Despite more than a decade of campaigning, hashtagging, and dedicated naked dressing, the world still isn’t ready to free the nipple. According to a new survey conducted by YouGov, most women (55 per cent) say it’s unacceptable for female celebrities to wear transparent or translucent outfits that leave their nipples visible. As for us non-celebrities, well, 77 per cent said it was not okay for us to wear sheer tops in public either, a figure that rose to 89 per cent for women aged 60 and above.
The only accepting demographic of sheer dressing was, if you can believe it, men, who were largely in favour of it with almost half (48 per cent) saying it is acceptable for female celebrities to showcase their nipples on the red carpet. I wonder why.