Is there a social stigma to topless beaches? What about nude beaches, do they fair better or worse than their topless counter parts? At the center of this debate, I believe is the fundamental desire of humans to express themselves in the most sincere way possible. For nudist as well as topless enthusiast it is the freedom of saying to the world, "This is me world. Take me as I am."
I'm sure it can be agreed as well that most adults have little or no reservations about public displays of nudity if it is mutually agreed upon and that if it will not prove in any way demeaning, where most people have a problem with public nudity however, is when children are considered.
Unfortunately some people like nude or topless beaches because they like to watch. For these people the act of public display of flesh is not a liberating act but an erotic one and there is no real effective way of separating those that watch from those that display.
Children can get caught in between because they are usually attached to families who may be whole hearted participants in the act of public nudity. Since we can not guarantee that perverts will not be lurking in the midst of nudist or topless enthusiast then what we have is a predatory playground for those of a dirty mind and who are the first to suffer? The children of course.
What do you think? Where do you way in on this subject?