Women walk topless through US city in protest

m@cc@

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7557632/Women-walk-topless-through-US-city-in-protest.html

Organiser Ty MacDowell, 20, said the protest in Portland, Maine, was aimed at showing the double standards in the state of Maine.
Men are allowed to walk down the street shirtless but, although not illegal, women are too afraid to go topless.
Police gave the two dozen women an escort as they bared their breasts for a stroll through Maine's biggest city.

Hundreds of onlookers, mostly men, turned out to watch the topless demo.
MacDowell said she was upset that many of the men were taking photos on their mobile phones at the spectacle.
She said: "I'm really upset by the men ... watching it like it's a parade."
Maine has some of the most relaxed nudity laws in the US. Women are allowed to go topless, but very few choose to strip off for fear of being ogled.
Maine's nudity laws only come into action when men or women expose their lower half.

"I'm really upset by the men ... watching it like it's a parade." Has she just been born?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

does she think the government should outlaw looking at breasts?

midlandsmissus

Well that went tits up.

alwaysadub

m@cc@ wrote: »

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"I'm really upset by the men ... watching it like it's a parade." Has she just been born?

If it's not illegal,what the fcuk was she protesting about??

Or did i just read the thing wrong?

Biggins

I look forwards to a similar protest outside the Dail.
I wonder will it get any attention? LOL

Tusky

Most retarded protest ever ? What exactly is the problem ?

TheZohanS

How dare they!

seanybiker

Only in America. Protesting about something they are allowed to do. Women

m@cc@

Tusky wrote: »

Most retarded protest ever ? What exactly is the problem ?

STFU, it's the best protest ever!

minidazzler

The woman saying a 10 year old girl shouldn't see that. WTF? Is she so ashamed of her body that she thinks girls shouldn't see other femininity?

nehpets10

I came to see boobies..

..now I am backing out slowly.

cafecolour

m@cc@ wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7557632/Women-walk-topless-through-US-city-in-protest.html

Those are all women? The two just past the woman closest to the foreground definitely look like topless men from the back.

m@cc@

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20001737-504083.html

Some people's jaws hit the ground, plenty of men showed up with cameras, and others - including parents with their children - were just plain offended, as almost two dozen topless women marched in Maine's largest city.

The women drew a crowd of over 500 onlookers when they shed their shirts and marched in downtown Portland on Saturday to promote what they call "equal-opportunity public toplessness."

Organizer Ty MacDowell said the point of the march was that a topless woman out in public shouldn't attract any more attention than a man who walks around without a shirt.

Good luck with that.

According to The Portland Press Herald, by the end of the march more than 500 people had amassed - a mix of marchers, young men snapping photos, oglers and people just out enjoying a warm sunny day.

"We should be able to walk down the street and not have this many men taking pictures of us," a participant shouted according to CBS affiliate WGME.

It's not illegal for a woman to be topless in public in Maine, although it is illegal in many other states.

Police said there were no incidents or arrests

landsleaving

seanybiker wrote: »

Only in America. Protesting about something they are allowed to do. Women

Only in America, pah! They protest against abortion in Ireland! Seems slightly redundant with it already being illegal and all.

(For the love of whatever you believe in, don't turn this thread into an abortion debate. Please.)

m@cc@

landsleaving wrote: »

Only in America, pah! They protest against abortion in Ireland! Seems slightly redundant with it already being illegal and all.

(For the love of whatever you believe in, don't turn this thread into an abortion debate. Please.)

Abortions for some................

staker

nehpets10 wrote: »

I came to see boobies..

..now I am backing out slowly.

Another good jar of liver ruined:eek:

Prof.Badass

There's no real argument against banning toplessness in women but allowing it in men. It's not like breasts are a sexual organ or anything. I somehow get the feeling if women going topless was normal, western men wouldn't have the obsession with breasts that they do. I look forward to that time.

orourkeda

Knockers. HOORAH

AnonoBoy

So to protest getting ogled when they take their tops off in public they took their tops off in public and were disappointed when they were ogled while doing so?




Yup, makes about as much sense as anything else going on these days.

Nodin

MacDowell said she was upset that many of the men were taking photos on their mobile phones at the spectacle.
She said: "I'm really upset by the men ... watching it like it's a parade."

Dear Jesus.....

Nodin

vinylmesh wrote: »

There's no real argument against banning toplessness in women but allowing it in men. It's not like breasts are a sexual organ or anything. I somehow get the feeling if women going topless was normal, western men wouldn't have the obsession with breasts that they do.

It would take a few years for it to wear off though....

Nodin

minidazzler wrote: »

The woman saying a 10 year old girl shouldn't see that. WTF? Is she so ashamed of her body that she thinks girls shouldn't see other femininity?

This is the country that had 'Nipplegate'....

FearDark

Darwin awards for this woman please.

deisedude

The lack of boobage in this thread is a disgrace!

*Pulls pants back up:D

AnonoBoy

FearDark wrote: »

Darwin awards for this woman please.

Unless she managed to kill herself by strangling herself with her bra while getting ready for the walk then she ain't eligible I'm afraid.

recylingbin

Why is it only the fat, ugly lesbian types that protest?
Why can't the leggy, hot birds become activists?

red herring

m@cc@ wrote: »

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"I'm really upset by the men ... watching it like it's a parade."

