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Thursday, August 19. 2010

Free Your Breasts, Free Your Minds?

H/T: IOwnTheWorld.com


At Maggie’s Farm we’ve been debating how much nudity is safe for the protection of our readers’ sensitivities. The Raelians, who believe that alien scientists created humans and we should be prouder of our bodies, sponsor annual Go Topless Day “dedicated to the belief that in order for America to be a truly equal society, women should be able to bare their breasts without fear of being arrested.”


A video of their breast “outing” and beliefs is presented below the fold, in keeping with the Maggie’s Farm interest in philosophy.

Posted by Bruce Kesler in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 11:17 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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Any movement that wants to totally trash Scientology is okay in my book. I didn't look at the breasts, of course, because I was much too discrete.

Newsflash for all Raelians: "pasties" does not equal "topless". But keep trying, please.
#1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2010-08-19 11:50 (Reply)
Merc:
1. I did find myself not looking at her breasts but listening to their spokeswoman's discussion of the economics of Scientology. Which makes her point about exposure reducing pruient interest.
2. As to your second point, they aren't trying to be arrested but to make a peaceful point, even including pasties to keep within the law by covering their points.
#1.1 Bruce Kesler on 2010-08-19 11:57 (Reply)
Nudity as part of a political protest is just boring, It's not art, it's not sex, it's not anything, really, except too much information.
#2 D on 2010-08-19 13:18 (Reply)
Heh - I'm reminded of a story about six months or so ago where some female protesters, in similar fashion some place out in CA, did much the same - topless rights for women.

As they were parading, the protesters got pissed at all the men gawking from the sidelines and actually beat one guy up for "lewd looking".

And Raelians? Seriously? :>)
#3 Tom Francis on 2010-08-19 17:06 (Reply)
Not one hot looker amongst the bunch.
Definitely not self winding watch material.

There is something very disturbing with that photo.
#4 jappy on 2010-08-19 19:57 (Reply)
I think topless is allowed on the streets of NYC, owing to some gender equality decision.

A elderly co-worker explained long ago, though, at the time of the bra burnings, that there are women who can go topless, and women who can't, and the women who can't, aren't going to let the women who can, do it.

I suspect severe social pressure keeps the NYC streets safe.
#5 rhhardin (Link) on 2010-08-19 22:30 (Reply)
It's the one part of Scientology I can agree with. If men and women are equal, there should be no dresscode applying to one group that doesn't apply to the other.
Of course that could just (as was tried in the UK) backfire and mean the law gets changed to ban men from taking off their shirts as well.
#6 J.T. Wenting on 2010-08-19 23:59 (Reply)

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