When the long cold winter finally breaks and summer like temperatures hits the Northeast, it can only mean one thing. It mean feminists in Maine have the opportunity to strike a blow for equality of the sexes by marching down the streets of Portland topless.
As quoted in the Portland Press Herald, 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.
Sure enough, like ants making a beeline to sugar and to the chagrin of MacDowell, the topless ladies attracted armies of bug eyed men with camera's a clicking and cell phone's a blinking. MacDowell was was not only amazed but enraged and upset that that a wall of men were not only ogling but taking pictures.
But like any other true zealot for the cause, MacDowell was not deterred, and received much encouragement to continue her efforts to ensure that women have the same opportunity as men to expose their breasts without undue attention.
Perhaps a day will come when women can walk the street topless and receive only feigned disinterest from male passerby's.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/marching...