vast majority of the rest of the world- including Islamists- who have no hangups about clothes or their bodies, and yet become marginalised by (western) views of clothed=civilised behaviour.
Women can go topfree in public.It does not indicate something about sexual all the time.If a woman has to feed her baby in public, she has to expose her breast in public but it means nothing but Motherhood.
www.007b.com /topfreedom.php   (13238 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Topfree equality
Topfree equality or topfreedom is a social movement in North America, where resistance is much greater than in mainland Europe or Australia.
Social equality is a social state of affairs in which certain different people have the same status in a certain respect, minimally at least in voting rights, freedom of speech and assembly, and property rights.
All of Canada, in theory, because sex equality is an amendment to the Canadian Constitution.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Topfree-equality   (2242 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Topfree
Image:Topfree group.jpg Topfree equality or topfreedom is a social movement in North America, where resistance is much greater than in Europe or Australia.
Topfree equality could result in future generations considering breasts to be normal organs to be frequently and casually viewed by all and accessible to nursing children for emotional and physical nurturance.
Topfree is not seen on the boardwalk, which is really concrete, or on the streets of South Beach, but skimpy suits are seen just about anywhere during the day.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Topfree   (236 words)

  
 Topfree equality
Topfree equality is a small but growing social movement in parts of North America.
The goal of the movement is to give women the right to remove their clothing above the waist in public wherever men can do it (e.g.
However, the idea of topfree equality obviously goes further than being allowed to expose breasts when one has this "excuse".
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/t/to/topfree_equality.html   (129 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Equality (mathematics)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A statement that two expressions denote equal quantities is an equation.
Given a set A, the restriction of equality to the set A is a binary relation, which is at once reflexive, symmetric, antisymmetric, and transitive.
The binary relation "is approximately equal" between real numbers or other things, even if more precisely defined, is not transitive (it may seem so at first sight, but many small differences can add up to something big).
www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Equality_(mathematics).html   (708 words)

  
 Topfreedom - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In North America, where resistance to topless nudity of women is greater than in mainland Europe or Australia, a small topfree equality movement has grown up.
Some courts in North America have ruled that mammary glands are nurturing organs, not sexual organs; this is important because it is generally the public display of sexual organs which is legally restricted.
Some places in North America are said to have topfree equality by law, although whether such equality is upheld or practiced varies.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Topfree_equality   (814 words)

  
 Topfree equality - TheBestLinks.com - Topfree Equality, Columbus, Ohio, Miami, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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However, the idea of topfree equality obviously goes further than being allowed to expose breasts solely for the purpose of breastfeeding.
www.thebestlinks.com /Topfree_Equality.html   (182 words)

  
 Topfree case won on appeal
I was convicted of disorderly conduct (the FL statute used against topfree women since 1977), and sentenced to thirty days in jail, to be suspended if I successfully completed five months on probation and fifty hours of community service, paid $500 in fines, and did not go topfree in public for five months.
After learning I was in jail for topfree equality, dozens of people and organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada sent money to fund my appeal.
The significance of broadening this precedent to topfree issues is that now women who go topfree at Rainbow gatherings, beaches, concerts, or other locations where no one complains, should not be arrested by an officer simply because that officer observes the behavior.
www.afn.org /~iguana/archives/1999_10/19991013.html   (716 words)

  
 Topfree Lawsuit Federal Complaint
Smitty Hooper passionately believes in gender equality and equal opportunities for women of all ages especially as it relates to equal pay for equal work.
The reasons she has joined in this 14 Amendment-based topfree lawsuit for women is that she has experienced going to the beaches of Miami Beach for 20 years where topfree sunbathing for women is commonplace and accepted with no negative secondary effects for either individuals or the community at-large.
Topfree indicates freedom from something you don't want to be there.
www.legalfreedom.com /topfree/plaintiffs   (2411 words)

  
 ~ P O T P O U R R I ~
Many people on this forum have stated that "women should be able to be topfree wherever men can be topfree." I'd say that the overriding issue of this forum is one of equality.
Gender equality is not a matter of being equal physically, it is a matter of having legal equality, and that is still just a dream in most nations of the world.
Some posters have voiced an uncompromising support for topfree equality in all instances, while others have voiced equally sensible concerns about what is productive and what is counterproductive.
www.network54.com /Forum/157869/thread/1033796603/Equality   (894 words)

