. . . girlfriends and spouses who look at [men without shirts] and think: That's just unfair. A woman can't strip to her waist, not without breaking the law anyway. And even if a woman is willing to break the law, nobody would consider her shirtless. She'd be considered topless. There is no such thing as a shirtless woman, just like there's no such thing as a topless man.
For the record, I have this exact thought all summer long.
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Surely this is a holdover from old styles. Men wear shirts. Women wear various articles of clothing (including shirts) to cover the top halves of their bodies. A woman could be shirtless and still be covered. Women wear "tops", but you never hear of a man wearing a "top".
That's my rationalization and I'm sticking with it.
Still, two points remain: (1) There's a world of difference between "topless" and "shirtless" and (2) even if it's 110 degrees outside, women can't just walk around topless, unlike men, who can walk around shirtless.
Topless-ness for everyone! That's my vote. I've never understood why guy chests are ok to be seen but woman chests need to be kept secreted away.
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