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Slut Walk
14 years ago
Right now in the Manitoba News, there are two relatively large things I'd like to comment on:
First: SlutWalk
Slut Walks are basically organized protests, where women are angry with the idea that the way the dress makes them partially responsible for sexual assaults. To voice this anger, some of them dress up very risque and haul around signs, then walk through public areas.
A big theme with them is "What I wear is not consent"
And I agree, you don't give consent. And the sleaze that assaults women sexually should be beaten, incarcerated, and chemically castrated. BUT... This isn't necessarily about blame ladies. It's about prevention. People who are going to rape a women aren't the most stable individuals out there, and while you SHOULD be able to wear what you want, when you want, and how you want to, and believe me I love looking at you when you do.... Maybe, just maybe we should step back and say something like: "This isn't Utopia, there are people out there who aren't mentally balanced, although I have every right to wear revealing, skintight clothes that are too small and reveal more skin than they cover, maybe I should cover a little bit more, because wearing a thong and nightshirt down this dark alley at night is like waving candy in front of them."
I know some of the people who made the comments that sparked these walks may have spoken badly, I'd like to try to say it better. I'd like to draw the parallel here between rapists and child molesters.
We as a society have realized that there are bad people out there who might hurt our kids. To keep them safe, we watch them, we give them education on where to walk, and with who, with who to talk to, and when. If they get hurt, they may have done things that caused them to get hurt, but we don't blame them.
Similarly, we need to realize that there are dangerous people out there who might target women based on what they wear, so although it will never be their fault if they're assaulted, there is things that can be done to minimize risk.
Quite frankly, dressing up skankier than usual and walking around with other people dressed similarly isn't one of them.
First: SlutWalk
Slut Walks are basically organized protests, where women are angry with the idea that the way the dress makes them partially responsible for sexual assaults. To voice this anger, some of them dress up very risque and haul around signs, then walk through public areas.
A big theme with them is "What I wear is not consent"
And I agree, you don't give consent. And the sleaze that assaults women sexually should be beaten, incarcerated, and chemically castrated. BUT... This isn't necessarily about blame ladies. It's about prevention. People who are going to rape a women aren't the most stable individuals out there, and while you SHOULD be able to wear what you want, when you want, and how you want to, and believe me I love looking at you when you do.... Maybe, just maybe we should step back and say something like: "This isn't Utopia, there are people out there who aren't mentally balanced, although I have every right to wear revealing, skintight clothes that are too small and reveal more skin than they cover, maybe I should cover a little bit more, because wearing a thong and nightshirt down this dark alley at night is like waving candy in front of them."
I know some of the people who made the comments that sparked these walks may have spoken badly, I'd like to try to say it better. I'd like to draw the parallel here between rapists and child molesters.
We as a society have realized that there are bad people out there who might hurt our kids. To keep them safe, we watch them, we give them education on where to walk, and with who, with who to talk to, and when. If they get hurt, they may have done things that caused them to get hurt, but we don't blame them.
Similarly, we need to realize that there are dangerous people out there who might target women based on what they wear, so although it will never be their fault if they're assaulted, there is things that can be done to minimize risk.
Quite frankly, dressing up skankier than usual and walking around with other people dressed similarly isn't one of them.
