Slutwalk

For our protest performance, my group is looking at the Slut Shaming and SlutWalk movement.

The movement began in Toronto, Canada as a reaction to a policeman's advice to a group of law students that to not be raped, women 'should avoid dressing like sluts'.

The movement tries to promote that no kind of behaviour invites rape, it is the perpetrator's fault for committing the act. Rape happens to many different types of women in different situations - in a relationship, as a sex worker, under the influence of drugs of alcohol, but it doesn't mean it's their fault

Some of the problems they want to tackle are the ways the police deal with rape. In some cases, the police prioritise prosecuting the sex worker for being a sex worker rather than the rapist for committing the crime. In court cases, women are interrogated about their medical record and past history that are elements that are irrelevant to them being raped.

What shocked me in the video, was when the woman said that one of the reasons she wasn't given compensation was she didn't report straight away. Women who experience rape can find it incredibly difficult to tell someone because of many different reasons. It can take some women years to tell someone and it should be their decision if they tell the authorities. How long the rape survivor takes to speak out is irrelevant for compensation consideration.

Only 7 out of every 100 reported rapists are convicted. The other 93 go free. 
[Source: https://www.change.org/petitions/uk-home-office-protect-all-rape-survivors-prosecute-rapists?utm_campaign=share_button_action_box&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=25908260