“The grainy mobile phone video shows a mob of Kenyan men surround a woman and grab, grasp and yank her clothes until she is naked. Several such videos have emerged recently of attacks by males who deem a woman to be provocatively dressed. The attacks have created a groundswell of anger that saw mostly women protesters flood downtown Nairobi Monday. The hashtag #MyDressMyChoice is trending in Kenya's social media, as this East African country sees a clash between new, Western lifestyles and traditional African ways. Rachel Machua wore what she called “a little black dress ... my normal outfit” to Monday's protest. She views the recent attacks as stemming from socio-economic conditions: Lower income men are attacking successful, well-dressed women. The attacks are not overtly religious in nature, though this is a conservative, mostly Christian country. The women at the march described “normal” levels of sexual harassment over the years and said that peers will warn other women that “you're gonna get undressed” for wearing a particular outfit. Women play an active role in Kenyan society. The country's foreign minister is a woman, though few women hold high-ranking elected office. Parliament is a virtual men's club, unlike in neighboring Rwanda, where more than half of parliament is female”. – Jason Straziuso via The Associated Press

Kenyan women protest for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, November 17, 2014. A recent incident in which a mob of men surrounded a woman and tore her clothes off, leaving her naked on the street in front of a bus stop after alleging that she was improperly dressed, is one of several such videos that have surfaced online in recent days leading to a groundswell of anger that on Monday prompted around 1000 demonstrators, including a number of men supporting the women's cause, to march through the capital and protest online using the hashtag #MyDressMyChoice. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

Kenyan women protesters pose for a friend to take a picture of them, as they demonstrate for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, November 17, 2014. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

Kenyan women protest for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, November 17, 2014. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

A Kenyan woman with part of the slogan “My dress, my choice” written on her cheeks, protests with others for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, November 17, 2014. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

Kenyan women protest for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, accompanied by a male supporter, left, seen reflected and through the windows of a minibus, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, November 17, 2014. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

Kenyan women protest for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, November 17, 2014. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

Kenyan women protest for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, November 17, 2014. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

Bus passengers look out of their windows as Kenyan women protest for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, November 17, 2014. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

A Kenyan woman protests with others for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, November 17, 2014. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

Kenyan women protest for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, November 17, 2014. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

A Kenyan woman protesting with others for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, blows a kiss towards the camera, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, November 17, 2014. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)