(As posted to my Gazette blog on July 29)
There seems to be a common theme in my blog posts here recently: liberation of the body in its natural state in social settings.
In keeping with that theme, Sunday, Aug. 24 is International Go Topless Day, in which women seek the same rights men have to go bare-chested in public. You can read more about it on the Go Topless site at gotopless.org.
I received an invitation to attend the Montreal version of Go Topless Day, scheduled for 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Georges-Étienne Cartier monument, and will probably attend because it is a cause I believe in. When I am in Ontario, I can be topless in public, apparently. But not in Quebec, where women do not share equality with men when it comes to baring their breasts in public. In truth, though, I have to admit that I don’t see any women baring their breasts in public in Ontario, unless they are in social nudism settings. But they do have the right, I am told — and that’s what is important. Quebec women should have the right, too.
So, here is the link to the Facebook events page for the Montreal event. And below is an unedited Google English translation of the description for the event:
Sunday, August 24, GoTopless, an organization of women who advocate for the equal rights of women to be topless, celebrating its 7th edition. For this occasion, many women exercise their right to bare breasts in public, in honor of the Day of the Equality of Women. The action GoTopless is composed of thousands of men and women of different beliefs, associations and sexual orientations, who will gather at the monument Georges-Étienne Cartier (instead of Tam-Tams), to celebrate the beauty, freedom, equality. “Where men have the right to go topless in public, women should have the same right. Otherwise, men should wear clothing to cover their breasts,” says Rael, spiritual leader and founder of GoTopless.
I will write more about it all in the week leading up to the event.
Cheers
– Jillian
I can go topless in sympathy in Halifax. except when I go to work when I have to wear a uniform. But, being male, it won’t have nearly the same effect. I do support the cause though. Many’s the time I’ve been with friends of both sexes on horribly hot days and have seen men take their shirts off, but the women having to settle for a bathing suit top (although to be fair, most of my non-naturist friends would probably keep their breasts covered out of modesty anyway). I keep thinking how unfair this is. In Nova Scotia, to my knowledge, women still cannot legally uncover their chests in public, and it’s just hard to believe that this situation exists in this day and age.
No, I’m not out to ogle breasts. As you know from past comments I’ve made on your blogs, I am a naturist, so I mean that sincerely.
Keep up the fight for equality. Some day you’ll achieve it.
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Maybe that you don’t see women topless in Ontario, even though legal, is the best argument for dropping these unequal restrictions against women (promulgated by men, no doubt).
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Good point. Prudish people need not be worried. I haven’t been in Ontario much since it became legal, but for those times I was, I never once saw a woman topless.
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ALOHA JILLIAN:…. hope i find u well…… i know canada is a much different space than the u.s. of a. and up north, time marches to a different drummer…. however, your post above and other comments state: “Go Topless Day on Aug. 24” and “Sunday, August 24”! however, there is NO “sunday august 24 2015″….. it is SUNDAY 23 AUGUST 2015!!!!!…… love and aloha from the north shore of maui.,,,,,,,,https://www.facebook.com/freethenipmaui ……. http://mauitime.com/entertainment/community/international-go-topless-day-at-rainbow-park/
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Umm, that post is a year old. It was written in July 2014.
Thanks!
Cheers
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA……. aloooooooooooooooHA…….
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I maybe wrong but, the Napoleon code allow woman to be topless in public park and on the beach unlike the Common law. I understand that with the Common law it can be solve in court.
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