  
 Topfree equality   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The reasons cited include keeping nursing mothers from having to find a hidden place for breastfeeding and tanning and comfort in places such as pools and beaches.
The movement is not concerned with fighting the right for women or men to be without a shirt in a restaurant or in places where such is not accepted for either gender, but with ensuring equality under law for women.
This battle is currently (February 2005) heating up in California, where attorney Liana Johnsson contends that under Megan's Law, women convicted of indecent exposure (for breastfeeding or sunbathing) could find themselves listed as sex offenders alongside rapists and child molesters.
www.punweb.com /article/Topfree_equality   (249 words)

  
 Topfreedom Totally Explained
All of Canada, in theory, because sex equality is an amendment to the Canadian Constitution.
Washington, D.C. Note that even in some of the areas where topfree is in fact legal, local police may still arrest those practicing it for disorderly conduct or similar charges.
The Topfree Equal Rights Association (TERA), is a Canadian organization that exists to help women who have legal troubles exercising their rights to go 'topfree' where men are also able to.
topfree_equality.totallyexplained.com   (715 words)

  
 TopFreedom
Eventually sentenced to time served, six months probation, 50 hours of community service, and $600 in fines and costs, her conviction was overturned after a four-year legal battle.
This was only after the Florida courts had ruled in an earlier suit that the equal protection provisions regarding gender voted into the Florida constitution in 1998 did not require strict scrutiny.
She was as one point barred from visiting her daughter’s school because of the arrest.
www.beachesfoundation.org /2-topfreedom.html   (712 words)

  
 Photos of topfree people (mostly)
Kayla Sosnow sings/chants her magnificent poem about being arrested, jailed, and eventually acquitted for being topfree in a national forest in Florida.
Kayla Sosnow listens to Julia Goforth, who has been topfree in a wide variety of places and situations, usually with her children present.
Below are several topfree activists relaxing for a photo portrait in a park in St. Catharines, Ontario on August 22, 2000.
www.tera.ca /photos2.html   (507 words)

  
 Topfree 10 Federal Lawsuit
The lawsuit states that the women seek the right to be topfree "during their work, beachgoing, gardening, sunbathing, swimming, other outdoor activities, and in other nonsexual contexts as often are their husbands, sons, fathers, and other men."
One of the most important purposes to be served by the equal protection clause is to ensure that 'public sensibilities' grounded in prejudice and unexamined sterotypes do not become enshrined as part of the official policy of government.
A Canadian professor has organized the Topfree Equal Rights Association (T.E.R.A.) to help these cases and to educate the world about topfree rights in Canada.
www.legalfreedom.com /topfree   (1050 words)

  
 Photos of topfree people (mostly), page 3
The poster's pitch is for equality ("Wir machen's gleich"), specifically for homosexuals, but also for topfree women (obviously!).
Below are eight photos from topfree events in Rochester, New York in July, 2002.
Reactions to the topfree women varied, but at the end of July 15 (the date of all the photos below), many people in Rochester had received a live education about topfreedom for women in New York State.
www.tera.ca /photos3.html   (556 words)

  
 Big Busts Blog » Blog Archive » Expose your breasts part1- Topfree equality
Topfree equality is a social movement in parts of North America.
The term “topfree” is used as an alternative to “topless”;, which may carry negative connotation.
This entry was posted on Monday, March 6th, 2006 at 11:03 am and is filed under History of Porn& Facts.
www.big-busts.com /blog/?p=42   (287 words)

  
 BFC : Mission & Goals
By giving equal access and opportunity to those who seek to enjoy recreation in the most natural way more people will have reason to get involved in their communities and reinvest in local green spaces such as parks and beaches.
We support topfree equality as part of the transition towards more acceptance of skin.
BFC operates in the broader context of clothing-free expression, of which naturism, nudism, the free beach movement, topfree advocacy, and body-positive expression are part of.
www.bodyfreedom.org /bfc/mainpage.html   (2150 words)

