Slutwalk Going Global?

**outdoors** · 24th-April-2011

Calling Dallas Sluts, Slut-Allies, Prudes, Dudes, Etc: It’s Time to SlutWalk!

....Sadly, it’s part of a long tradition wherein women are blamed for their own rapes because of the way they dressed, the way they talked, what they drank, where they walked. Victim blaming is common, and it’s institutionalized: back in January, a cop in Toronto told female college students that they could avoid getting raped by not “dressing like sluts.”
Which is preposterous. Because women dressing like sluts is not what causes rape. Rapists raping people is what causes rape. The women of Toronto knew and know that, which is why they launched the first-ever SlutWalk, a joyous fuck-you to victim blamers everywhere.

HAY LADIES! | sex, gender and feminism in the lone star state

from another thread;

Slutwalkers can expect to walk, shout, sing, and have a great time fighting for rape survivors.

"Have a great time" ?. A campaign about sexual assault, and you're having a "great time". I thought it would be a depressing matter that you need to be there.

**Richard** · 24th-April-2011

Yeah, gret post, Now everytime some googles up these words this site comes up and it reflects on us all.

Do we need to use these swear words?

Better to call them women of il repute, or "downgradig women".

Outdoors, maybe its an idea to take the moral high ground, not the gutter language.

Dont worry we feel the same anger, but have a think if this is the best way to express it - does using such terminology take our movement forward or is it making us look bad?

**outdoors** · 24th-April-2011

Outdoors, maybe its an idea to take the moral high ground, not the gutter language.

ummm--i believe it's feminist language i quoted-not a mra

unless you can prove where i have not takin' the "moral" highground on this,i kindly ask that you read the story

i guess i should have wrapped the original in quotes-sorry

you should have figured that out before jumping to conclusions-thanx