N.Y. holds GoTopless Day event
Rachel Jessee speaks into a megaphone while riding atop a car during the GoTopless Day Parade, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, in New York. The parade took to the streets to counter critics who are complaining about topless tip-seekers in Times Square. Appearing bare-breasted is legal in New York. But Mayor Bill de Blasio and police Commissioner Bill Bratton say the body-painted women in the square who take photos with tourists are a nuisance. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
Women, and Men, Doff Their Shirts Around the World for ‘Go Topless Day
Residents in New York, USA, on Saturday (26/08/2017) local time get an unusual 'scene' when hundreds of women with no bra wearing a walk freely on the streets of New York.
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Yes, the women celebrated the GoTopless Day Parade, which became an annual event in various regions of the United States. For this year, it is the 10th event and is celebrated in conjunction with the 97th Women Equality Day.
The Day of Women's Equality is celebrated when women in the United States begin to get their right to vote.
GoTopless Day Parade action participants walked the streets of New York approximately 1.6 kilometers from Columbus Circle to Bryant Park.
"I will not miss this opportunity for the world," said one of the action participants named Rebecca Barwick.
"It is important to send a message, this is our body, it should not be supervised in a different way," he said.
"The treatment should be the same as the treatment of men. They run like this all the time, so why is this a problem? "Barwick said.
The women walked freely, with the words "Go Topless" on their chests.
The parade was hosted by the US-based GoTopless human rights group. The group has spent 10 years to campaign for women to get equal in bare-chested.
Furthermore, in Indonesian Ratusan Perempuan Tanpa Bra Ramaikan GoTopless Day Parade di New York