  
 Morley Schloss Information
As a result of the legal battles waged by the Schlosses and more importantly the Top Free Seven, it is now legal for women to be topfree in the state of New York.
Morley's wife, Mary Lou Schloss, and Ramona Santorelli, along with five other women and with Morley Schloss' support, first held a topfree picnic at a public park in Rochester, New York in 1986.
They were immediately arrested, and their case traveled through the New York court system until 1992, when the New York Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that, "the Exposure of a Person law does not apply to the non-commercial and not lewd exposure of women's breasts."
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Morley_Schloss   (156 words)

  
 What they say about topfreedom for women
For most of the indigenous population, topfree is a common view.
The fact that so many people believe that sexual assault will increase if women are allowed to go topless in public astounds me in light of the number of experts who have testified, over and over, that rape is not primarily a crime of sex, but a crime of power.
If we say that we are equal, and that our rights are equal regardless the gender, then we should prove it the same way other democratic countries did many years ago.
www.tera.ca /comments.html   (3304 words)

  
 Topfree Equal Rights Association
He was seen with a topfree woman in the park.
That a woman may legally be topfree in Scarborough is a useful fact but has not come up in the discussion.
Of course, it might depend on the movies a person is most known for, as well as her position in the industry, not to mention the way she might advocate topfreedom.
tera.ca   (8037 words)

  
 qstart_classictan
Establish gender equal Top-Freedom everywhere in Santa Barbara County.
Wherever it is legal for a man to be topfree, a woman should also have that right.
In the future, this will be the web site with the latest official information about Korina's legal fight for topfree gender equality.
www.geocities.com /topfreeall/TopFreedom.html   (142 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In other areas, such as Islamic countries, it is considered highly offensive for women, and even men, to go topfree in almost any context.
Topfreedom.org is A place to share your Travel experiences about topfreedom.
New York State Court of Appeals Decision overturning the convictions of Rochester, NY's "Topfree 7"
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=topfree_equality   (723 words)

  
 Kayla Sosnow Acquitted on Topfree Appeal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This ruling confirms higher court precedent that in cases involving disturbing the peace, the person whose peace is disturbed can not be the officer who is sent to keep the peace (Harbin v.
Sosnow's appeal is one in a growing number of topfree cases throughout the U.S. and Canada, including the Florida Topfree Ten, of which she is also a plaintiff.
Whether this will make topfree defacto law in Florida is yet to be seen, but it does appear that Florida may join New York and Ontario Canada in allowing equality for topfree, and this is good news for naturists.
www.mcclanahan.org /sosnow.htm   (388 words)

  
 Body Freedom Collaborative (BFC) - Question Shame
In 1934, men began going topfree in crowded New York public beaches, despite the threat of arrest.
At the time, full-body swim attire was the norm.
Today, many women who prefer to go topfree still face the threat of arrest or citation in many public places.
www.bodyfreedom.org   (1019 words)

  
 Page Title
I totally agree with you about how women and girls should have topfree equality with men and boys.
Topfree equality will make it much easier for women to breastfeed babies and toddlers in public and privately owned places and this will improve the health of children and women.
You could improve your website by putting up links to other topfree and breastfeeding websites.
www.topfree.us /id1.html   (338 words)

  
 Topfree! -- Links
Topfree Forum--This is a great group to discuss both general issues relating to topfreedom as well as as specific destinations.
Nudity and the Law in Austin,Texas--This page covers some of the legal aspects of being topfree in Austin, Texas.
Topfree Equal Rights Association--This organization shares our philosophy on topfreedom and are active in working for topfree equality in
www.topfreedom.com /links.html   (98 words)

  
 The Topfree Stand
I will pass it on to those who ask about the Topfree Women who stand with me. I will say, "We will be cloaked in the protection of The Constitution of The United States, the jewels of the greastest nation on the face of this Earth."
You will find links to other pertinent sites, as well as essays, opinions, and updates concerning a woman's right to be topfree and protest topfree.
I hope to not only fight for our rights to be topfree, but to also teach people to stand up for their convictions.
www.topfree.us   (1910 words)

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