# Women going topless may cause society to collapse **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627 "2016-03-01T13:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 1, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/1 "2016-03-01T13:04:50Z")
> [@](#): > > New Hampshire state representatives are suggesting that society may collapse if lawmakers don’t make it illegal for women to expose their breasts in public. > **[Male Politicians Warn Exposed Boobs May Cause Society To Collapse](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-hampshire-law-topless-women_n_56d49cbee4b03260bf77b2ff)** > > Women in New Hampshire could soon face misdemeanor charges if they go topless at the beach. > [@](#): > > State Reps. Brian Gallagher and Peter Spanos, both Republicans, are co-sponsors of a bill that would slap women with a misdemeanor charges for showing their breasts and nipples with “reckless disregard” for those around them. We need more “reckless disregard”, IMHO. Especially when I read the next sentence: > [@](#): > > At a public hearing on Monday, they warned that allowing women to go topless at beaches would quickly escalate, and they would soon be bare-chested at public libraries and Little League baseball games, The Associated Press reports. Bare-chested women in the library? I think that we should do all we can to _encourage_ women to go topless at the beach. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/2 "2016-03-01T13:16:11Z")
Well, if they go topless long enough, something may collapse… … … I’m going to die now, aren’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/3 "2016-03-01T14:08:01Z")
Or something may come up, depending. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/4 "2016-03-01T14:15:42Z")
Society is collapsing anyway so there’s no risk involved. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/5 "2016-03-01T14:20:08Z")
Is this a breaking news thread? I’ll reserve my comment pending a ruling. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/6 "2016-03-01T14:22:06Z")
You mean it’s currently legal? I’ve got to change my summer vacation plans. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/7 "2016-03-01T14:23:24Z")
It’s technically been legal in Ontario for something like 20 years now, but very few women exercise their right. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/8 "2016-03-01T14:40:07Z")
If they’re serious all they need to do is make it illegal for anyone to go topless. I’m sure all the malebodied people will have no problem wearing t-shirts or equivs to the beach if the alternative is social collapse. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/9 "2016-03-01T14:46:05Z")
As a non-native English speaker the word “topless” sounds funny. How can there be less “top”? It should be" topoff". ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/10 "2016-03-01T14:50:19Z")
I’ve been wondering when it will happen for years now They are practically nude now:eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/11 "2016-03-01T15:07:20Z")
You gotta wonder about the mental state of someone who uses the term ‘reckless disregard’ in connection to the idea of being exposed to bare breasts. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/12 "2016-03-01T15:16:28Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s technically been legal in Ontario for something like 20 years now, but very few women exercise their right. It’s been legal in New York since 1992. So apparently it’s a slow collapse. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/13 "2016-03-01T16:16:16Z")
I’ve never really understood why women going topless will collapse society but men going topless does absolutely nothing to harm Western Civilization. ---
**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/14 "2016-03-01T17:08:12Z")
Whatever happened to “Live Free or Die”? Seriously, in a state as cold as New Hampshire, are there that many women who would want to be walking around topless that this should even be an issue?😕 I presume, to comply with equal protection laws, it will also be illegal for men to go topless, correct? ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/15 "2016-03-01T17:11:49Z")
I’m assuming no shirt no shoes no service policies still apply, regardless ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/16 "2016-03-01T17:13:49Z")
Obviously the problem is that our founding fathers didn’t give women the right to bare… no, I can’t continue. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/17 "2016-03-01T17:18:09Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Is this a breaking news thread? I’ll reserve my comment pending a ruling. We are merely keeping abr– umm, nm ---
**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:** [March 1, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/18 "2016-03-01T17:28:24Z")
> [@CoastalMaineiac](#): > > Whatever happened to “Live Free or Die”? > > Seriously, in a state as cold as New Hampshire, are there that many women who would want to be walking around topless that this should even be an issue?😕 > > I presume, to comply with equal protection laws, it will also be illegal for men to go topless, correct? Hey, it gets nice and hot in the summer, even up in the mountains in northern NH. People strip down to their bathing suits and jump into the local lakes. But that doesn’t mean they need be burdened with more bathing suit than they need. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/19 "2016-03-01T17:38:10Z")
You know what I blame this on the breakdown of? Society. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627/20 "2016-03-01T17:41:27Z")
It sounds like the same lame-ass “slippery slope” argument they use against gay marriage. If you let them do this, then next it will be this and this… and where will it end? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-going-topless-may-cause-society-to-collapse/747627.md?page=2)