I don’t think one really understands the purpose of this protest unless they attend it
themselves. It is not about dressing up as a Slut for fun, it’s about dressing however the hell you want without being discriminated against or seen as an invitation for sex.
The SlutWalk event started after an incident in Toronto when a police officer said, “Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised.” What kak. We are living in a world that accepts The Rape Culture. It normalises the incident of sexual violence as inevitable. This is something we have all in some way or the other come across. We need to change this mindset, we shouldn't have to worry about such things!
SlutWalk was in CT, Durbs & Joburg, and now Rhodes is the first University in SA to have held the SlutWalk (so far). I’m proud to be a Rhodent but sad that we have to resort to having protests in an attempt to put an end to sexual violence.
would have loved to take part.. but definatly will be there next year!!! great to see so many guys supporting... the world aint so bad afterall.
ReplyDelete^ Great to hear you'll be here!
ReplyDeleteIt is great to have men's support, however not enough participants as a whole (there were only 50 or so). This sort of thing needs to be addressed to men more specifically as it is more their issue than a woman's!
This is great! Love the pictures. Is it okay if I post a couple of pictures on our Slutwalk Hays page on FB? I will put the link to your website =)
ReplyDeleteYes, Please do! There is also an unedited album on Facebook -
ReplyDeletehttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150444225856874.417144.536856873&type=1&l=6b48fdac99
(You'll have to copy and paste to view, I'm not to sure how to make it a hyperlink)
Many Thanks,
Niamh :)