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14 years ago
http://www.excal.on.ca/news/dont-dr.....t-toronto-cop/
Dear World,
I sometimes want to wear shorts. Sometimes I want to wear long skirts. Sometimes I want to wear short skirts, pants, a Burqua, bloomers, a kilt, or a pair of daisy dukes. Sometimes I want to wear low cut tops, because they have an interesting embellishment around the neckline or I just feel like showing off my decollete. Sometimes I want to leave my hair uncovered, or loose, or put it up, sometimes I want to wear natural-looking makeup and sometimes I want to wear electric blue eyeshadow and green eyeliner so I look like a peacock.* And whether I'm walking down the street in a pair of heels, or a pair of clogs, I deserve to be respected as a human being.
What you wear sends a message, I understand that. I occasionally want to dress sexy when going out with my ladies. Some of us might even be looking to hook up- but that doesn't mean that we don't have the right to choose who we're picked up by. No means no, regardless of how the victim is dressed or behaving.
The fact that I am open and frank about my sexuality does not mean that I want to have sex with you.
The fact that I had sex with that guy does not mean that I want to have sex with you.
The fact that I had sex with you in the past does not mean that I want to have sex with you now.
The fact that you bought dinner does not obligate me to have sex with you.
Nothing in the world obligates me to have sex with you, and deciding to override any person's decision of what to do with their body, whether you think they "deserve" it or not, is absolutely rape and victim blaming and pretending anything to the contrary is asinine. Fuck you, Toronto cop. Fuck your complete misunderstanding of rape, and fuck your victim blaming.
Dear World,
I sometimes want to wear shorts. Sometimes I want to wear long skirts. Sometimes I want to wear short skirts, pants, a Burqua, bloomers, a kilt, or a pair of daisy dukes. Sometimes I want to wear low cut tops, because they have an interesting embellishment around the neckline or I just feel like showing off my decollete. Sometimes I want to leave my hair uncovered, or loose, or put it up, sometimes I want to wear natural-looking makeup and sometimes I want to wear electric blue eyeshadow and green eyeliner so I look like a peacock.* And whether I'm walking down the street in a pair of heels, or a pair of clogs, I deserve to be respected as a human being.
What you wear sends a message, I understand that. I occasionally want to dress sexy when going out with my ladies. Some of us might even be looking to hook up- but that doesn't mean that we don't have the right to choose who we're picked up by. No means no, regardless of how the victim is dressed or behaving.
The fact that I am open and frank about my sexuality does not mean that I want to have sex with you.
The fact that I had sex with that guy does not mean that I want to have sex with you.
The fact that I had sex with you in the past does not mean that I want to have sex with you now.
The fact that you bought dinner does not obligate me to have sex with you.
Nothing in the world obligates me to have sex with you, and deciding to override any person's decision of what to do with their body, whether you think they "deserve" it or not, is absolutely rape and victim blaming and pretending anything to the contrary is asinine. Fuck you, Toronto cop. Fuck your complete misunderstanding of rape, and fuck your victim blaming.
Akyana
Also whenever people in power have this attitude it makes me WORRY. What if you go to a cop who has that attitude and he doesn't do as much because he perceives you "brought it on yourself" in some manner?
Sadly, no amount of hounding or goading him to apologize will change the way that man thinks. I'd be willing to bet if he was reprimanded he'd find some way to pin it on the "sluts" and not his own damn fool behavior.