Rape is the act of having sexual intercourse without the consent to do so. Rape is not always about having sexual intercourse, but it is also a way for the oppressors “to demonstrate their ‘manhood’” or “to feel powerful” (Does Provocative…). Feminists coined the term “rape culture” to portray how society has put the blame on the victims of rape and has standardized male violence and sexual assault. As more rape cases emerge, more females are coming together to gain a bigger audience and more support. Celebrities and other women in society have been starting the Slutwalk, a march to gain more awareness of rape culture, to try and end rape culture entirely. Society’s standards are often blaming the victims of rape for wearing suggestive clothing,
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However, schools teach this to prevent boys from being preoccupied with staring at the girls rather than learning. “Teen and tween girls have had it with…wearing tank tops or short skirts and then being marched off to the office because they’re “distracting” the boys” (Schrobdorff). Instead of teaching the boys in the school to pay attention in class or to respect the girls, the school condemns the girls for their choice of attire. Taking away a girl’s freedom of wearing what she wants is also taking away her freedom of expression. For example, in middle school, I wore a tank top with a cardigan to school. I was sent to the office and told to take off my clothes and change because my attire was showing too much skin. My attire was, in the least bit, provocative, but I was being punished for “distracting the boys” in my class. Girls are taken out of class to change their attire, which deducts their time in class and takes away their learning. That is a …show more content…
A police officer in Toronto, Canada made a comment suggesting that “ women can avoid sexual assault by not dressing like a ‘slut’” (Kwan). This comment may have good intentions, but it depicts society’s slut-shaming and justifications for rape. Unsurprisingly, the officer’s comment sparked an outrage with women in society all over the world, beginning the Slutwalk movement. As rape culture “fosters the belief that men are entitled to women’s bodies, [and] that rape ‘makes sense’ in certain scenarios,” many people are protesting in an attempt to gain more attention to this problem (Mendes). Before this movement started, a community justified the rape of an 11 year old girl by eighteen men because she was wearing makeup and clothing that were supposedly fitted for a 20 year old rather than an 11 year old (Mendes). Also, a year after the movement began, a 16 year old high school student was unconscious and sexually assaulted but the assault was not stopped because some of the witnesses “didn’t know exactly what rape was. [They] thought it was forcing yourself on someone” (Mendes). This mentality and ignorance is the reason that Slutwalks exist and will continue to exist until society acknowledges the
However, schools teach this to prevent boys from being preoccupied with staring at the girls rather than learning. “Teen and tween girls have had it with…wearing tank tops or short skirts and then being marched off to the office because they’re “distracting” the boys” (Schrobdorff). Instead of teaching the boys in the school to pay attention in class or to respect the girls, the school condemns the girls for their choice of attire. Taking away a girl’s freedom of wearing what she wants is also taking away her freedom of expression. For example, in middle school, I wore a tank top with a cardigan to school. I was sent to the office and told to take off my clothes and change because my attire was showing too much skin. My attire was, in the least bit, provocative, but I was being punished for “distracting the boys” in my class. Girls are taken out of class to change their attire, which deducts their time in class and takes away their learning. That is a …show more content…
A police officer in Toronto, Canada made a comment suggesting that “ women can avoid sexual assault by not dressing like a ‘slut’” (Kwan). This comment may have good intentions, but it depicts society’s slut-shaming and justifications for rape. Unsurprisingly, the officer’s comment sparked an outrage with women in society all over the world, beginning the Slutwalk movement. As rape culture “fosters the belief that men are entitled to women’s bodies, [and] that rape ‘makes sense’ in certain scenarios,” many people are protesting in an attempt to gain more attention to this problem (Mendes). Before this movement started, a community justified the rape of an 11 year old girl by eighteen men because she was wearing makeup and clothing that were supposedly fitted for a 20 year old rather than an 11 year old (Mendes). Also, a year after the movement began, a 16 year old high school student was unconscious and sexually assaulted but the assault was not stopped because some of the witnesses “didn’t know exactly what rape was. [They] thought it was forcing yourself on someone” (Mendes). This mentality and ignorance is the reason that Slutwalks exist and will continue to exist until society acknowledges the