# Legal For Men To Go Shirtless

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-for-men-to-go-shirtless/367582>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 6, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-for-men-to-go-shirtless/367582 "2006-08-06T18:01:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-for-men-to-go-shirtless/367582/21 "2006-08-08T18:38:43Z")

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It’s legal here for a woman to go topless. I’ve never actually seen a woman do so, though.

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**Author:** ![Dpimi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Dpimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dpimi)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-for-men-to-go-shirtless/367582/22 "2006-08-08T20:03:41Z")

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So when did men start going shirtless to the beach? I have seen pics of beaches in the 30s and they are shirtless then.

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