I have a problem with topless women because they have been given something to keep private. Men on the other hand do not. Would so many of us be offended at the beach?
In our culture breasts are something to keep private because they are viewed more as sexual objects and not viewed as what they are–a means to feed babies. There are cultures in parts of the world where traditionally breasts are bared because they are what they are–a means to feed babies. It was missionaries who told women to cover up, and a necessity if one intermingles with modern culture.
However, since we live here where few women nurse their children for two or three years as nature intended, breasts are considered sexual objects. Men’s nipples are not. Only the ACLU and others of their ilk see no difference between a topless man and a topless woman. Bye the way, my daughter and another woman were told not to nurse their babies at the boys and girls club where they took the older children for a sports class, even though they were covered up and no one could see breast or nipple. It seems that just the IDEA of nursing a baby was offensive to the manager of the club.
However, since we live here where few women nurse their children for two or three years as nature intended, breasts are considered sexual objects. Men’s nipples are not.
Dolores
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