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| The new faces of feminism? |
Summary:
A new wave of feminists have started to protest in Canada! So what did they call this new movement? Women United? Freedom Ladies? What about Sluts. This new feminist movement started in Toronto, Canada after a policeman suggested that female students at York University's law school "not dress like sluts" to keep themselves safe from sexual assault. Outrage by this statement, the female student body came together and in April, the very first "SlutWalk" occurred. The SlutWalk is a demonstration against "the notion that rape victims should somehow be held responsible for their assault..." This new movement has taken place in various locations in Canada and the U.S. while other walks are to be scheduled in Australia and the U.K. Melnick makes it clear that no woman should be take the blame for her rape, but our that our culture tells us that sluts "deserved" it.
Why so much use of this demeaning word? Feminists want to "take back" the word. In their view, it would reduce its power and take away the "permission for people to rape [women]."
5W's:
Who: Feminists in Toronto
What: Are organizing “SlutWalks”
When: April of this year (and more walks to come)
Where: Canada, U.S., and soon the U.K. and Australia
Why: Because they are tired of men claiming that rape victims “deserved” to be raped due to the way they dressed/acted.
Conclusion:
CBT: Evangelism: Social Science: “God has specific directions (absolute law) concerning man’s relationship to both Himself and his fellow man.”
Well obviously, rape is wrong! No woman should ever be blamed and “deserving” of rape and no man should rape a woman EVER!
However, calling yourself a slut doesn’t really help the problem. The type of men who rape women have no regard for them, so this tactic would fail. It will just make it ok for men to call women sluts and also provokes crude jokes.
Men need to respect women in that they do no objectify them! Women are humans, helper-partners given to men by God (Genesis 2:18-25), no toys solely meant for instant male gratification. Women are to be valued and loved, not thrown away like a used Playboy.
That said, women need to respect men as well. God created men to be visual, so a man cannot help but to feel antsy when he sees a half-naked woman pass by on the street.
On these SlutWalks, many times the women do in face dress like sluts with signs that read “A dress is not a yes!” “Men of quality respect women’s equality,” and “My outfit is not an invitation” while proudly writing the word “slut” on their stomachs.
I completely understand freedom of expression, especially in the way one dresses, however, one needs to express themselves in a way that does not cause their fellow man (or woman) to stumble.
Men need to respect women, and women need to respect men
...Forgive me, but I just couldn't resist!
