The tag alias #46996 topless_female -> topless has been rejected.

Reason: Why do we need tags to specify the gender of the topless character, exactly?

EDIT: The tag alias topless_female -> topless (forum #295026) has been rejected by @bitWolfy.

It's not just topless female, but lots of other tags like bottomless_male, nude_female, clothed_intersex so there should really be a thread for deciding the fate of all of them, not just this tag alone.

I think with the topless_[gender] tags it's because a topless male is still fully clothed, while a topless female is "exposed". I know for me, when I search topless or especially topless female I'm wanting to see uncovered bewbs rather than guys in swim trunks or something.

Although it's arguable there's not enough topless female male posts with a fully covered female to make the gendered tags worth keeping.

kaworu said:
a topless male is still fully clothed

No, he's not. It's socially acceptable for him to be strolling around topless, even in public, but he is, by definition, not fully clothed.

kaworu said:
I know for me, when I search topless or especially topless female I'm wanting to see uncovered bewbs rather than guys in swim trunks or something.

And that's fair enough and all, but when you can just add the "female" and "solo" tags, instead of just searching for "topless," there's really no need for a specific "topless_female" tag.

jacob said:
And that's fair enough and all, but when you can just add the "female" and "solo" tags, instead of just searching for "topless," there's really no need for a specific "topless_female" tag.

Eh, somewhat but not exactly. Like I said, admittedly the posts tagged topless and female but with a topless male and fully covered female(s) are rare, so it's not a huge problem to have topless female return images with topless males and coverd females. However topless female solo eliminates a lot more than just pictures where the/a female isn't the one topless. eg post #2395165 and post #2395489

Edit to add: Since breasts applies to both covered and uncovered breasts, and exposed_breasts stipulates "when the character is wearing clothes that would normally conceal them" do we need a tag like "uncovered_breasts" or "both_breasts_out"? Especially since exposed_breasts has a number of posts that don't meet the stipulation, so being able to say on the wiki "If nude, topless, etc... use [new tag] instead." May help with mistagging.

I think that an implication would be be more appropriate, similar to what we have with muscular_male and muscular.

The tag alias topless_female -> topless (forum #295026) has been rejected by @bitWolfy.