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SlutWalk

The first SlutWalk in Toronto, Ontario, April 3, 2011

SlutWalk is a transnational movement[1] calling for an end to rape culture, including victim blaming and slut-shaming of sexual assault victims.[2] Participants protest against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman's appearance.[3] The rallies began on April 3, 2011,[4] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, after a Toronto Police officer suggested that "women should avoid dressing like sluts"[5][6] as a precaution against sexual assault. Subsequent rallies have occurred globally.[7]

The protest takes the form of a march, mainly by young women, where some dress in clothes considered to be "slutty."[8] In the various SlutWalk events around the world, there are usually speaker meetings and workshops, live music, sign-making sessions, leafleting, open microphones, chanting, dances, martial arts, and receptions or after-parties with refreshments.[1][9] In many of the rallies and online, women speak publicly for the first time about their identity as rape survivors.[10][11] The movement's ideology has been questioned and its methodology criticized by some.[12][13]

  1. ^ a b Leach, Brittany (2013). "Slutwalk and Sovereignty: Transnational Protest as Emergent Global Democracy". APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper. SSRN 2300699.
  2. ^ "SlutWalk Vancouver: A March To End Rape Culture". May 29, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  3. ^ "'Slut walk' crowded". TheSpec. April 4, 2011. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  4. ^ "SlutWalk Toronto: What". Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  5. ^ Bell, Sarah (June 11, 2011). "Slutwalk London: 'Yes means yes and no means no'". BBC News.
  6. ^ "WHY". SlutWalk Toronto. Archived from the original on May 9, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
  7. ^ "A Rally to find the slut in everyone". The Sydney Morning Herald. May 29, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  8. ^ "'SlutWalk' marches sparked by Toronto officer's remarks". BBC News. May 8, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  9. ^ "'SlutWalk' marches sparked by Toronto officer's remarks". BBC News. May 8, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  10. ^ Tuerkheimer, Deborah (March 9, 2014). "SlutWalking in the Shadow of the Law". DePaul University – College of Law. Social Science Research Network. SSRN 2009541.
  11. ^ Stampler, Laura (April 20, 2011). "SlutWalks Sweep The Nation". Huufington Post. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  12. ^ Adele Horin (June 13, 2011). "SlutWalk turns apathy into action on sex attacks". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  13. ^ Campbell, Marlo. "Reclaim it? We don't want it: Dismantling rape culture will not succeed by using words that perpetuate it". Uptown. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2012. As was noted at a recent panel discussion at the University of Manitoba, SlutWalk has been criticized as "the pornification of protest" — no doubt because every march inevitably features at least a few participants wearing very little clothing, much to the delight of male spectators who inevitably show up to take pictures from the sidelines.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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