The Christian population alone of the United States is close to 250 million in a country just over 310 million. I would hardly call that fading away,lol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_States

It sounds good when you think about it but its not. When a guy is shirtless a woman sees it and can get some sexual excitement from it but that will be it. A man seeing a woman topless will get a man sexual excited but that excitement might cause growth in a certain area. So until we get less excitement from breasts I don't see it happening.

As a red blooded male I'm legally obligated to say hell yes.

In many parts of the world they are allowed to do that.

Wait...you wanna tell me that when buff dudes walk around topless, women "control themselves"? Men are only considered "assholes" because it's a known fact that men do look at women, and we're open about that fact. Women, on the other hand, don't wanna acknowledge such public attractions because we still live in a culture where women who express their sexuality are called "whores" (as opposed to men who do, who are called "studs"). We have the freedom, in terms of social acceptance, to do it. Women don't.....but the things is, they still do it, they just don't make it known.

Men's bodies are viewed just as sexually as women's bodies (the good looking ones, obviously. I don't wanna see saggy titties just as much as a woman doesn't wanna see a beer gut). Just an example:

Dat lip bite after she looks at his chest! You think she's not thinking of him in a sexual way? That's no different than a guy subtly looking at some boobs.

Or how about this:

Women definitely stare at men, just as much as we stare at them, so the "sexualization" of the body is irrelevant when we both do it. In fact, I motion that it's sexism to not let women be topless for such a reason!!

That's true. So three types of guys.

I think it depends where you are as to whether it's appropriate or not.

I think in more urban settings, it should actually be men required to wear a shirt (I can't say I disagree with "no shirt, no shoes, no sale" in places such as California and I just think "put a shirt on" when someone decides the second the sun comes out in my not so sunny part of the world (Yorkshire).

But sunbathing on beaches etc, I see no issue.

Fusioncode, there are just as many boobs you don't want to see as there are boobs you do hidden beneath those shirts and bras ;p

Aww, well if thats the case it's no surprise no one makes a big deal out of it. Toplessness on a beach is too...normal. Too sensible, even by my American standards. Nothing to get excited about there. :( And here I was rushing to set aside a "vacation to Europe" fund. *sigh*

Judging by this thread, many VGChartz users would probably die from car accidents.. :-/

It's not "quickly fading away", but it's definitely on the decline. 73% Christian and "no religion" is the (I think, ironically described) fastest growing religious demographic right now. Now, 73% is still the vast majority, but down from 90% from 1963? It's only gonna go down from there.