FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "UNREASONABLE WOMEN" FOR PEACE"
Photo caption: Fifty women spell PEACE with their naked bodies to protest war with Iraq.
Photo: Art Rogers.
Wearing nothing but afternoon rain, fifty determined women lay down on Love Field near Point Reyes Station, California to literally embody PEACE. They asked local
photographer, Art Rogers, to record the event, which he did from atop an
18-foot ladder. Women of all ages and walks of life took off their clothes
not because they are exhibitionists but because they felt it was imperative
to shock a seemingly indifferent nation and administration into breaking the
vicious cycle of war. Making their bodies figures of speech, they allied
themselves with the "Unreasonable Women" group, whose credo is that
reasonable behavior will not get their point across to the men of war.
"We have voted, we have held rallies and marches, with little effect. Now we
have taken this bold step to convey our feelings of desperation over war. We
had to spell it out for you," said Donna Sheehan, one of the organizers. Her
inspiration for the naked demonstration for peace was Helen Odeworitse, the
leader of 600 Nigerian women who forced Chevron Texaco to address their
needs earlier in 2002. They took over an oil terminal, held 700 workers
hostage and humiliated the corporation by threatening to remove their
clothes, a traditional shaming gesture. "As Helen said, 'Our weapon is our
nakedness'," said Sheehan. "We hope to effect change as she did, without
harming a soul."
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