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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SlutWalk
WHO/WHAT: The SlutWalk is an international movement to end rape culture. Thousands of men and women participate, taking part in activities such as sign making, workshops, and hearing people speak.
WHERE: The very first SlutWalk took place in Toronto in 2011 and have since gained a great deal of popularity. SlutWalks can be found all over the world: Boston, London, New Delhi, Sydney, LA, DC. One of the more famous locations is in Los Angeles, which is put on by Amber Rose.
WHEN: The first SlutWalk was on April 3, 2011, and has become more of an annual event in various locations all over the world.
WHY: The SlutWalk is a call to end rape culture in all of its forms - media, jokes, physical violence. Rape culture is a real problem in our society, and has been for a great deal of time. This protest movement is an acknowledgment that rape can happen to anyone, as well as pointing out the flaws in many peoples' opinions regarding rape. It started after a comment by a Toronto police officer, who said that women should not "dress like 'sluts'" if they do not want to be sexually assaulted. This small statement encompasses so much about what is wrong about the culture today, and people reacted to it.
IDENTITIES: The SlutWalk primarily brings women together as a whole, but goes beyond them as well. The SlutWalk is about anyone who has been sexually assaulted, or anyone who has ever been affected by rape culture, which encompasses both men and women. Though women may be in the majority of those who can identify with this movement, rape culture does not only affect them, therefore including broad ranges of individuals that understand that there is something extremely wrong with the rape culture thinking in society, and wants to see a change in that.
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Friday, September 2, 2016
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