# Topless Women in Public!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-women-in-public/209814>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 27, 2003, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-women-in-public/209814 "2003-10-27T09:12:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**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:** [October 27, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-women-in-public/209814/21 "2003-10-27T19:52:51Z")

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Didn’t they drain the canal once? If so, they could have been rollerblading on the concrete bottom in June. 🙂

What?

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**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-women-in-public/209814/22 "2003-10-27T20:53:22Z")

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Based on past experience, I can tell you that female toplessness may be legal in DC but there are quite a few cops who are not aware of that. I spent a couple hours in the waiting room of the DC jail waiting to bail out friends because of this.

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-women-in-public/209814/23 "2003-10-28T02:03:27Z")

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> I’ve seen some topless sunbathing in Central park.

I just want everyone to notice that a poster named **x-ray vision** posted that 😃

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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-women-in-public/209814/24 "2003-10-28T03:21:14Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Hydrocortisone \*  
> \*\*Remind me never to date a woman from Rochester. \*\*

Don’t you mean womyn?? 😉

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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-women-in-public/209814/25 "2003-10-28T03:39:36Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Hydrocortisone \*  
> \*\*Remind me never to date a woman from Rochester. \*\*

Don’t you mean womyn?? 😉

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-women-in-public/209814/26 "2003-10-28T04:04:26Z")

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Even though I am not a lawyer, I can state categorically that toplessness, even total nudity, is perfectly acceptable anywhere within the jurisdiction of my house.

Unfortunately, no one has availed themselves of this right in quite some time. (I mean, other than me.)

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**Author:** ![KenGr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@KenGr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KenGr)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-women-in-public/209814/27 "2003-10-28T06:00:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by booklover \*  
> \*\*Based on past experience, I can tell you that female toplessness may be legal in DC but there are quite a few cops who are not aware of that. I spent a couple hours in the waiting room of the DC jail waiting to bail out friends because of this. \*\*

Thumbs up to your choice of friends. 😃

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