Thursday, April 7, 2011

Thin Line Between Law And Rape, Apparently





Forgive my taking over one of Public Enemy's finest song titles, but I found the story behind this demonstration atrocious: it was a protest following a police officer's declarations that if girl are to dress like sluts, then they are subjecting themselves to the threat of being raped.

In 2011. In Toronto, Ontario, Canada - where women (and men) walking topless is protected by law (and by a charter of human rights).

Yet cops are still prejudiced towards what rape victims wear. As if you couldn't get raped if you were wearing a snow suit.

So the march was for women to reclaim the word ''slut'' and take it away from bastards like these.

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