In Argentina, women drop tops to protest topless ban
8 Feb 2017 1:27 PM IST8 Feb 2017 1:27 PM IST
Three women in bikini bottoms were ordered by 20 police officers to put on their tops or head out.
Scores of women took to the streets in Argentina in a bare-breasted demonstration of solidarity with women recently confronted by police for going topless on a South Atlantic beach.- Last July, thousands of women took part in topless protests across the country after a woman was kicked out of a public area near the capital for nursing her child, triggering widespread outrage.
- As older men in suits and ties scrambled out of nearby offices during the protest, some stopped to stare. A few laughed or giggled.
- 'Get out, man! Get out!' some demonstrators chanted, with slogans painted on their skin in lipstick.
- There is this macho way of thinking that just has to end. We are the owners of our bodies and we can show our bodies if we like. We are not consumer goods, said a protestor named Noelia.
- Three women in bikini bottoms were ordered by 20 police officers to put on their tops or head out. Many in Argentina, once one of the world's wealthiest countries, were stunned.
- The demonstrations in Buenos Aires, in Mar del Plata and Rosario, were prompted by an incident two weeks ago in Necochea, 500 kilometers south of the capital.
Scores of women took to the streets in Argentina in a bare-breasted demonstration of solidarity with women recently confronted by police for going topless on a South Atlantic beach.
Three women in bikini bottoms were ordered by 20 police officers to put on their tops or head out.
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