Asbury Park Ponders Making Men And Women A Little More Equal, A Lot Less Sweaty

“Women in other parts of the world go to the beach topless. We think New Jersey women are just as beautiful as any women anywhere in the world.”
— That’s Asbury Park, N.J., deputy mayor John Loffredo, as quoted by this Daily News story about his jurisdiction maybe allowing women who are soaking up the sun’s rays on the local beaches to bare their breasts, just like their Vitamin D-starved counterparts across the Hudson can. The city council will vote on the matter next week. As always, the comments are quite the hoot, with someone by the name of “kitty62862” saying, “Well, ladies, if you’re flapping them in the breeze, don’t cry when someone decides to cop a feel.” Because obviously men who go shirtless in public places (like section 521 of Citi Field, which yesterday was apparently deemed by someone a shirt-optional zone) complain about getting their nipples pinched by passerby all the time, right?