On his radio show today, Dennis Prager says: Most people who did not go to graduate school understand there is a big difference between men going bare-chested and women going bare-chested.
You don’t have to rush to the picture in the LA Times because you only see the woman’s back but there are 200 men taking photographs of her. How come there aren’t 200 women taking photographs of topless men?
The Los Angeles Times reports: More than 200 people, including about two dozen topless women, marched on the Venice Beach boardwalk Sunday afternoon to protest state laws that bar women from going bare-chested in public.
Participants obtained a permit in advance and agreed to obey the law by covering their nipples with red tape, Band-Aids and other makeshift pasties. Los Angeles police hovered at the periphery as the group marched nearly a mile from Navy Court to Windward Avenue on Sunday afternoon, but did not arrest anyone for indecent exposure, a misdemeanor.
The protest — organized by gotopless.org, a website that depicts exactly what its title says — was the third of its kind at Venice Beach and one of about a dozen planned in cities across the country Sunday, including San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Denver, Miami Beach and Seattle. The protests were timed to precede the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote Aug. 26, 1920.
The chanting women caused a stir. Wait staff at boardwalk cafes paused to watch them pass, diners climbed on tables to catch a glimpse of the crowd, some bystanders flashing their breasts as men in surrounding apartments hung out of windows and balconies, cameras in hand.
Equal rights did not seem to concern many of the men who gathered to gawk at the topless women, record amateur videos and snap photos with cellphones as girlfriends and wives looked on.
Topless protester Kat Kaplan, a dancer and rapper, admonished the crowd using a small megaphone.
“It’s not just about taking pictures — you got to back the cause and wear a bikini top, men,” Kaplan said.
About 50 men strapped on red bikinis supplied by organizers to show their solidarity. Protesters hoisted signs that said, “Free your breasts! Free your mind!” and “Demand topless equality.”
“If we are not allowed, men must be forced to hide their chests on the basis of gender equality,” said organizer Nadine Gary.
