It is kind of absurd that women can be arrested for not wearing a shirt...

[Gravitycollapse]

Actually, it's absurdity of the highest level.

It may be one of the clearest, most ever-present examples of woman-hating currently available to the general public.

[PowerToThePeople]

1. is there a news article with this?

She looks bloodied up. WTF? (Ya, the title got me to click. I will walk away with tail between my legs now)

[Gravitycollapse]

2. It was the most relevant photo I could find to my OP. There is no news story. Simply my statement.

[PowerToThePeople]

8. I found it

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/femen-leader-explains-why-she-accosted-putin/274872/

It was Putin.

[JI7]

13. the blood is fake

[JI7]

3. i think that's from a FEMEN protest of Putin last year

is there an article or any other info on why they were arrested ?

[Gravitycollapse]

4. No, it was just a relevant photo.

[JI7]

6. but were they arrested for not wearing a shirt or something else ?

[Gravitycollapse]

7. Not sure of the actual law used to arrest them. But I'm sure publicly nudity is part of it.

[Archae]

5. Until women's boobs are no longer sexual objects...

Exposing breasts in public (when not breast-feeding,) will be a criminal offense.

[Gravitycollapse]

9. Until we no longer fear the human body, we will have criminal offenses for nudity.

Regardless of the sexuality of the body part in question.

Anyway, faces are indeed one of the most sexual parts of the body. Yet they remain legal.

[Archae]

11. I know, but...

Some areas are just plain verboten STILL, to either expose or grope, in public.

On both males and females.

[Gravitycollapse]

12. Being nude in public really should not be illegal for anyone.

As the laws against it are merely laws against offensiveness and not actual harm.

[HarveyDarkey]

10. Not in New York

But that's a Femen protester, she's not being arrested for being topless. There are several You Tube videos of topless women activists in New York, (NSFW) that you can find easily.

Edit to add one that's OK:

[Joe Shlabotnik]

14. Whoa

Gravitycollapse, calling in the goons to retrieve your shirt, and James Baldwin book is badass!

[dipsydoodle]

15. There is not a national German law which bars public nudity.

There are some local laws within some of the states of Germany.

Without searching I guessed this must be a Femen protest and that the arrest wasn't solely for being topless.

As mentioned elsewhere above this was a protest against a visiting head of state . Had this been a guy I'm sure the end result would've been exactly the same.

On the subject in general - this year London had its 10th annual cycle ride and I'm not aware of any arrests. However there may have been detentions/arrests at an Olympics Femen anti Islam protest which wouldn't have been for being topless - hate speech is an offense in its own right here in the UK.

Femen is a Ukraine based franchise which won't employ fat women and even deters other from wearing tight clothes which make them look fatter than they really are. Not sure how that helps the feminist cause.

[RobertEarl]

17. I'm all for it

I've desired to see women be allowed to go shirtless since I was your age.

[darkangel218]

18. South Beach Miami is a topless beach.

Safe to go topless there.

[In_The_Wind]

19. Indeed!

[reflection]

20. Very absurd.

http://gotopless.org/topless-laws

[theHandpuppet]

21. Now if they would only arrest...

... some men who, for whatever reason escapes the sane person, think America wants to view their painted-up bellies at sporting events.