Korean Women Conduct Topless Protest Against Facebook Policies
I don’t think these protesters are going to find too many objections from men in regards to their demands towards Facebook:
A group of female protesters went topless in a rally against Facebook, Saturday, protesting its “discrimination,” based on a policy that bans posts showing women’s breasts but allows men’s naked torsos. Ten women wearing masks and sunglasses carried signs that read, “Why do you delete posts in which I willingly showed my breasts?” and “Set me free from what is virtually a modern corset,” near company headquarters in Gangnam, Seoul.
Soon after photographers and police arrived, the protesters lined up and took off their T-shirts to show a Korean character drawn on their chests to deliver the message “My body is not pornographic material.”
Police forcibly covered the women with blankets despite fierce protests, with some women shouting, “Why are police officers covering us? Why do they keep suppressing us?”
The highly “liberal” move came about a week after Facebook unilaterally deleted an account that posted a message with a photo of a topless woman, slapping the account holder with a one-month suspension. Facebook said the post violated company policy on uploading photos containing naked body parts and sexual acts. “Facebook is used by all age groups, which is why we need to create an environment where a majority of people feel safe,” the company was quoted as saying. “We understand the women’s group and where they are coming from. We must delete the topless photos for now.” [Korea Times]
You can read and see more pictures at the link, but this is actually not the first time there has been a topless protest in Seoul.
Hmmm…
They all have dyke haircuts.
Spooky coincidence or diabolicle design?
Are they all like 3 feet tall? 😮
Topless dwarves.
LIMERICK
“My body is not pornographic material.”
could be true if tits aren’t venereal.
But one look at my schlong
and I knew they were wrong
as it grew from metric to imperial.
It has been my opinion that most women who want to go topless in public are victims of abuse. We know this yo be the case with many sex-workers, especially those who fit the loose definitions of the anti-human-trafficking NGOs.
The women of ROKdrop can probably be of more direct impact here, if they are willing to talk about it; but it’s generally regarded as a form of mental illness (exhibitionism).
What people do in their homes with spouses or other close ones is not really the same as showing oneself to strangers on Facebook or in public.
Setnaffa, right or wrong, a social system evolves and “normal” people follow it.
Those who fight it are occassionally revolutionary. Most times, they are mentally ill, generally contrarian, or just plain àssholes.
Sometimes they are all of that but wind up on the right side of history… as the social system is not ideal…
…think women voting in America or women driving in Saudi.
As for women showing breasts? That is just a social construct. There is nothing inherently wrong with breasts. Kids suck on them for a few years and then get denied total access for just over a decade.
…well, kids in most places…
…some kids get to see the village women skulking around with a couple saggy dogtits their whole lives. Lucky them, eh?