Marin Women Embody Peace

"UNREASONABLE WOMEN" EMBODY 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," said Donna Sheehan, one of the organizers.

Her inspiration for the naked demonstration was Helen Odeworitse, the
leader
of 600 Nigerian women who peacefully seized control of an oil terminal
in Africa.

"As Helen said, 'Our weapon is our nakedness'," said Sheehan. "We hope
to effect change as she did, without harming a soul."