SlutWalk comes to Vancouver to change attitudes

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SlutWalk comes to Vancouver to change attitudes
Organizers: Clothes don't mean consent
Denise Wong May 15, 2011 15:22:30 PM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - More than a thousand people have gathered for "SlutWalk Vancouver" to stand up against sex shaming this afternoon.

It doesn't matter how a person dresses, no one asks to be sexually assaulted. That's the message people of all ages want to get out today.

Organizer Katie Nordguren says "slut" is an ugly word to describe an ugly subject. "It's what is scrawled on the lockers. It's what is said to someone who develops early. We can't keep using 'slut' to devalue people."

Daleth attended the rally and says our society needs to stop blaming victims. "The responsibility for rape is on rapists, rather than any way you look or dress, or anything like that."

The word "slut" is often associated with women, but this man who sometimes dresses in women's clothing, says it's used for both genders.

"I am standing up for myself. You are the one who is attacking me....I just want to be me, I just want to have fun, I just want to express myself."

Jackie says no one ever asks to be sexually assaulted. "A jeweler puts a lot of really pretty jewelry in a store window. It does not give someone licence to break in and take it."

SlutWalk started in Toronto, where a police officer suggested women could avoid getting sexually assaulted by not dressing provocatively.

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