Organizer of Women's Topless March Upset that Men were Staring at Them

[wwswimming]

http://www.pressherald.com/news/Women-march-topless-in-Portland-without-incident.html

"Women march topless in Portland without incident
The marchers want to call attention to the double standard in society's attitudes toward male and female nudity.

By Edward D. Murphy emurphy@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer

PORTLAND – About two dozen women marched topless from Longfellow Square to Tommy's Park this afternoon in an effort to erase what they see as a double standard on male and female nudity.

The women, preceded and followed by several hundred boisterous and mostly male onlookers, many of them carrying cameras, stayed on the sidewalk because they hadn't obtained a demonstration permit to walk in the street. About a thousand people gathered as the march passed through Monument Square, a mix of demonstrators, supporters, onlookers and those just out enjoying a warm and sunny early-spring day."

http://media.pressherald.com/images/300*229/crop.topless.0404.jpg

/\ OK for work, picture taken from the back


"Ty McDowell, who organized the march, said she was "enraged" by the turnout of men attracted to the demonstration. The purpose, she said, was for society to have the same reaction to a woman walking around topless as it does to men without shirts on.

However, McDowell said she plans to organize similar demonstrations in the future and said she would be more "aggressive" in discouraging oglers."


GOOD LUCK with that !

 

[Cogman]

bwhahahaha.

WTH did she expect would happen?

 

[brxndxn]

That's so stupid..

"Here's my boobs.. Don't look at them."

 

[Genx87]

Buahahaha I thought this an Onion article before clicking the thread. People are stupid.

 

[shira]

The day men react to women's bare chests the same way women react to men's is the day the human genome is forcibly re-wired by space aliens.

 

[PClark99]

I think thats a great idea, they should have one of those in NJ.....every day maybe.

Nothing wrong with bare chesticles at all IMHO.

 

[sandorski]

She has a point, but should not be surprised by the stares. Thing is, we are only compelled to stare at such a thing because Womens Breasts have become Socially taboo. If Women had always bared their Breasts, we wouldn't notice them any more than a Face or shapely pair of legs.

 

[Cogman]

...However, McDowell said she plans to organize similar demonstrations in the future and said she would be more "aggressive" in discouraging oglers."

the only way she could aggressively discourage is by enforcing minimum weight of 300lbs

 

[PJABBER]

Is it just me or do all of those women kinda look like Rachel Maddow clones?

 

[GroundedSailor]

She has a point, but should not be surprised by the stares. Thing is, we are only compelled to stare at such a thing because Womens Breasts have become Socially taboo. If Women had always bared their Breasts, we wouldn't notice them any more than a Face or shapely pair of legs.

A pretty face or shapely legs on display always get noticed.

 

[Bowfinger]

Personally, I'm enraged water is wet.

She has a point, but should not be surprised by the stares. Thing is, we are only compelled to stare at such a thing because Womens Breasts have become Socially taboo. If Women had always bared their Breasts, we wouldn't notice them any more than a Face or shapely pair of legs.

Exactly. If she doesn't want men to stare, she needs to march in a less sexually-repressed country. For better or worse, the typical American man is conditioned to stare at bare boobs the same way a Saudi Arabian man would stare are bare ankles. It's the very fact they're traditionally covered that makes them so titillating.

 

[daishi5]

She has a point, but should not be surprised by the stares. Thing is, we are only compelled to stare at such a thing because Womens Breasts have become Socially taboo. If Women had always bared their Breasts, we wouldn't notice them any more than a Face or shapely pair of legs.

I think men react to women's shapely legs and a nice face differently than they do to men's as well, so I think her expectation that men would not react differently to their bare chests is either incredibly naive or more likely fake outrage.

 

[theflyingpig]

The purpose, she said, was for society to have the same reaction to a woman walking around topless as it does to men without shirts on.

lol. Silly woman.

 

[woolfe9999]

She has a point, but should not be surprised by the stares. Thing is, we are only compelled to stare at such a thing because Womens Breasts have become Socially taboo. If Women had always bared their Breasts, we wouldn't notice them any more than a Face or shapely pair of legs.

I agree. I think this theory should be further tested with a similar demonstration in the area I live in.

I stand ready to be desensitized.

- wolf

 

[Lemon law]

Well McDowell is on the right track to make it more common, she just has to march much much more often. Until the novelty wears off. In related news, a medical study is just out saying woman would have healthier babies if they breast fed there babies while saving money at the same time.

And if breast feeding becomes more common, more woman will find it very inconvenient to always find some non public place to breast feed, and having more
social acceptance of bare female breasts in planes, stores, and other public places
would be socially desirable.

 

[Blackjack200]

I think we need to desensitize ourselves to random sex with strangers on the street.

First up, Maude Flanders!

 

[OCGuy]

Portland? There is a shocker!

And why does it seem the women who pull this sort of stunt are the kind that you actually want wearing clothing?

 

[CPA]

She has a point, but should not be surprised by the stares. Thing is, we are only compelled to stare at such a thing because Womens Breasts have become Socially taboo. If Women had always bared their Breasts, we wouldn't notice them any more than a Face or shapely pair of legs.

Would be boring if they weren't socially taboo.

 

[CPA]

http://media.pressherald.com/images/300*229/crop.topless.0404.jpg

Not a one with long hair. Are we sure those were women?

 

[OCGuy]

Who wants to bet those women all have major bushes?

 

[Kadarin]

"Ty McDowell, who organized the march, said she was "enraged" by the turnout of men attracted to the demonstration. The purpose, she said, was for society to have the same reaction to a woman walking around topless as it does to men without shirts on.

However, McDowell said she plans to organize similar demonstrations in the future and said she would be more "aggressive" in discouraging oglers."

Ty McDowell is an idiot. She should realize that, like with any struggle for such a social cause, there are entrenched attitudes that need to be overcome.

 

[Blackjack200]

Who wants to bet those women all have major testicles?

fixed. :twisted:

 

[MotF Bane]

Buahahaha I thought this an Onion article before clicking the thread. People are stupid.

This.

 

[squirrel dog]

Looks like a lezbo tit fest .

 

[Drako]

Looks like a lezbo tit fest .

Looks like a lot of mullets, so your probably right.