American women want to go topless in the streets

American women protested in order to have the same rights as men – to be topless.

Breasts are breasts

A group of American female activists, lovers of female breasts, does not agree with the system that dictates that women’s breasts should always be covered in public.

Gotopless.org is an organization which decided to have a rally for this purpose, where women will parade in the streets with their bras off – with this they want to warn us of the inequality between men and women when it comes to walking around without a shirt on.

One of the spokeswomen for the company, Donna Newman, believes that it is not fair that men can casually walk down the street with no shirt on, while women would be arrested if they do the same.

“Well, you know, before we’re men and women, we are human beings on this planet and we feel that, as women, we should have all the same rights as men,” Donna said. “A breast is a breast. I have two of them, you have two of them. Why do [women] have to cover them? What’s the problem? What’s in our minds and our education that people are so afraid of when it comes to showing the human body? That’s what we have to deal with, where that fear comes from,” the civil rights fighter also said.

Men also support the topless protest

The protest took place in 11 American cities, among others in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Chicago and Honolulu. Each protest was accompanied by various events, all topless of course. The performances included topless acrobats and an opera singer.

Newman is thrilled that both men and women are in support of this event: “Guys are going ‘Yippee’ and the women are saying, ‘This is great! I’m going to be there!’,” Newman also said.

“However, there are still places in the United States where women get arrested from breastfeeding in public and that’s unconscionable. That shouldn’t happen.” GoTopless.org wants women of all ages, shapes and sizes, not just those with “beautiful breasts”, to show their support for the issue.   ”We’re all different body shapes so all women are invited,” Newman said.

Even though the main reason for the protest is the arrests of women who breastfeed in public, the organizer of the event also says that we must not forget the sexual aspect of breasts: “If going topless makes a woman feel sensual about her body, there is nothing wrong with that.”

Where did the idea for a topless protest come from?

The idea for the protest came when the organizers found out the story of a woman from New York who was arrested because she did not cover her breasts. Later, she sued the city and received 29,000$ in compensation. Even though it is legal for a woman to go topless in New York nowadays, women can still be arrested. “Whether they’ll get arrested or not, I don’t know. They might be arrested but set free afterwards,” Newman added, but she does not expect this issue to be solved overnight: “Go back to 1916, ‘17, ‘18, when women were fighting for their equality to vote. They won that right, but it took a while.”

They invited some famous people to the unusual rally as well, including the wives of presidential candidates Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain and Hillary Clinton.