Topless women march in Vancouver for gender equality

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Topless women march in Vancouver for gender equality

More than 50 women marched through downtown Vancouver on Sunday, baring their breasts in the name of gender equality.

The march was part of a national campaign organized by GoTopless, a women's organization fighting for equal topless rights.

Organizers said similar marches were happening in 45 cities around the world.

"Being topless in B.C. is legal. We have the right to be topless and this is wonderful," GoTopless spokeswoman Denise Belisle said to a photo-snapping crowd that followed the marchers to Vancouver's Robson Square.

"What we need is respect. We need respect from society, we need respect from all of you."

About 30 men joined the march on Sunday, wearing bras to show their support.

"Equal rights. No double standard, right?" said Bruce Wildorn, who took off his shirt but taped his nipples as he marched alongside the topless women.

"For the women who do want to go topless, they should have that option. They do here in Vancouver, that's great, but not everywhere."

A few dozen men also followed the march as spectators, many of them crowding around to photograph the topless women.

"It's an education for men. Men are learning and they're learning to be more respectful," Belisle said.

"Too many cities it is illegal to be topless and we are here to say that equality is for all. Men and women."

Earlier this week, a Vancouver columnist and radio show host took off her top during an interview with Kelowna Mayor Walter Gray. Lori Welbourne was asking the mayor if it was legal for women in that B.C. city to go topless.

• Topless blogger keeps Kelowna mayor abreast of equality issue

Women in Canada won the right to bare their breasts in public in 1996 when the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the 1991 conviction of Gwen Jacobs, saying "there was nothing degrading or dehumanizing" about her decision to take off her shirt in public

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/08/25/bc-topless-day.html


Didn't realize this was legal in Ontario.
Well, they have my support. I'm all for gender equality after all.

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

comedy story......women needing respect so they strip....men showing support by wearing bra's

let them eat cake

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

Lol I'd be there to support

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

naked women protesting?
Were they serving drinks too? If so I may go to the next one

 

[Scustin Trillberlake]

Because when i think of cities where women are oppressed the first thing that pops in my mind is Vancouver.

How many Canadian men died for you ladies? And yet you spit in their faces and tell them you are oppressed in one of the most successful, peaceful, federal democracies in human history.

Pathetic.

 

[the cac mamba]

Because when i think of cities where women are oppressed the first thing that pops in my mind is Vancouver.

How many Canadian men died for you ladies? And yet you spit in their faces and tell them you are oppressed in one of the most successful, peaceful, federal democracies in human history.

Pathetic.

that doesnt change the fact that if you think about it, the double standard is absolutely ridiculous

am i gonna go march in the street about it? fukk no. but lets not act like they dont have a point

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

that doesnt change the fact that if you think about it, the double standard is absolutely ridiculous

am i gonna go march in the street about it? fukk no. but lets not act like they dont have a point

What double standard are you referring too?

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

Marching is for losers.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Marching is for losers.

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

And here we are today 50 years later, and what do we have to show for it? Using outdated tactics isn't going to empower anyone. Nyggas still marching, now what does that tell you?

 

[the cac mamba]

What double standard are you referring too?

a man without a shirt on on tv is normal, janet jackson has a nip slip = cbs getting sued, national outcry, etc

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

And here we are today 50 years later, and what do we have to show for it? Using outdated tactics isn't going to empower anyone. Nyggas still marching, what does that tell you?

Man you can't be serious

 

[Lana Kane]

I mean I see what they're trying to do but
We're talking more about them being topless and not about the gender equality issues they're protesting for sigh

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

a man without a shirt on on tv is normal, janet jackson has a nip slip = cbs getting sued, national outcry, etc

ok.

So basically they want to be able to perform topless in shows like America's Got Talent and Grey's Anatomy....

 

[godkiller]

And here we are today 50 years later, and what do we have to show for it? Using outdated tactics isn't going to empower anyone. Nyggas still marching, now what does that tell you?