No “Slum” for Feminism
Recent massive transnational protests named “SlumWalk” have marked a new form of rage from modern women’s right activists, stirring varied societal objections towards feminists. From a defiant display of a thousand women dressing in underwear and fishnets storming down the streets of Toronto, to public declarations from different well-known feminists stating they will never fight for the right to be called slums, the re-appropriation of the word “slum” has reinforced the misunderstood image of feminism as a solely sexually aggressive circus, alienated feminists from their political allies and hindered the progress of other female rights agendas, such as equal pay for equal labor.
The end goal of the re-appropriation varies from person to person, but feminists agree upon the method that is problematic. Some “SlumWalk” participants consider a neutralization or a death of the word satisfactory enough to shield from misogyny (Brontsema 8). Others, however, intend to inflect and even reverse the meaning of the word (Muscio 9). Specifically, “Slum” originally refers to women whose sexuality …show more content…
The young generation has grown increasingly complacent about current women’s status in society due to constant indoctrination from the media boasting that what an equal place the world has transformed into and what an anachronism feminism has become (Maddison 132). The scale of “SlumWalk” attracted attention from teenage girls, and reminded them that women are unfairly blamed for sexual assaults even if they are victims (Ringrose, and Renold 338). Then, girls can perceive they are still subjected to violence, and realize the battle for women is their fight too. The number of women partook in “SlumWalk” worldwide is an unequivocal evidence affirming the robust arising awareness in
Recent massive transnational protests named “SlumWalk” have marked a new form of rage from modern women’s right activists, stirring varied societal objections towards feminists. From a defiant display of a thousand women dressing in underwear and fishnets storming down the streets of Toronto, to public declarations from different well-known feminists stating they will never fight for the right to be called slums, the re-appropriation of the word “slum” has reinforced the misunderstood image of feminism as a solely sexually aggressive circus, alienated feminists from their political allies and hindered the progress of other female rights agendas, such as equal pay for equal labor.
The end goal of the re-appropriation varies from person to person, but feminists agree upon the method that is problematic. Some “SlumWalk” participants consider a neutralization or a death of the word satisfactory enough to shield from misogyny (Brontsema 8). Others, however, intend to inflect and even reverse the meaning of the word (Muscio 9). Specifically, “Slum” originally refers to women whose sexuality …show more content…
The young generation has grown increasingly complacent about current women’s status in society due to constant indoctrination from the media boasting that what an equal place the world has transformed into and what an anachronism feminism has become (Maddison 132). The scale of “SlumWalk” attracted attention from teenage girls, and reminded them that women are unfairly blamed for sexual assaults even if they are victims (Ringrose, and Renold 338). Then, girls can perceive they are still subjected to violence, and realize the battle for women is their fight too. The number of women partook in “SlumWalk” worldwide is an unequivocal evidence affirming the robust arising awareness in