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Slutwalkers focused on wrong aspect of rape

by uswordcreator | February 6, 2012 at 05:42 am

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Slutwalkers paraded along the streets in 2011 declaring that being half-dressed or partially nude does not invite rape. Instead they should have been protesting that the definition of rape was so archaic that it allowed many rapists to continue sexually assaulting women and men.

Crime reports using a narrower definition of rape left thousands of cases unreported. So when 84,767 rapes were reported in 2010, it did not even include statistics covering men who had been raped. Finally, in 2012, the definition of rape has been updated and the result will be an accurate count of sexual assaults. It will assist law enforcement in taking rapists off the streets.

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Grace H

at 20:08 on February 6th, 2012

The Slut Walks were in response to specific comments concerning the notion that women invited rape based on their dress. Specifically, a Toronto Constable, Michael Sanguinetti, said "women should avoid dressing like sluts." Subsequently such rallies were held in many cities nation-wide.

uswordcreator

at 21:18 on February 6th, 2012

Thanks for the comment. I hope this year if there is such a walk, it will include an awareness that more funding is needed to help law enforcement get rapists off the street and also to provide services to victims who often need counseling after being raped.