Posted on 04/04/2010 12:18:31 PM PDT by Zakeet
About two dozen women took a walk down Congress Street topless Saturday, attracting a large crowd as they tried to preach that partial female nudity is not worthy of attracting a crowd.
The point of the march was that a topless woman out in public should attract no more attention than a man walking around without a shirt on, said Ty MacDowell, 20, of Westbrook, who organized Saturday's event and promoted it on Facebook.
But as the event got under way in Longfellow Square, the marchers were soon outnumbered by scores of onlookers -- mostly young men eagerly snapping away with cameras and cell phones.
MacDowell said she was surprised by the turnout of those interested less in challenging societal convention than in seeing partially undressed women.
"I'm amazed," she said, and "enraged (at) the fact that there's a wall of men watching."
MacDowell said she understood that for women, going topless in public "is not socially acceptable yet, and obviously there's going to be a reaction to something that breaks the norm."
But, she said, the picture-taking was particularly upsetting.
"A lot of people were taking pictures without even asking," she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at pressherald.com ...
But we're going to keep ramming this, all important issue, down your collective throats until it is!
MY EYES.....IT BURNS.....IT BURNS!!!!
Sorry guys but I need more pictures in order to make a proper determination of guilt or innocence. Looks like a hung jury so far.
Well, it's Maine: "Shade in the Summer and warmth in the Winter." As a famous man person once said, "Quantity has a quality all its own."
Gotta go and stick dirty forks in my eyes now.
Thanks for saving me the trouble.
You are a true pal. ;)
I can tell you looking at those pics hardly has me *ahem* "hung."
Smart sister. No feminist philosophy is as powerful as gravity.
//About two dozen women took a walk down Street topless, attracting a large crowd as they tried to preach that partial female nudity is not worthy of attracting a crowd//
Well guess that experiment did not work out as they planned.
Mr. T. ‘Uhhhmm I like it when they get mad!’
Portland is full of gay women, actually. Or “womyn” as they style themselves. It’s PC world to the end—if you want a laugh, read the oh so serious comments to the Portland Press herald.
Sorry, but I don’t see the point(s).
The fat chicks look like they are walking back wards.
Ick.
Here, try this:
Cheers!
If they don’t mind being seen in public with their breasts bared, then they shouldn’t mind at all if people take photos and post them on the internet.
After all, it’s just additional publicity for their march.
GREAT graphic!
GUILTY!
Thems some Ugly Pants.
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