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There are many reasons for a group of people to march in public, from civil rights to parades to spontaneous musical-like dance routines. But perhaps no reason is more honorable than women marching for their right not to wear a shirt (possibly NSFW, 'cause there are, you know, boobs). Yesterday, topless women in New York marched through Central Park on National Go Topless Day to the dulcet tones of "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan, a song equally applicable to feminists, homosexuals and women without shirts. They were protesting for constitutional equality between men and women on being topless in public.
"We're all here for the same reason -- to allow women to be free in the park like men," said organizer Sylvie Chabot.
Marchers also joined in the event in California, Illinois, Florida, Ohio, Oregon and Hawaii. In New York, it's already legal for women to be topless, thanks to a 1992 court ruling, but the hope is that one day women across the country will be able to enjoy the same freedom.
Soldier on, topless ladies, soldier on.
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Monday 24 August
By kennythezman@aol.com
works for me,,,why not have an equal no shirt rule
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Tuesday 25 August
By reidgator
Kenny, the truth is: the situation is NOT equal. Our society has sexualized the female breasts. In fact, we have sexualized the female body so much more than the male body. (Partly because men are more visually stimulated than women.) Just look at the current fashions. Guys dress much more modestly than women. Our shorts go to our knees, while womens shorts are not much more than bikini bottoms. We wear tuxedos and buttoned shirts and ties while our women wear shear clothing or dresses with low necklines and slits up to their waists! The truth is - WOMEN, YOU HAVE SEXUALIZED YOUR OWN BODIES!!! UNTIL THAT CHANGES, UNTIL YOU CHANGE YOUR OWN ATTITUDES, TOPLESS AIN'T GONNA WORK!! Start with your own attitudes, then, we can change men's attitudes, and THEN, you can go topless!
Monday 24 August
By Greg
Why aren't they doing these knd of things in Ohio
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Monday 24 August
By rohrscheibcroh
cause we have class here now how about some beef cake im tired of naked woman. wont change me any.always naked woman
Monday 24 August
By diandra
Ummm...cause it's Ohio?
Monday 24 August
By firecaptain
I observe with some sense of irony that they are not protesting topless at the Screen Actors Guild, or SAG as it's also known.
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Monday 24 August
By Sarah Palin
I absolutely agree. Why should women be forced to wear tops at the parks, beaches and ballgames. It is an old law enacted by religious wackos and men in order to control women.
I urge all women to go topless in public places. Europe is so far advanced in equal rights. I so much enjoy the beaches in Europe. One gan go topless or nude and no one cares.
American women get your tops off and even your bottoms, let's take our bodies back. Like in "Seinfield" where Elaine says (about male genitals)how do they walk around with those things. Let's show em.
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Monday 24 August
By mary
because women have more to show, sarah. Frankly, if im not wearing at least a bra or bikini top its uncomfortable, and not from a morality standpoint i mean REALLY uncomfortable. And for all the feminists here calling the guys pigs, think about it. No one wants to see saggy boobs flopping around, or lack thereof
Monday 24 August
By Sarah Palin
Sort of like the old fat guys in the bleachers at baseball games or on the NRA firing rangs.
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Monday 24 August
By david
exactly!! Yummy
Monday 24 August
By Robert
topless men at a rifle range? i don't think you've ever been to one.
Monday 24 August
By Jack
So, leave.
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Monday 24 August
By larry
So many women want equal rights/ then please tell me why is it that men are executed in america almost monthly for murder and yet u never hear of a woman being executed for the same crime,why is it women never protest that!!!!
Monday 24 August
By Sharon
I think you missed the point completely. If a man can go topless so can a woman. There is zero difference.
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Monday 24 August
By mike
i agree all human bodies are the same and there should be no differences good job sharon
Monday 24 August
By alex
What the hell? There is a huge difference, untill breasts are not sexualised, just like a mans chest, tops should stay on.
Tuesday 25 August
By reidgator
Sharon - you might be an exception, but, here is the question I pose to many women: Are YOU comfortable with YOUR husband/companion walking around other topless women? AND - are you OK with your 17-year old daughter walking around topless? Until our culture (including Playboy and Hustler and Hooters restaurants) "de-sexualizes" the female breasts, it is simply stupid, immature, and irresponsible to think that going topless will not create major problems. Tell me, Sharon, what will you do when a man stares at your breasts? What if he tries to take a picture of you?
Monday 24 August
By Sharon
Rape has nothing to do with women and their sexuality. Rape will occur in all societies. You could be clothed from head to know like in Afghanistan and rape will still occur. If you don't like this country so much, then leave.
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Monday 24 August
By annoyed with people shoving crap in my face
I personally don't want my children exposed to nudity until I'm ready to explain it. The men who commented, or tell you to leave the country because you actually have some morals, actually stand up to the 'typical male' stereo-type. There is no reason a woman can't go to the part in a bikini top and shorts. Go ahead, let your boobs hang free and see how they look in 10+ years...gravity sucks! I'm all for equality among gender/race/etc, but there comes a point when you have to stop trying to make a battle out of everything and have decency...
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Monday 24 August
By Izzy
well....thing is theres a reason why topless men can be in a movie and it gets a PG rating but if a topless woman is in that movie it gets a 15 or 18 (or NC-17/R over there)
same reason that topless women arent used in advertising like men are...breasts are sexual, and i guess it could be argued that so are mens nipples but come on, a 7-10 year old seeing mens nipples isnt the same thing as them seeing womens breasts (assuming the child is of the opposite sex)
I'm a man, for the record, and i love topless women as much as the next guy...even the more "portly" ones...but there is a definite difference, and i must admit that this whole sexual equality thing is getting abit ridiculous, the two sexes are different in many ways, and you'll just have to get used to it! yes the sexual oppression that women have put up with for thousands of years is wrong, women should be able to work and do most of the things a man does...as they now can...the operative word being most. now id be all for women being able to go topless in the park if they wore a bra...just as men can walk around in their underwear or speedos, if they so choose. we dont just have clothes to keep us warm, theres an element of decency involved...lets face it, we're going back in time with this "progress", itll get back to the point where, if everyone gets their way, we'll have so much freedom that we'll be no better than the greeks or romans...im not saying we should live the same way as the victorians did of course, but you cant be so free that we're all running around nude doing what each of us pleases...
besides, not every woman wants to be that open about it...alot of women will maintain that their breasts are private, and if boys grow up in a world where the majority of women are that open and free about it then they might get the wrong idea when theyre older.....besides, do any of us really want to lose the allure of naked breasts?
and brookstreams, i agree to an extent, its getting to the point where boys can be raised in a family with two fathers and women run around without tops on....are the lines between genders really that blurred? men that are women, women that are men, some that are both, men sleeping with women, men sleeping with men, women sleeping with women, women who think theyre men, men who think theyre women...its going to get to the point where the majority of the population will be mentally androgonous...again, we've been there and done that already, about 2000 years ago the Greeks and Romans would sleep with both sexes, i thought we were supposed to be progressing :s im not homophobic at all, i have certain views on certain things tho...
and let me ask you this crignic, do women like to play with those fat mens breasts as much as men like to play with womens breasts?
ill leave you with this: neither sex is superior, but that doesnt mean we're the same.