Politics / topless women Massachusetts Voters Reject Topless Proposal Keep you shirt on, say people of Pittsfield By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff Posted Nov 4, 2010 3:43 AM CDT Copied These women will be breaking the law if they go out like this in Pittsfield (Shutter Stock) Massachusetts voters in Pittsfield don't want the town's women walking around topless. A ballot measure pushing for women's right to go topless in public anywhere that males can was defeated by a margin of more than 2 to 1, the Boston Globe reports. Voters speaking to the Berkshire Eagle on a chilly election day said they'd have been likelier to vote yes if the measure had applied only to the town's beaches. (More topless women stories.) Report an error