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Another blow for womens lib.... 'Dress like a whore and parade around the streets and you too can strike a blow for women everywhere.' What a fucking joke. I don't know if this concept is morphing and trying to focus more on the rape angle now, but these walks were more based around sexual liberation and somehow 'reclaiming' the word slut for women. Being sexually promiscuous or acting and dressing like a slut are not really positive or useful ways to empower women and the idea that you can somehow 'reclaim' a word that has never been used positively is totally retarded.
In a highly sexual modern culture where young women already feel the pressure of needing to be sexually active, do we really want to be promoting promiscuous behaviour? I think not.
The 'Slutwalk' is the typical overhyped, jingoistic bullshit that we are seeing more and more off. Style over substance. Get a bunch of women who have a voice and want to be proactive and manipulate them with smart advertising and catchy taglines, via cheap online advertising. In the meantime we'll just sit back and watch teen pregnancies rise year on year while young girls chase a misguided view of equality and womens lib.
Women should be allowed to dress how they want without fear of rape. Women have the right to demand equality and anytime they are misrepresented need to do what they can to draw attention to issues that matter. However, I personally think the 'Slutwalk' concept is one of the weakest, most convoluted and confused reasons to march the streets I have ever heard.
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