Women should be allowed to be topless in pools and beaches.

You appear to be missing the point of the debate, "Women should be allowed to be topless in pools and beaches." The debate is not called, "Women should be allowed to be topless in pools and beaches in an ideal society". When we debate issues that can cause division and anger in society, we must also understand that society will push back, and therefore, it is perfectly logical to consider other issues that are tied to the topic. For example, studies have shown a direct link with how women dress, to how they are treated, and their likelihood of being raped. Now, if women were to go topless altogether, it would create a potentially dangerous scenario. We live in a society that at times, views women as objects, and by removing this dress barrier, it WILL cause negative repercussions, against those who will try to bravely use their new rights. "Religious organisations will have to deal with the fact that everyone thinks differently and since there are already bikinis that show part of the breasts, and they don't mind it, they should not mind women being completely topless." To my understanding, we legalized abortion in the entire country, legalized stem cell research in the entire country, and legalized gay marriage in majority of the country. Yet for some reason, a majority of religious groups, and quite a few politicians are firmly opposed to one, if not all of those ideas despite the fact they are legalized. It is exceedingly idealistic to assume that church groups, who already feel the country is losing it's moral's, to drop any opposition to it. "Since more and more women will be topless, criminals will be scared to assault because of their large number." I'm sorry, but this is just bad logic. Under this understanding, it would be okay to leave your keys in the car whenever you leave, because if everyone did it, the thieves would be afraid to steal your car. Or, you could say, following the same logic, if we legalize the death penalty (which we did), people would be afraid to murder (yet the rate of murder has not decreased). By having more potential victims present, it would create a boom of assault against women, "You said that getting a weapon in the U.S is easy, but this is not related anyhow to this question." Unfortunately, this is related to the question. Almost all of the firearms in the United states, owned by civilians, are owned by people with anger issues, and more often than not, a very conservative mindset. These are people we not only have a gun, put frequently have fights, and also, often carry concealed weapons. Just imagine what would happen if a middle aged angry man with a gun, saw a topless woman. The toplessness causes a dehumanization process to occur, in which he would actually consider her as less of a human. The unfortunate outcome of this event would be either this woman is raped, killed, or raped then killed. Saying Women should be allowed to be topless in pools and beaches, is like saying, People should run around in Texas, shouting trucks are evil, the NRA is bad, Obama is amazing, gay rights are good, and the state of Texas is stupid*. Just because people can do this, does not mean they should do this. Both these scenarios would not end well. * I do not mean to insult the state of Texas, i apologize if anyone finds that offensive Sources: http://vpva.rutgers.edu... http://wellness.gwinnettmedicalcenter.org... http://www.disastercenter.com...