Slut Walks
On August 12 , 2012, a 16 year old girl, incapacitated by alcohol, was sexually assaulted and unknowingly photographed by two of high school football players, Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond. Following the attack, the boys posted videos and pictures of the victim on social media boasting about their actions and further humiliating the victim. Several school officials attempted to conceal and destroy evidence to avoid an investigation. However, ten days later charges were pressed triggering a chain of events that would quickly gain national media spotlight and be referred to as the Steubenville rape case. The case shined a light on the ugly truth that Americans had been overlooking for years; rape culture is still an issue.
The term rape culture was introduced by feminists in the 1970’s. Rape culture is any notion that aims to normalize rape due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality. Feminist marches have been taking place since the suffrage movement, but slut walks are relatively new. Slut Walks are a social movement that aims to end rape culture, and promote feminism. Slut Walks originated in Toronto, Canada after a controversial comment was made by a police constable.
In January 2011, Toronto Police Constable Michael Sanguinetti made a derogatory comment suggesting that to avoid becoming …show more content…
When the victim decided to take action against her attackers, she was shamed, publicly degraded, and even cyber-bullied. Whereas, media outlets and locals in Steubenville gave their sympathy to the attackers Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, concerned with how the incident would affect their presumed bright futures. This is a common example of how, and all too often, society overlooks the victim's standpoint. Moreover, this is one of the primary reasons “two-third of rape victims are worried they will be blamed for the crime” (Tannenbaum
On August 12 , 2012, a 16 year old girl, incapacitated by alcohol, was sexually assaulted and unknowingly photographed by two of high school football players, Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond. Following the attack, the boys posted videos and pictures of the victim on social media boasting about their actions and further humiliating the victim. Several school officials attempted to conceal and destroy evidence to avoid an investigation. However, ten days later charges were pressed triggering a chain of events that would quickly gain national media spotlight and be referred to as the Steubenville rape case. The case shined a light on the ugly truth that Americans had been overlooking for years; rape culture is still an issue.
The term rape culture was introduced by feminists in the 1970’s. Rape culture is any notion that aims to normalize rape due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality. Feminist marches have been taking place since the suffrage movement, but slut walks are relatively new. Slut Walks are a social movement that aims to end rape culture, and promote feminism. Slut Walks originated in Toronto, Canada after a controversial comment was made by a police constable.
In January 2011, Toronto Police Constable Michael Sanguinetti made a derogatory comment suggesting that to avoid becoming …show more content…
When the victim decided to take action against her attackers, she was shamed, publicly degraded, and even cyber-bullied. Whereas, media outlets and locals in Steubenville gave their sympathy to the attackers Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, concerned with how the incident would affect their presumed bright futures. This is a common example of how, and all too often, society overlooks the victim's standpoint. Moreover, this is one of the primary reasons “two-third of rape victims are worried they will be blamed for the crime” (Tannenbaum