In which of the these settings would you be willing to go topless in front of others?

My physique has deteriorated so badly that I only take my shirt off in front of my SO or my doctor. Oh, if there was only an easy way to drop about forty pounds...

Willing? I'd be willing to go topless anywhere but I don't know how comfortable I'd be in a commercial establishment. I used to go topless in Canada all the time before we moved but I always put my shirt back on before entering a business.

I'm nearly a C-cup, which for my chest size isn't much, so I use prostheses' I've cut from $.50 sponges [they are far better than the $130 silicone enhancers, which I save for possible use with lingerie]. My best friend or doctors are all who get a look, but I'd probably bare it at a nudist beach. My ex-wife grew up as a nudist in santa-cruz,ca,us so I used to do a bit of that. Like most nudists I know, I find clothing more erotic.
Going topless has been legal in santa cruz since the 70's though I doubt the current generation there are even aware of that. Going bottomless would be much tougher since I envision, and experience during sex, a complete womans reproductive system. A standard male apparatus is in fact what's there, though I can do things with it forgotten except by the tantric practioner's.

Only 4 out of 11 would do it out in nature? How sad.

I think women should go topless everywhere; maybe I could finally get over my fascination with breasts then.

bill- I dunno, having my own to look at and play with hasn't helped me get over them.

I've noticed some guys (seemingly normal ones)(if i give give them a chance to talk about it) seem to have a perverse fascination with my breasts, perhaps more so than if I were simply female. Or maybe I just didn't know guys that well, but I think it's more of the former implication, that they think of them as toys or something.

My answer to this has more to do with body shape than modesty.

I consider myself to be overweight, and I don't think I look especially attractive topless. I've been to pride marches where my female friends took off their shirts, and I didn't take off mine - but were I in better shape, I'd have done so too, and enjoyed it.

But I've been topless and in some cases naked in public before. The time I went topless, some folks at my college put together a topless day on the green, to protest the discrimination of guys getting to go topless on a hot day and women not having the same privilege. We had it as a co-ed event, so that if arrests were made, there would clearly be gender discrimination going on. So about 60 of us sat out on the green without our shirts on through the lunch hour, and we had a nice time, and the campus police wisely stayed nearby but didn't hassle us, and at 1pm we all put our shirts back on and went to class.

The naked time - My co-op at college had annual naked parties - not sex parties, just times to "come as you are," to de-mystify the body and get rid of fashion competitions. I helped host these, and it was a fun annual event, having upwards of 100 naked people milling about our house and dancing and munching and backrubbing and body painting and being themselves.

Our house was set in from the street, and that time of year the leaves and vines and trees blocked most views of the porch. So those of us who were greeting party arrivers tended to be naked on our porch during the party. One year I was doing porch-duty naked with my pal, and I looked up and saw 2 guys on the path to our door, looking at a piece of paper and looking at the house, quizzically. Now, our address was written in brown numbering on a brown post in front of which a bush had grown, so it was well-nigh-impossible to read the house address at night.

So I got up, walked down to the foot of the path, and said "Hey, you folks looking for the party?" They looked at me, and looked away, and looked at me, and looked away. Poor guys, I thought, they're just shy. "Is this where the party is?" they stammered? Well, duh, I thought, what does it look like? "Yes, come on in!" I said cheerily. They kept looking away and looking at the paper. Finally one said, "Is this 165 W______ Street?" "Oh - no, it's 166," I said, "165 is across the street." They thanked me and hurried off. It didn't occur to me to be embarrassed until *much* later that night...

Oh, I forgot to say - Whether I'd go topless on the street (assuming I were in better shape) would depend on whether I was with a crowd of friends. I don't want to court being raped.

That was enjoyable reading. I could practically feel the gold's & greens the atmosphere must have there.

In natural settings for sure. In particular, I don't have any problem with women going topless on the beach. It is pretty much accepted in most parts of the world. I would also consider it in private settings, so long as it is with the right people. In college, I once played an innocent game of strip poker at a small, informal "party" and ended up spending an hour or so in mixed company wearing nothing but my skirt and underpants. It was embarrassing but exhilarating at the same time.

with my SO in a natural setting or a private setting where it was just her and I and no one else would happen upon us.

By nature, I am a very modest person; so I don't think I would go topless in any of those settings. At least not with other people present. When I am alone, it is a different story. One time, while hiking by myself, I got to the top of a mountain and, on a whim, I took off my shirt and bra. It was great to be standing there, on top of the world, in just my shorts, with the wind blowing over my bare arms and back and breasts. It was natural and wonderful, and it felt uncomfortable when I had to get dressed again to hike back down.

This really needed more options, including "none" and "when by myself"

other>>> where ever....

Where in Canada was this law made. In Toronto we passed a bi law makimg it legal for ladies to go topless.

In Ottawa too.

I think it is perfectly natural to be nude I mean we are all born in our birthday suits.

Uh, you missed "never" as an option.

I think that I would be willing to do it just as a man does. Why not? The human body should not be that scary right? I would love it if that was the case, being free with our bodies!

Jody. I figured that, since it is a multiple value question, it wasn't necessary to include a "none" option. To say none, just don't click any options and push the submit button. On the other hand, you are not the only one who asked for this. I guess I should have stuck a none in there just to make things clearer. Sorry.

I would be willing to be topless in just about any setting where being topless was ok, and I didn't worry about my safety etc.

Only in private

I should work on my abs but being a guy it's not a big deal for me to go topless.

If you're just at home I dont see the problem with being topless, I've done it once. But if you're going out in public I guess it's okay cause there are days I say I wanna take my shirt off, and if guys can, girls should be able to also!

No in this life time.

Anywhere I could as I love the feeling of being without clothing

I guess it would depend on my mood, who I was with and who I expected to see.