A lot could be said on this topic. Did you know men where not allowed to show their nipples back in the 1930's?
At the turn of the 20th century, all bared nipples—including males'—were a violation of public nudity laws in the US. In fact, the human areola was viewed as being extraordinarily crude ("immoral and evil") for both men and women throughout this time.[1] In the early 1930s, however, a group of four men began initial protests for their right to wear shirtless swim trunks. The men, who wandered about the hot beaches of Coney Island completely topless, were subsequently arrested. This motion gave rise to later events in 1935 in which 42 men flaunted their bare chests on an Atlantic City beach and were consequently apprehended en masse. Come 1936, the state of New York lifted the ban on male toplessness, deeming men's nipples "commonplace and natural."[2] This development paved the way for a 1986 boycott by seven topless women in Rochester, NY, whose case was taken to the New York Supreme Court and resulted in the 1992 ruling that all people, male or female, have the right to go topless in New York.[3]
Despite changes in statutes and regulations legalizing toplessness for women in a number of states, women are still at risk for being charged with public indecency, disturbing the peace, or lewd behavior.[4] As a case in point, a Ms. Phoenix Feeley was arrested and incarcerated for being topless in the state of New York in the year 2005. Because these charges were proven erroneous—considering female toplessness had been legal for nearly 15 years in the state of New York—Feeley was released and later received $29,000 in damages.[5]
Source: https://miley-cyrus.fandom.com/wiki/Free_the_Nipple_(campaign)
