YouTube - 'Slut Walk' hits London streets

YouTube - ‘Slut Walk’ hits London streets

Britain • June 2011 • Views: 1,945

Thousands of women took part in a so-called Slut Walk in London on Saturday, insisting that they should be able to wear as much or as little as they like without facing sexual harassment by men.

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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 5:16:06pm

Thousands of women took part in a so-called Slut Walk in London on Saturday, insisting that they should be able to wear as much or as little as they like without facing sexual harassment by men.

Then maybe they should rename their walk.

CuriousLurker Sat, Jun 11, 2011 7:12:36pm

Huh? *blinking*

So as someone who's half Hispanic, if I feel that the Hispanic community is being discriminated against, then I should advocate that we get together and have...what? A "Spic Walk" where a bunch of us dress up as the Frito Bandito?

I must be getting really old & out of touch, 'cause I just don't get it.

re: #1 Killgore Trout

Then maybe they should rename their walk.

Indeed.

Interesting Times in Benghazi Sat, Jun 11, 2011 8:17:02pm

re: #2 CuriousLurker

I must be getting really old & out of touch, 'cause I just don't get it.

I know, it sounds ridiculous on the surface, but once you know the backstory, it makes far more sense. This started in Toronto as a protest against a cop who said that, if women wanted to reduce their risk of being raped, they should "stop dressing like sluts".

Randall Gross Sun, Jun 12, 2011 4:20:04am

It's one of those silly "own the word" attempts, and the fact that is has to be explained in a thread to Lizards who are better than average at knowing the news and recent memes tells you how successful this is not going to be.

CuriousLurker Sun, Jun 12, 2011 10:55:33am

re: #3 publicityStunted

I know, it sounds ridiculous on the surface, but once you know the backstory, it makes far more sense. This started in Toronto as a protest against a cop who said that, if women wanted to reduce their risk of being raped, they should "stop dressing like sluts".

Okay, I see what they're attempting to do, but it simply isn't going work as you can't really redefine or "own" an epithet of that sort

It's like the n-word, meaning that the people at whom the word has been hurled can adopt its use in an effort to take the sting out of it, but it still remains an epithet if used by anyone outside the group. One can only change/control one's own intent when using the word, not the intent of others.

Even when used within a group there will be those who don't like it. Regardless of how supportive I am of women's eights, I sure as hell don't want anyone referring to me in that manner. None of my black friends use the n-word, and they wouldn't tolerate anyone using it to describe them. Those words are just too ugly, and they have been around for too long (as have the concepts behind them).

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