Women for Equality and Rights, or WEAR, is a group dedicated to equality of pay in the workforce, women's working conditions and women's health issues. In particular, WEAR is concerned with topless equality and the legalization of prostitution in the state of Georgia.

History

WEAR was formally organized in May 2004 in order to get new women's rights

Women's rights

Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

 laws passed in the state of Georgia.

Topless Equality

"Topless equality" means that women can go topfree wherever a man is allowed to remove his shirt. WEAR believe that it is a simple concept of equality, but it is so bound up in the notion of sexuality that the fairness of the idea is often lost on critics. WEAR's members maintain that this law is not about sexuality but fairness, in that a woman should be legally permitted to do anything men are legally permitted to do.

Legalized Prostitution

Legalized prostitution is one of WEAR's more controversial projects, the goal of which is to make prostitution of both men and women legal in the state of Georgia. The only current state in the U.S. which allows prostitution is Nevada. WEAR seeks to allow the same liberties in Georgia first as a two-year trial in the capital city of Atlanta, then if permitted, the cities of Augusta and Columbus. This legalized prostitution will function as a business, requiring licensing, regulations and taxation like any other business, as well as twice-a-year medical examinations of the prostitutes.

Controversy

While the alleged political enemies of WEAR remain unnamed or unknown, the group claim to have received many threatening phone calls in their main office in Atlanta. In March 2008, they also claim to have received an attack by hackers on their computer system and website.

Sources

1. Women for Equality and Rights

2. Liberator.net