Feminist Pedagogy And Rape Culture

Throughout history, there has been a plethora of youth-led social movements that have had significant impacts on society and the world around them. As time continues on, these youth-led movements have picked up even more speed and have become increasingly popular. Everywhere you look there are groups led by young people working together to make some sort of significant impact on the world in which they live in. From initiatives such as college and university groups coming together to fight cancer, to larger movements that work towards supplying water to impoverished countries around the world. It is clear, that even though young people can get a bad reputation through the shortcomings of some youth, that most young people are working hard to …show more content…
The SlutWalk is no different. By examining the ways in which the public, academics and youth view this initiative, it will become clear that overall this movement is one that is making great strides in terms of opening up the lines of communication on a topic that used to not be as widely discussed. To begin with the academic perspective, professor Andrew Bretz examines the ways in which teaching about rape and sexual assault has been altered due to movements such as the SlutWalk. Bretz, in his article titled Making an Impact: Feminist Pedagogy and Rape Culture on University Campuses takes an in-depth look at how the teaching method of professors and educators has been altered (16). He discusses how due to the rise in discussion surrounding this topic, teachers need to be more cognizant on how they approach the topic and need to find ways of balancing the fears of rape and sexual assault, but not take away from survivors who had to endure such things (Bretz 17). This is an important view as many young people are exposed to this worldview of academics within their very first year of university when they are incredibly impressionable. If they are provided with negative messages in spaces such as these, it could translate to unhealthy views later on down the road. In terms of youth and the ways in which they view the SlutWalk, most of the feedback is positive. Many of the articles that were researched in regards to this paper mention how this is widely a young persons event, which will be discussed further along in the paper. Borah and Subhakakshmi state that youth in India and around the world look at the SlutWalk as a way of establishing resources and building relationships in order to aide the healing process of many survivors (Borah and Subhakakshmi 419). Another view on the SlutWalk stems from a very intersectional approach as it examines the dominance of