Sunday, May 2, 2010

Topless in Maine...Why?

I stumbled across this video of women marching topless in Maine. Apparently they are protesting that men get to walk about without shirts, so they should, too. The report makes it clear that it is perfectly legal for women to go out in public with their breasts uncovered, but the protesters want it to be "socially acceptable" as well.
How does protesting make that happen. As near as I can tell, the men of Maine are all for making it socially acceptable as they were taking numerous photos of the topless women. It was the women who most opposed the topless women. "Nobody wants to see that" (or something to that effect) was said by one women.
How do you protest something that is already legal? How does protesting make something socially acceptable? Is their protest going to do away with 2000 years of socially programmed mores all of a sudden?
What gets into some people, really? Do they just not have enough to do in Maine? I hear they have some biting flies in the Maine summer that can make you pretty miserable. If so, wouldn't you want to cover up as much as possible?

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