Women STRIP OFF outside government building in naked protest to 'accept female form'
FOUR women striped off their clothes and walked around naked outside a government building in a protest against the objectification of women.
Argentinian women bare for anti-objectification protest
The demonstrators strolled the streets in their birthday suits in broad daylight to promote the acceptance of the naked female form.
Police told the naked women in Buenos Aires, Argentina that “this is no way to protest” and ordered for them to get dressed.
They also left one passer-by looking extremely awkward when one of the naked women sat next to him at a bus stop - and he quickly got up and walked away.
The women got down to their birthday suits in front of the Government buildings
This is a campaign of acceptance, accepting one self and the other
One of the protestors, Paula Brindisi, said: “This is a campaign of acceptance, accepting one self and the other.
“It is frowned upon to see a women’s breasts, but if a man does nobody is surprised.
"We have initiated a series of public and private activities to externalise our right to own our bodies and our thoughts, claim to be accepted, or solidarity with those who are curtails this possibility.”
The women caused quite an outrage in the capital centre
The women walked near the main Government building
She added: "We want to promote acceptance and nudity as something natural and not as something perverse or sexual purposes."
According to Argentine media, the women wanted to spread the idea of freedom and encourage nudity as something natural.
The women walked a block from the government building to the bus station.
This man appeared decidedly awkward when the naked woman sat next to him
Although their actions only lasted a few minutes, they attracted a lot of attention from people passing by.
One of the police officers said: “We came here because many people have complained and said she felt uncomfortable about the situation.”
The Urbanudismo organisation, which the protesters are from, is in favour of public breastfeeding, freedom of expression and nudity for art.