Slutwalk Toronto

[dramagirl]

alas, never in this country...if you even LOOK at it you're in for a heap of trouble....which brings us back to the original beef: unwanted advances, looks or contact from anyone but the one that she is trying to entice or attact.

Which also brings us back to the manner of dress and why can't women understand that? If you dress to attract attention to yourself, you WILL attract attention. Not always the attention you want, but if you fish with a drift net you're bound to pick up a shark or two.

 

[Karen Phondeth]

I guess I misunderstood what you meant when you said



So if dressing conservatively doesn't offer any protection against rape, what did you mean by "avoids trouble"?

 

[sj_red]

I was raised by a single Mom with 3 sisters. That was my Mom's favourite words to them. Make whatever you want out of this but my Mom bless her soul always told my sisters never to tease the devil. What does that mean?

At an older age my sisters told me that Mom's words saved them from trouble. Girls that were teasers and dressed sexy were always harassed by the immature kids. Some of this girls would go home crying because of it. Long story but sure you get my point. This is not to say what is wright or wrong as there isn't a simple answer.

You cannot call me a male chauvinist or a redneck cause I value and respect women's rights. It is just what it is.

 

[Pompal 09.]

You don't know the difference between protection and avoidance?

SInce you don't, here's some examples:

Protection means even if you get into trouble, you won't be harmed
Avoidance means not getting into trouble in the first place.

From webster's dictionary:

Protect: cover or shield from injury or danger.

Avoid: to keep away from; keep clear of; to avoid danger.

And Mr Curve's mom echoed my proverb: don't poke the bear.

 

[Your Next Ex Wife]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42927320


'SlutWalks' put provocative message in the streets

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
The Associated Press

updated 53 minutes ago 2011-05-06T18:59:26

BOSTON — This social movement really gets around. An international series of protests known as SlutWalks, sparked by a Toronto police officer's flippant comment that women should avoid dressing like "sluts" to avoid being raped or victimized, is taking root in the United States.

Some women and men who protest dress in nothing more remarkable than jeans and T-shirts, while others wear provocative or revealing outfits to bring attention to "slut-shaming," or shaming women for being sexual, and the treatment of sexual assault victims. "It was taking the blame off the rapist and on the victim," said Nicole Sullivan, 21, a student at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and an organizer of the SlutWalk planned Saturday in that city. "So we are using these efforts to reclaim the word 'slut.'"

The police officer made his comments in January to a group of York University students at a safety forum. He later apologized, but his comments were publicized widely on Facebook and Twitter. They inspired a march in Toronto last month that drew more than 3,000 people, as well as SlutWalks since then in Dallas, Asheville, N.C., and Ottawa, Ontario.

In addition to Boston, marches are planned in cities including Seattle; Chicago; Philadelphia; Reno, Nev.; and Austin, Texas.
"The event is in protest of a culture that we think is too permissive when it comes to rape and sexual assault," said Siobhan Connors, 20, of Lynn, Mass., another Boston organizer. "It's to bring awareness to the shame and degradation women still face for expressing their sexuality ... essentially for behaving in a healthy and sexual way."

The events are similar to "Take Back the Night" rallies and other marches that aim to bring attention to sexual violence. But there are key differences.

SlutWalkers have danced to hip-hop, worn T-shirts with the word "slut" and held signs that read "sluts pay taxes." Some women have skated around on Rollerblades in lingerie, while their male supporters wore shirts reading, "I love sluts."

The rallies typically end with speakers and workshops on stopping sexual violence and calling on law enforcement agencies not to blame victims after sexual assaults.

In San Francisco, SlutWalk organizers want to make their protest a family event.
"Singles, couples, parents, sisters, brothers, children, friends," the SlutWalk SF BAY Facebook page announces. "Come walk or roll or strut or holler or stomp with us."

Connors said organizers had initially planned for about 100 people to attend the Boston event; by Thursday, more than 2,300 had responded to a Facebook shout-out. Another 2,000 people have similarly committed to attend the SlutWalk Seattle on June 19. "Everything happened organically," Sullivan said.

The officer who made the comments, Constable Michael Sanguinetti, was disciplined but remains on duty, Toronto police spokesman Mark Pugash said Thursday. "We said at the time that his comments were entirely unacceptable, that they didn't reflect in any way what we train and teach our people," Pugash said. Pugash wouldn't comment on the movement the officer's comments have spawned.

The Boston SlutWalk group has had to delete several "inappropriate comments" about women and faced criticism from a group that promised to organize a counter "Pimp Walk" in Boston, Connors said.
"We think it was put there as a joke, but it's disturbing that a number of young people still feel that way," said Connors, referring to sexist comments left on the page.
Pages dedicated to other cities' SlutWalks also deleted inappropriate comments.

Connors said the Boston SlutWalk will proceed from the Government Center to the Boston Commons.

 

[Better Than]

Nice to see crappy reporting isn't restricted to Canada...lol.

(i'm referring to that first paragraph btw)

I'd be really curious to see what these workshops teach. How can you stop sexual violence? As long as there are assholes who drink and women who fuck with them, there will be sexual violence...

I also find it interesting how they equate dressing provacatively aka slutty to expressing themselves sexually. Being sexual and being slutty aren't mutually inclusive. I don't get it, seriously. They say dress however you want, tease men, tease the WRONG men, get as drunk as you want, make poor decisions, yet if you do all this why bother teach anything about "how to stop sexual violence"?? doesn't make sense. To me that's like saying to a kid "you can't have any candy" then tying a bagfull around his neck......