Its Idiotic women like this that disgrace the name of feminism.

seraphimvc

recylingbin wrote: »

Why is it only the fat, ugly lesbian types that protest?
Why can't the leggy, hot birds become activists?

asking same

admiralofthefleet

how did they get out of the kitchen long enough to protest:pac:

krudler

Biggins wrote: »

I look forwards to a similar protest outside the Dail.
I wonder will it get any attention? LOL

All the biggest tits in Ireland are already inside the Dail

Mike 1972

vinylmesh wrote: »

I somehow get the feeling if women going topless was normal, western men wouldn't have the obsession with breasts that they do. I look forward to that time.

True

after the five millionth pair or so it just stats to get lame......:pac:

mr_happy

Storm in a D cup

krudler

Maine has some of the most relaxed nudity laws in the US. Women are allowed to go topless, but very few choose to strip off for fear of being ogled.

This is what makes me laugh, men will ogle women until the end of time and vice versa, its in our nature, no amount of protesting will change that

Hank_Jones

Dunno if I should be posting this...
But anyway...

Video of boobage protest:

http://vimeo.com/10683927 NSFW

m@cc@

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Dunno if I should be posting this...
But anyway...

Video of boobage protest:

http://vimeo.com/10683927 NSFW

They were obviously just taking a trip down mammary lane.

The_Minister

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Dunno if I should be posting this...
But anyway...

Video of boobage protest:

http://vimeo.com/10683927 NSFW

LOL at the comment at the end!

opinion guy

krudler wrote: »

This is what makes me laugh, men will ogle women until the end of time and vice versa, its in our nature, no amount of protesting will change that

I agree. Women will oogle topless men with defined pecs on display - how is that different ?

on the video - LMAO at the two guys in dresses:D - "free legs now":D

What amazes me more than anything is that this is legal in Maine. I didn't know anywhere in the us was this liberal on nudity. Its positively German.

Jesus Wept

Typically a bunch of munters with their tits round their ankles.

opinion guy

The-Rigger wrote: »

Typically a bunch of munters with their tits round their ankles.

How un-moderator like!!?!

recylingbin

opinion guy wrote: »

How un-moderator like!!?!

Moderators are allowed to be right now and again.

m@cc@

opinion guy wrote: »

How un-moderator like!!?!

They're not a moderator in this forum.

K-9

Well we are always moaning about the lack of protest here.

Tits out protesting about Tits in Dail Eireann.

Protest marches, RISE in popularity.

Protest urging REDUCTIONS in the Public Service.

Gardai urge SCREENING of protesters.

Marches show a BOUNCE in popularity.

vicecreamsundae

as for the "if it's not illegal, what were they protesting for?" question, i imagine it was protesting how women don't feel free to go topless, despite the law.
similarly many people refer to Take Back the Night marches as "a protest against rape and violence on our streets". yes rape is already illegal, but many people still feel unsafe on our streets at night, the march is about raising awareness etc.

and while simply staring may not be a crime, maybe these women still fear they will be subject to sexual harassment -either verbal or physical, if they walk down the streets shirtless, even though they are within their rights. so i wouldn't call it the most redundant protest ever.

i doubt the organizer was really surprised people looked, seeing as it was a protest and all, but i see nothing wrong with her voicing her disappointment that people were taking pictures on their phones and stuff.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

I bet they're all munters.

Unfortunately, I was correct.:(

Xavi6

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Dunno if I should be posting this...
But anyway...

Video of boobage protest:

http://vimeo.com/10683927 NSFW

Wow, serious droopage at 1.47

Ugh

irishleedsfan

m@cc@ wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7557632/Women-walk-topless-through-US-city-in-protest.html



"I'm really upset by the men ... watching it like it's a parade." Has she just been born?

Them guys should be ashamed of themselves.

























ticket to maine please

fryup

They should have been Busted

Max Power1

BETTER LOOKING pics or GTFO

some all of them "protesters" were in rag order ffs

WindSock

vinylmesh wrote: »

There's no real argument against banning toplessness in women but allowing it in men. It's not like breasts are a sexual organ or anything. I somehow get the feeling if women going topless was normal, western men wouldn't have the obsession with breasts that they do. I look forward to that time.

Breast in the wests' primary function has shifted from feeding babies to their sexualisation.
I agree though, although breasts will always be an obsession with men, I think they would be less of an obsession if there was les taboo over having them out in public. When on a beach in the Med, you see women with no bikini tops on, and the only ones drooling are the pasty paddies.

AnonoBoy

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Dunno if I should be posting this...
But anyway...

Video of boobage protest:

http://vimeo.com/10683927 NSFW

What's with the two guys with the 'Pants are for Pansies' and 'Free Legs Now' signs?

By the end of the video it looks like it got taken off by a men's magazine or something.


Go the sisterhood!

baalthor

WindSock wrote: »

Breast in the wests' primary function has shifted from feeding babies to their sexualisation.

There must always have been an additional function though otherwise they wouldn't be so large and ever-present ...