Photographer Scott Lynch said it seemed to be 'more than ever. Over 50 women showed up at Columbus Circle for the start of the march around 1 p.m., with plenty of NYPD officers in tow (but keeping a respectful distance). The purpose of the Nipple Pride Parade is to empower them to overcome those feelings.' Shame and guilt are deeply ingrained, and they find it hard to break free.
'But few women exercise their topless rights in New York even now. 'For 23 years, New York has been a beacon of topless equality,' Go Topless spokesperson Rachel Jessee said in a news release. 'we are here for for equal rights for women' #freethenipple /ZpYLj0BrO7 Despite bare breasts being the most serious problem plaguing NYC this summer, men and women have tore off their shirts to march through Midtown this afternoon for National Go Topless Day, a celebration of women's legal right to bare their breasts in public.
