Rally in support of women's right to go topless takes place in Waterloo, Ont.
Source: The Canadian Press
A rally and march organized by three sisters who were stopped by a police officer for biking topless a week ago was held Saturday in Waterloo, Ont.
Dozens of topless women and men attended the trio's "Bare With Us" rally at Waterloo Town Square, meant to educate the public about women's right to be topless if they so choose.
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Juno-nominated musician Alysha Brilla says she and her sisters were not wearing shirts while cycling in Kitchener, Ont., on July 24 when a male officer drove up beside them and told them to cover up because it is the law.
Brilla says told the officer he was wrong, adding that when she started filming the interaction on her cellphone, the officer said he had only wanted to check if the women had proper bells and lights on their bicycles.
Ontario women have had the right to go topless in public since 1996.
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)Is that really a right worth fighting for?
Quackers
(2,256 posts)There's no difference between a women going topless and a man going topless. Both sexes have big and small breast tissue and various sizes of areoles. I know it's legal in Columbus, Ohio to go topless.
At first look, can you tell if this is a man or woman?
It just seems low on the list of rights to fight for, but obviously that is just my opinion.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)If men can go topless there is no reason on earth that women shouldn't be able to. Why do men take off their shirts? Usually because it's hot. Bras are hot and stifling anyway, then be FORCED to put on a shirt over that can get just unbearably hot. Bottom line, there's no reason for the prohibitive law to be in existence in the first place.
LostOne4Ever
(9,262 posts)Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)LostOne4Ever
(9,262 posts)Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)I'm not saying you won't be able to find anyone to do it, it's just that most men probably wouldn't join up. But then again, you already knew that.
NJCher
(35,342 posts)But I suppose one would get used to it after a while.
It's certainly not on my list of priorities, but whatever floats your boat.
Cher
bucolic_frolic
(42,478 posts)have pretty much abandoned this right ... they found it a false substitute for
earning power, workplace progress, and equal pay.
I see it as a way to erode sexism, though the benefits are a generation away
and the strife to get there unclear.
When I was a kid my older sibling seems to me used to want to get a pair
of glasses - were they advertised in MAD magazine? - X-ray glasses. The cartoon
ad outlines what you could see.
Today's equivalent will be telescope lenses. Economic growth for optometrists.
The more things change .........
And I just read the sign in the photo ... "Nudity Isn't Sexual" ... yes, that would be
Canadian women, a strong stout in yer face lot, but don't you dare get out of line.
BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)Exactly. And it have been legal for almost 20 years.