Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Topless sunbathing remains a daring act even for European women

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par Thelma Bacon, Doctorante en sociologie , Université d'Angers

Depending upon where you are in Europe, the practice of sunbathing topless is more or less acceptable. Brits, for example, have a record of struggling to ditch the bikini top by comparison to their more brazen European neighbours.

Yet even on what the English describe as “The Continent”, exposing one’s breasts is fraught with peril. As a French sociologist researching naturism, I am fascinated by the thin line that turns bare breasts into a political statement, such as with FEMEN activists,…

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