Topless in Manhattan?

In 1992, a law was passed that gave women the right to go shirtless anywhere in Manhattan. Philadelphia topless activist Moira Johnston, most often seen in the East Village, wants to raise awareness of it.
Back in May, she was detained by cops for walking shirtless in public, then released shortly afterwards when they realized she wasn’t breaking any laws.
(http://mashable.com/2012/10/08/people-new-york/#93761East-Village-Topless-Lady

I have included this post in my blog as a reaction to our class on sex education. This is not directly related to sex education, or rather the lack-there-off, but it exemplifies some of the problems we covered when dealing with how white males historically (and still do to a large extent) oppress women's rights to her body. If a man had been walking down the street with his shirt off it would not have been questioned. But when a women does this, even though it is equally as legal, she gets in trouble for it.