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THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR
WORK WEEK WITH US ON
MID-MORNING.
ALL AROUND THE
WORLD YESTERDAY, MEN AND WOMEN
DEMONSTRATING TOPLESS.
THAT'S
RIGHT.
THAT INCLUDED RIGHT HERE
IN MINNEAPOLIS.
A FEW HUNDRED
PEOPLE ATTENDED "GO TOPLESS DAY"
IN GOLD MEADOW PARK.
SEVERAL
WOMEN PROTESTED INEQUALITY.
THERE WERE MEN SHOWING THEIR
SUPPORT BY WEARING BIKINI TOPS.
HOW NICE FOR THE GUYS TO COME
OUT FOR THAT EVENT AND SUPPORT
THE WOMEN.
AND THE REASON THE VIDEO
SHOWS MEN IS BECAUSE ALL THE
WOMEN WERE REALLY TOPLESS AND
THEY CAN'T PUT IT ON TV.
DO YOU THINK THIS IS AN
INEQUALITY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO
BE FOUGHT?
I THINK IT IS RIDICULOUS.
THERE'S SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS
THAT DO INVOLVE SERIOUS
INEQUALITY ISSUES, GENDER BIAS,
PAY ISSUES, *** HARASSMENT.
THIS IS NOT AT THE TOP OF MY
LIST.
RACHEL, ORGANIZERS SAY
INDECENT SEE LAWS -- THOSE LAWS
DO NOTHING FOR MEN.
THEY'RE TAKING A STAND, BUT
I'M WITH -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
A STANDS I WOULD TAKE BECAUSE DO
THEY HONESTLY THINK THAT
SOMETHING IS GOING TO CHANGE?
NO.
IT'S NOT.
IT'S VERY INTEREST
ING TO LOOK
AT THIS -- IT'S INTERESTING TO
LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
THIS IS ALL
AROUND THE WORLD THEY HAD PEOPLE
DEMONSTRATE.
I DON'T THINK I
COULD BE OUT THERE, BUT LITTLE
-- I AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK
THERE'S OTHER THINGS TO BE
FOCUSING ON, BUT THEY DO BRING
UP A LOT OF GOOD POINTS.
IT'S
JUST -- IS THIS THE WAY TO DO
IT?
IS THIS THE WAY WE WANT THE
ATTENTION.
IT WAS A CHILLY DAY.
I DON'T
KNOW HOW PLEASANT IT WAS FOR
THEM.
AT LEAST THEY DIDN'T NEED
SUN SCREEN, BECAUSE IT WASN'T
THAT SUNNY IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
SAYING.
YOU DO HAVE A POINT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAID WHY WOULD YOU
WANT TO GO OUT THERE WITH THOSE
MEN GAWKING AT YOU.
BUT THAT'S
ADDRESSING THE *** CULTURE
STANCE.
JUST BECAUSE MEN CAN'T
BEHAVE THEMSELVES DOESN'T MEAN
THAT WOMEN SHOULD CHANGE THEIR
BEHAVIOR.
WHY CAN'T THEY BE
FREE.
YOU HAVE A GOOD POINT.
I
ALSO THINK THAT IT IS CRIMINAL,
YOU KNOW, THAT IT IS
CRIMINALIZING IN MANY
COMMUNITIES IS A PROBLEM.
I
DON'T THINK IT'S THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY OUT FOR THERE WOMEN IN
MY VIEW.
IT CERTAINLY GOT A LOT OF
ATTENTION.
YOU GO TO A PARK AND
HALF OF THE PEOPLE ARE TOPLESS,
YOU'RE GOING TO CATCH A FEW
GLANCES.