http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/04/femen-stages-a-topless-jihad/100487/
Femen, the feminist group that Andrea introduced us to earlier, staged a topless demonstration against islamism and and attempt to reclaim their bodies as their own. While I don't necessarily think that this is the best way to go about getting the kind of legislation you need to make skin-showing legal, I think these women have passion and courage, and they should be applauded, not kicked by passersby and wrestled by police.
Also, I think that when it comes down to it, laws banning certain clothing or forcing certain groups to wear certain things are unethical not because it makes them conspicuous, but because it no longer treats them as an individual. It takes one aspect of these person's lives and makes them stay in that box for everyone to see. For women, it's a box of being owned and obedient. That man felt he had the right to kick the topless protester not because of some intrinsic ownership between the two, but because of the rules of the box she's in. She broke one of the rules, and as a man, he has every right to punish her.
It makes me sad, is all. Women should have the right to be naked or completely covered or anywhere in between on any given day. As with all things regarding her being, it should be her choice.
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