Toplessness refers to the state in which a woman's breasts, including her areolas and nipples, are exposed, especially in a public place or in a visual medium. The male equivalent is known as barechestedness.
Topless woman at the 2008 Oregon Country Fair
Two Tahitian Women (1899) by Paul Gauguin
A barechested man running out of the water
Duplessis's portrait of Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy baring a nipple dates from 18th-century France.
The breast is one of two prominences located on the upper ventral region of the torso among humans and other primates. Both sexes develop breasts from the same embryological tissues. The relative size and development of the breasts is a major secondary sex distinction between males and females.
Morphology of human female breasts with the areola, nipple, and inframammary fold
Human male breasts with defined pectoral muscles
Mountain gorilla breastfeeding an infant
Breast with visible stretch marks