A Florida teen and nine other women are fighting for their right to go topless in public. And "Would We Lie?" hereby endorses their action.
Athela Frandsen, 15, says her lawsuit is really about equal rights. When she was much younger, she points out, she could take off her shirt at the playground and it was no big deal. But as she got older, her mother said she would have to stop.
"People [read: Men] have made breasts sex objects, the dogs," Jan Frandsen said, more or less. Probably less.
As it turns out, Athela's parents are "naturists," which we think really means "nudists."
Which we also endorse.
So-called legal experts say the women's group, called the Topfree 10, have about as much chance of success as Al Gore did in Florida in 2000.
Despite their pessimism, "Would We Lie?" encourages Florida women to protest the state law with a nice topless demonstration on national TV, maybe on Election Day.
Hey, we can't help it. We're men.

Posted at October 26, 2004 02:26 PM