Comments on: Slut Walk

By: Camille

Camille — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:38:33 +0000

Thanks so much.

By: Miguel Stiltz

Miguel Stiltz — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:26:31 +0000

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By: Camille

Camille — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:00:41 +0000

I’m inclined to agree, definitely. The more we seek to avoid stereotypes of any kind and the more we focus on our ability to move forward, the better everyone will be.

By: Ava Alba

Ava Alba — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:42:59 +0000

Thank you for an interesting link.

A basic issue in this is Male sexuality. There have always been, and still are, strong spokesmen for accepting male desire as an uncontrollable force of nature. Within this concept, women are forced to balance their visual exposure between the pleasure of looking good and the fear of provoking mens´ primal instincts.

Unfortunately, Feminists seem to support this Male stereotype, claiming that women dress beautifully merely because they are men´s toys or victims to some kind of “pressure” from the male world.

This makes no sense, though. Women are their own creative minds in developing elegance and beauty, and men´s ability to control themselves has been constantly developing since the stone age. This development will continue, in spite of patriarchal resistance towards it in all kinds of wrappings.

Encouraging anybody´s freedom of expression is stepping up on the civilization ladder. The idea that your looks make you responsible for crimes committed against you has no right of life in a free society.

By: Camille

Camille — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:05:23 +0000

That’s exactly the right idea. Enjoy the people around you respectfully and learn how to genuinely engage with them. If they decline, respect it and move on. If everyone used this common sense… Well, I sound like a broken record but, you know.

By: Camille

Camille — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:02:39 +0000

I think that the point of the Slut Walk is that no one should be made to feel unsafe because of their appearance, wardrobe, job, sexuality, etc… From what I’ve read, there was a gay man who spoke specifically to the fact that he faces this kind of scrutiny for what he wears. It sounds like, although you’re not gay, you’re experiencing the same type of homophobia and intimidation because people think that shorter shorts mean that you’re gay.

By: Camille

Camille — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:00:02 +0000

It means a bad thing for now, but if you take bad words and reclaim them, they don’t have the power to hurt any more.

The Slut Walk wasn’t necessarily to persuade people to a cause, it was to raise awareness and put the spotlight on a sensitive and overlooked issue. It may not be the most accessible name, but I don’t think that was the point.

By: Ralphtc

Ralphtc — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:17:18 +0000

I agree, be a man, seduce, don’t rape. I have over the years attended “gentlemen’s clubs”, taken pictures of nude models, and participated in nudist camps.

In none of these setting did I believe because women were naked I was entitled to take advantage of them. If they wanted to show off their bodies, fine I enjoy. It is a far cry different thing to titillate my boyish fantasies regarding live naked women, as compared to enticing women to my bed in real life.

By: Dave A

Dave A — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:39:57 +0000

Just to clarify, if I were to go in public wearing whatever I desire, 70′s vintage shorts, I would probably not get raped, but just killed instead.

By: Dave A

Dave A — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:30:56 +0000

This IS a fashion or style issue. Just because I am a man, and get ridiculed for wearing shorts above the knees, it is assumed I am gay, which I am not. Any attire out of the norm is considered promiscuous, and this is the root of the problem.

Why should women expect to wear short shorts and a sports bra (or less) in public without becoming an object of desire?