Slut Walk

One Slutty Protest!

If the G20 summit wasn't enough to show the world that Canadians aren't just an apathetic group of frozen Americans, this next protest will surely change some minds. No, it's not another violent outburst towards political tyrants, this protest has deeper routes and much more interesting participants. 

On their website, the organizers of the Toronto "Slut walk" state: "On January 24th, 2011, a representative of the Toronto Police gave shocking insight into the Force’s view of sexual assault by stating: “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized”." That's right. One of our badge wearing finest has put his polished shoe in his mouth and has caused for outrage. The organizers of the protest strongly believe that women should have the right to look as they like. There is no threshold of "slutiness" that should warrant a sexual assault. 
Now I'm not going to say that women should advocate dressing as they please everywhere and anywhere... but there's never a justification for physical attacks. (Don't get all high and mighty if a guy's checking our your cleavage if you wish to provide him a screening...but guys, hands off the merchandise!)

I for one think this is a great form of non-violent protest and hope that all goes well for all participants. If you want to read more about the "Slut walk" click here. The basic info is as follows:

SlutWalk is scheduled for Sunday, April 3rd, 2011.
Speeches at 1:30. 2:00 Walk.Starting location is central Queen’s Park,
heading to Toronto Police Headquarters at 40 College Street.Facebook event invite here.

Cheers to crafty Canadians and to the good-life of journalists. Even our protests sound like great beer-fueled parties :)
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[SlutWalkToronto]