Literature lovers form first topless book club in New York so they can sunbathe bare chested safely.

 These literature-loving ladies are taking a leaf out of the men's book - by sunbathing topless in parks and public spaces.
A group of friends decided to form a topless book club so women can enjoy relaxing and tanning in public, just like men.
Using New York law, which says women can go bare chested anywhere men can, the social group formed so women could meet and safely sunbathe together.

The women, who withheld their names to protect themselves online, take photographs of themselves sunbathing around New York in just shorts and bikini bottoms.

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Among the locations favoured by the book club are Central Park, hotel rooftops, riverside walkways and even the steps of the Metropolitan Museum.
One of the group's founders said the response to their meetings, which are always formed of six or more women, has been overwhelmingly positive.
She said: 'For every woman who glares when we pass and mutters: "There are children around", there are a dozen who come over and thank us for what we're doing.
'The best was an elderly woman who came over with her miniature poodle earlier this summer and spent an hour sitting with us.
'She was just so delighted. It felt wonderful to make her day.'

The founders knew the law allowed a woman to be topless anywhere a man could be, but had never seen it in practice.
Hesitant to test the law as individuals, the women found the confidence to remove their bikini tops in the company of friends.
The founder said: 'There's no rational reason a woman's breasts should be forbidden if a man's chest is not.
'The more we show people that seeing a woman's nipples won't cause the sky to fall, the more freedom and equality women will enjoy.' Waoh .....
As well as making a feminist statement, the group takes the literary aspect of the book club quite seriously.
The founder said: 'That probably makes it pretty boring for someone who isn't interesting in the books and discussions.
'People's significant others sometimes wonder if there's something sexual about the group.

Correct me if am wrong but I thought they were suppose to be reading, this one be like posing oh.