Ask a man what you prefer – sexful life or successful life!
No doubts the answer would be the former. But when it comes to slutwalk they blame women of their sensitivity. Spare us of the horror and understand the right intention behind slutwalk!
Heard and Read about Slutwalk!!
But I did a lot of research before posting this for my readers. The idea is that I should know the exact purpose of slutwalk before I write around this.
History of Slutwalk
We must know what kicked off the slutwalk. There are two sides to every object or event and so to better your understanding you need to go back into the history of slutwalk. A comment by a Canadian Cop has brought a global revolution and has made thousands of women walking on the roads of the globe in much more revealing clothes to fight for their rights to dress with liberty and desire. The question coming into their minds would be why a ‘rape’ is associated with their ‘dressing desires’. A man can flaunt himself but a woman is not allowed to. What triggered the slutwalk was protest marches began on April 3, 2011 in Toronto, Canada and became a movement of rallies across the world. Participants protest against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman's appearance. The rallies began when Constable Michael Sanguinetti, a Toronto Police officer, suggested that to remain safe, "women should avoid dressing like sluts." The protest takes the form of a march, mainly by young women, where some dress in ordinary clothing and others dress provocatively. There are also speaker meetings and workshops. Some objectors have remarked that this approach is an example of women defining their sexuality in male terms. Slutwalk has taken over many countries into its gamut as the below dates highlight the revolution picking up:
San Diego - June 11
Chicago - June 4
Edmonton - June 4
Amsterdam - June 4
Sweden - June 4
Denmark - June 4
Brazil - June 4
Canberra - June 4
Los Angeles - June 4
Cardiff - June 4
San Diego - June 11
New Delhi - June 25
Slutwalking gained popularity in Canada after a judge, presiding over a rape case pronounced in his courtroom that since the victim was wearing make-up and drinking, “rape was in the air”. He felt the victim’s clothes and behaviour were to blame for her plight and decided to let the rapist off without any jail time, just probation.
I have a question around this judgement. There are instances where women are dressed traditionally (to be specific wrapped up in saris, salwar kameez or absolutely no revealing clothes) but still they are raped. So how such cases would be accessed? We cannot create an excuse to neglect the crime. There are many women who are raped because of the intentions and not because of their clothes. If clothes would have been the cases then the number of rape cases in UP would not have been rising where 14 years old girl was raped and set to fire. I think she did not know what a short dress is? All she knew was playing and enjoying childhood. Think why women have to come on the roads in revealing clothes to tell that they are not piece of flesh for hungry men!!!
Wait for more content around following two:
Delhi geared up for Slutwalk
What I think about Slutwalk?
