Props to Chloe at Feministing for her awesome rebuttal to Chelsea Fagan's essay about Slut Walk.
"Apparently, a police constable made the unfortunate choice of publicly saying, “Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order to not be victimized.”
The problem is not that he said it publicly. The problem is that he said it. Or thought it. At all. Period.
The goal is to start at the root of the problem and change this kind of backwards thinking.
"I want men to look at me and have thoughts other than, “I could have sex with her tonight if I wanted.”"
Uh, yeah Chelsea, we want that too. But, like a sign read at Slut Walk, "Clothes are not rape-proof". A man can have those thoughts of you even if you are wearing a baggy as hell Ghostbuster suit. THAT. IS. THE. WHOLE. POINT. OF. SLUT. WALK.
Perhaps Chelsea needs to do a little more research on a subject before she writes an entire essay on it.
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