Topless anywhere men can

Like at the beach, or when mowing the lawn (which I hate doing). really anywhere men typically can, or where it's plausible to get hot and sweaty.
Not like in a grocery store or anything like that. Guys don't go shopping without a shirt on.
I just think it's unfair that we have to have tan lines on our chest after going to the beach when guys don't. It ruines when I wear certain dresses because my tan lines show.
I mean, if someone wants to wear a top at the beach, wear one. But it's a dumb double standard that's unequal protection under the law.

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Nibblesnarf · 26-30, M

Setting aside fairness arguments for a moment, something about the double standard has always just confused me. Showing off some cleavage is broadly considered to be acceptable. Show some cleavage on the top, fine. Show some around the sides and/or the bottom, also fine, if a tad unusual. Show a lot of cleavage from any angle, and that's considered provocative, but still fine. As far as enforcement of rules is concerned, it seems like a woman is fine provided that her nipples and areolas are covered.

To put it another way, the only chest parts a woman really has to cover are those few parts that women and men have in common. (Yeah, yeah, large manboobs notwithstanding.) What gives?