Some people really have no life. A bunch of women in Farmington, Maine, had a topless protest because men are allowed to go without shirts. Now get this -- the law in Maine allows the women to go topless, too, but they say they want it to be socially acceptable.
From the photo included with the news article, I think their protest probably did much more to convince the people of the great state of Maine to rethink their permissive law than it did to make topless women accepted in polite society. Thank goodness the photo caught them from the backside, because if it had caught them from the front, I imagine we all would have been covering our eyes and shouting, "Put it on! Put it on!" The good news is Farmington merchants sold record amounts of Alpo that day.
"Maine women go topless for protest." The Dallas Morning News; May 1, 2010; p. 7A.
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I had a reply from the chairman or president or whatever she calls herself from gotopless.org. She finds my comments offensive. Do I care? Not much.
Since I don't want to give her a forum to promote her cause, I've redacted some of the things from her post. But here's the gist of it.
"Hi, I am the president of Gotopless.org a national organization that is fighting for women's constitutional right to go topless in public... We find your comment about the esthetics of the body of the women who stood up to encourage the women of Maine to exercise their topless right completely ludicrous. We are happy to remind you that our Constitution is thankfully blind, to colors, sizes, shapes, genders...
So, congratulations to these women who have the strength to stand up for their right, stirring the reaction of repressed men (and judgmental reporters) but with time, the men too will become used to seeing a woman's bosom in public without going out of control... French men certainly have and no longer reach out frantically for a camera each time they see a topless women in their country :))"
She says that men will get used to seeing a woman's bosom without going out of control. Honey, the only men out of control from the pic I saw were probably the ones gagging and tossing their cookies!
Anyway, she invites all of us women to join them for the next go topless day. I think it would more appropriately be called "Bow Wow Day."
The president of Gotopless.org's observation of the attitude of French men is quite different from mine. Having just returned from a trip there, I noticed a large majority of them are gay...so boobs probably just don't do much for them. Of the others, well, from the French men that I am acquainted with, they are too self-centered and self-absorbed to notice much past their own mirror!!!
Put your clothes on and fight for something worthy!!!
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