Arguments Against Stalk
“DO I LOOK PROVOCATIVE IN THIS?” Each year approximately 85,000 women in the UK are raped. 44% of victims are under the age of 18 and 80% are under the age of 30. In America each year there is an average of 293,066 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault.
Both men and women, boys and girls are told from a young age to be careful of sexual predators. However, it is predominately only women who are told to dress “safely” in order to not attract “the wrong attention” and by wrong attention society means rapists or sexual assaulters.
Unfortunately, we live in a world where the way women dress is routinely mentioned as a provocation to rape. A woman’s outfit is often used during a rape trial to discredit her reputation and suggest she is the “sort of woman” unlikely to refuse consent to sex. The obnoxious references to tight fitted fabrics, low-cut tops, miniskirts, high heels and liberally applied makeup are disappointingly a common factor in the context of rape trials.
In April 2011 the first protest march called “SlutWalk” happened in Toronto, Ontario. The “SlutWalk” is a transitional movement of protest marchers calling an end to rape culture. Specifically, participants protest against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman’s appearance. The protests started after a police officers from Toronto …show more content…
Following the most recent events of American Apparel’s latest ad campaign was officially banned by watchdogs, the controversial company founded in 1989 by Canadian businessman Dov Charney, American Apparel has been a continual source of criticism and debate. The founder himself has been sued for sexual harassment and subsequently fired by his own company. In the survey that I conducted, I asked women and men what they thought of American Apparel’s most sexualised
Both men and women, boys and girls are told from a young age to be careful of sexual predators. However, it is predominately only women who are told to dress “safely” in order to not attract “the wrong attention” and by wrong attention society means rapists or sexual assaulters.
Unfortunately, we live in a world where the way women dress is routinely mentioned as a provocation to rape. A woman’s outfit is often used during a rape trial to discredit her reputation and suggest she is the “sort of woman” unlikely to refuse consent to sex. The obnoxious references to tight fitted fabrics, low-cut tops, miniskirts, high heels and liberally applied makeup are disappointingly a common factor in the context of rape trials.
In April 2011 the first protest march called “SlutWalk” happened in Toronto, Ontario. The “SlutWalk” is a transitional movement of protest marchers calling an end to rape culture. Specifically, participants protest against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman’s appearance. The protests started after a police officers from Toronto …show more content…
Following the most recent events of American Apparel’s latest ad campaign was officially banned by watchdogs, the controversial company founded in 1989 by Canadian businessman Dov Charney, American Apparel has been a continual source of criticism and debate. The founder himself has been sued for sexual harassment and subsequently fired by his own company. In the survey that I conducted, I asked women and men what they thought of American Apparel’s most sexualised