They claim the right to swim naked breasts at the pool. "Why should we hide our chest when men expose their choosing," Backlund Maja objects. The young woman was 19 years old. She is a student in Stockholm and campaigning in the very young Bara Bröst-network "topless", or "just breasts," in Swedish. On 14 November, she was in the commando operation, carried out against a pool of the capital. Leaving the top of the bikini changing, she bathed his chest to air. "Was thrown out, but the people were nice, she says. Although they were seeing had heard of us. "Not surprisingly, given the media sparked uproar in Sweden by the network. "

At Uppsala, a university town north of Stockholm, Ragnhild Karlsson is amazed by the extent of movement that it has launched on September 5. She then went to the aquatic center of Uppsala, with his girlfriend Kristin. The two young women decide not to wear a slip bath. "Hopefully, it would not be a problem, said the student speech. But they are nice chat with lifeguards, nothing works: either they put up, or they leave the premises. In a press release, the leadership of the center defends itself. She explained that the sole objective of the establishment is that its visitors "feel comfortable and welcome. " A pair of naked breasts might disturb the comfort of the bathers. Especially as you walk together, "women put their safety at stake," said the spokesman for the center.

Tee. Ragnhild and Kristin does not disarm. Mid-October, they are sending a forum daily Dagens Nyheter. They explained: "It is a vicious cycle, where the chest is visible only in the bedroom or on billboards. " No wonder, therefore, according to them, that the female body is as sexualized. Both pasionarias are categorical: more women expose their breasts, their breasts become more commonplace and cease to be regarded as a sexual organ.

Of course, notes Astrid Hellroth student in Malmö, "the body of women is different from that of men. " Why they could walk naked from the waist up in the summer, where swing their shirts when they mark a but, while women must remain clothed? "Our goal is to discuss the social and cultural context which leads to discrimination and the sexualization of women's bodies," says the student, who is also a founder of Bara Bröst. The network now has more than fifty activists and several hundred supporters in the country. The magazine of the Swedish Association for Sexual Education (RFSU) spoke of a "new wave" feminist. Activists agree.

Pressure. Hitherto they have conducted operations in Malmö, Lund and Stockholm. Each time, they were thrown outside. But each time, they had seized the Ombudsperson for Gender Equality, alleging discriminatory practices. It was also announced yesterday whether it would prosecute offending pools. Finally, it deferred a decision until next week. The pressure is great. The interest generated by the movement now extends well beyond the borders of Sweden, as evidenced by the messages on the blog network Bara Bröst.