The Brits consider cracking down on toplessness - by men:
Men may be barred from baring their chests - and stomachs - in public under new local laws being considered by town halls.
They would stop men stripping off their shirts in crowded town centres and give powers to police to remove any who defy the cover-up laws.
The proposal has been inspired by the least attractive side effect of the heatwave - the tendency of a number of often middle-aged men to go about in nothing more than shorts and trainers.
There are a lot of men who should not go around topless, and a reasonable person might even say I'm one of them. But the bans on female toplessness are at least related to longstanding taboos based on sexual biology. This is mere aesthetics. If we're going to go there, let's talk about the people who should be required to wear bags on their heads in public.
