# Topless in Ontario **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131 "2005-07-25T23:11:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/21 "2005-07-27T02:21:56Z")
Woo hoo! Liberty in action! You go girl (whoever she was!) ---
**Author:** ![dekan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@dekan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dekan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/22 "2011-04-19T17:45:07Z")
> [@Nature\_s\_Call](#): > > A cow-orker just returned from a two week vacation. He and his wife travelled to various beaches in Ontario, Wasaga, Grand Bend, others. He sadly reported to those of us at work that at no beach did he witness topless sunbathing. > > In Ontario (and in other jursidictions, I’m sure) [women can legally go topless](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Jacobs). Why do more women not take advantage of their hard-earned rights? Are our hard won liberties fought for in vain? I have lived in Ontario for most of my life and can assure everyone there are many women who go topless at Wasaga and Grand Bend as well as numerous other Provincial Parks in Ontario. :eek: You will not see them where the boisterous groups gather because they don’t go to be seen, they go to enjoy some peaceful time in the sun just as men do. :rolleyes: My partner had never been topless in public since she was three years old but gradually warmed up to the concept on her own three years ago. Now she seldom wears her top at Wasaga even when going swimming or playing in the waves. Women deserve to have this opportunity without being gawked at and certainly NEVER photographed without their permission! :mad: So tell your “cow-worker” to stop trying to witness toplessness and perhaps let his wife find a comfortable spot somewhere she can enjoy sunbathing with her chest bared just as he has for his entire life! We will be back on the beach when the weather warms up, but please don’t go looking for us, rather just enjoy the beach yourselves! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![JFLuvly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/23 "2011-04-19T18:31:52Z")
ARRRRRRGGGGGGG…Run for your lives…Topless Zombies ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/24 "2011-04-19T18:40:12Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I wonder what would happen if I tried it\*? (if it were legal, I mean.) Would people freak out? Stare? Politely look away? Not realise it’s legal and scold me? Hmmm. I, for one, would applaud. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/25 "2011-04-19T20:36:23Z")
My sister sent me an email with a video as an attachment. “Swedish Speed Control” Per the video, Sweden has stationed some number of topless young ladies at different places along streets. These girls hold some sort of sign giving the speed limit; drivers naturally slow down to look and that is the objective. The signs they hold in no obstruct the view. I don’t know if Googling the name will get you anywhere of not. If you try, the video is NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/26 "2011-04-19T21:11:37Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > My sister sent me an email with a video as an attachment. “Swedish Speed Control” Per the video, Sweden has stationed some number of topless young ladies at different places along streets. These girls hold some sort of sign giving the speed limit; drivers naturally slow down to look and that is the objective. The signs they hold in no obstruct the view. I don’t know if Googling the name will get you anywhere of not. If you try, the video is NSFW. 'The good news is that speeding is down 60%. The bad news is that driving into lamposts is up 260%’ ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/27 "2011-04-20T03:01:29Z")
Review: “Latest Teen comedy a P&A Fest” [/QUOTE] Quote: You can change the law all you like, but most women in Canada just don’t want to go around with their pongles hanging out. Societal pressure. Quote: PONGLES??? I’ll join you in that: PONGLES!?! I have never heard this word 🙂 I lived in Ontario between 1976 and 1982 - I don’t think it was legal then. I believe where I live now it is legal to go topless but not many women exercise that right except during our yearly hippie fes The Oregon Country Fair. Then women paint their pongles and let them all hang out. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/28 "2011-04-20T12:12:50Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I’m curious, now. What states, provinces, or countries is it legal to be topless in? Does it have to be only beaches/designated areas, or can a woman legally just walk out her front door and take a stroll down main street topless? > > I wonder what would happen if I tried it\*? (if it were legal, I mean.) Would people freak out? Stare? Politely look away? Not realise it’s legal and scold me? Hmmm. > > - > - Not bloody likely. I realize this is a zombie thread but I have a link to answer this question… [I did it for Science: Topless in the Park](http://www.nerve.com/love-sex/i-did-it-for-science/i-did-it-for-science-topless-in-the-park) ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/29 "2011-04-20T16:33:38Z")
Oh, fer frak’s sake this is a zombie??? Freakin’ nevermind! :: post deleted :: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/30 "2011-04-20T16:52:36Z")
“Pongles”? I have never heard that either. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/31 "2011-04-20T17:06:14Z")
I’ve been topless lots - but always at campgrounds and/or festivals in which it was printed right there in the brochure that it was “clothing optional”. Heck, I lived with a couple who took the clothing optional thing very seriously, and (especially since we’d all just come back from one of those festivals) it felt totally natural to be topless or skyclad (nude) while sitting around eating dinner or watching television. But I don’t think I could do it in “the real world”. It’s completely illogical, but I just couldn’t. Cultural mores are too strong. When I’m in the (sub)culture where it’s appropriate, no problem. But in the mainstream culture, no matter how legal it is, it’s simply not appropriate, so I can’t do it. At least not without a lot of tequila. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/32 "2011-04-20T18:56:15Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > At least not without a lot of tequila. Here, have some tequila. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/33 "2011-04-20T19:10:06Z")
Got limes? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/34 "2011-04-20T19:11:43Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > “Pongles”? I have never heard that either. Only Canadian women have them. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/35 "2011-04-21T01:10:56Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Only Canadian women have them. Ah, like webbed feet. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/36 "2011-04-21T01:34:18Z")
Don’t forget the flappy heads and beady eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/37 "2011-04-21T09:49:08Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > My sister sent me an email with a video as an attachment. “Swedish Speed Control” Per the video, Sweden has stationed some number of topless young ladies at different places along streets. These girls hold some sort of sign giving the speed limit; drivers naturally slow down to look and that is the objective. The signs they hold in no obstruct the view. I don’t know if Googling the name will get you anywhere of not. If you try, the video is NSFW. Unfortunately this is totally unheard of in Sweden. Please tell your sister to look up the differences between the Swedish and the Danish flags. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131/38 "2011-04-21T11:04:23Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > Unfortunately this is totally unheard of in Sweden. Please tell your sister to look up the differences between the Swedish and the Danish flags. If I got the country wrong it was my mistake and not hers; she received the thing and forwarded it to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-in-ontario/314131.md?page=1)