The goal of the event was to show that women could be as topless as men in public, yet not cause some sort of crazy public outrage.  Organizer Ty McDowell believes that she and other women have the same rights as a man does when it comes to things like topless gardening or not wearing a shirt while at work.   Unfortunately, she was a little mistaken, as her organized march in Portland, Maine, drew about two dozen women and a few hundred interested gawkers armed with cameras.  Fortunately, the topless parade caused no real problems, aside from some traffic issues.

The women and their male admirers marched from Longfellow Square to Tommy’s Park in Portland, after which they milled around, talking with one another, posing for pictures, and generally hanging out.  The toplessness broke no laws, as Maine nudity laws only kick in when the pants come off.  Still, it proved to Ty and others that our attitude towards shirtless female boobs isn’t as lax as our attitude to shirtless man-boobs.

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