toplessness
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- Usage and connotations
- Barechestedness
- Exposure
- In traditional societies
- Minoan civilization
- North America
- Africa
- Australia
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Korea
- Laos
- Middle East
- South Pacific
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- In Western societies
- Public breast-baring fashions
- Social attitudes
- In politics and law
- Asia
- Taiwan
- Europe
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Iceland
- Italy
- Poland
- Romania
- Spain
- Sweden
- North America
- Canada
- Mexico
- United States
- Oceania
- Australia
- New Zealand
- South America
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Uruguay
- As a form of liberation
- As a form of protest
- In religion
- In popular culture
- Swimsuits
- Media and photography
- Cinema
- Topless dancing
- The arts
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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Toplessness refers to the state in which a woman's breasts, including her areolas and nipples, are exposed, especially in a public place or in a visual medium. The male equivalent is known as barechestedness.