Sunday, March 20, 2016 @ 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Jane Warner Plaza
17-th and Market Street,
San Francisco, CA (map)
PARADE PERMIT GRANTED!!! We will have our very own police
escort!!! MEN welcome to join us!
Dear body freedom lovers!
You are all invited to a Nude Parade in honor of
International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 20-th @ 11 AM at Jane Warner Plaza.
Parade will go to City Hall down Market St and back.
PARADE ROUTE: Jane Warner Plaza (Market St and Castro
St)- rally, then take Market St to 9th St and Larkin, North on Larkin to
McAllister, West on McAllister to Polk St, photo shoot in front of City Hall,
down Polk St to Market, back to Jane Warner Plaza
The purpose of this event – besides the joy of walking
down the street naked – is to support women and to help create an environment
where women can feel safe nude in public.
Women are often treated as sex objects and at the same
time shamed for wanting sexual freedom. Many men in our society today do not
want to relinquish control over women’s bodies and souls. Many women will shame
and attack other women out of ignorance and jealousy. For as long as those
attacks are supported by our culture, none of us are truly free nor safe.
In our backward society, a naked man is usually perceived
as a threat, while a naked woman is perceived as a sex object asking to be
raped and disrespected. On top of that, women are subjected to an enormous
amount of pressure to look “perfect” and to conform to some oppressive
totalitarian standards that dictate that every woman be anything but herself.
Body freedom for women involves overcoming the obstacles
of social prejudice, fear of judgement, fear of perceived violence and personal
self-hate. It is about liberating ourselves from the constricting beliefs that
were forced on us from infancy and throughout our lives. However, once a woman
gets enough courage to get nude in public, if it is done in a positive
environment, it is truly liberating. From there on a whole new process of
personal liberation can unfold. That is why it is really important for us as a
society to examine issues of body shame, issues of oppression of women, issues
of sexual violence. It is important to grow and heal and to ultimately create
an environment where a nude woman can be safe in public.
We invite you all, nude or dressed or anywhere in between
to join our nude rally and parade in honor of International Women’s Day.
Cost: Free
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