Comments on: Who you callin’ a slut? http://www.about-face.org/who-you-callin-a-slut/ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ashley http://www.about-face.org/who-you-callin-a-slut/#comment-2740 Ashley Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:08:26 +0000 http://www.about-face.org/?p=8961#comment-2740 I agree that there are a lot of contradictions. If I were a little girl and I saw these slut walks saying it's ok to dress scantily clad and women should be able to do so and be free of unwanted negative attention while being slapped on the band for wanting to wear a push up bra or makeup, I would be very confused. This is one thing I don't understand about feminism. One side says, "Dress scantily clad if you want and rage against anyone who criticizes you!" The other side thinks those women are only putting themselves on display for being nothing else than sex objects. So which is it??? I agree that there are a lot of contradictions. If I were a little girl and I saw these slut walks saying it’s ok to dress scantily clad and women should be able to do so and be free of unwanted negative attention while being slapped on the band for wanting to wear a push up bra or makeup, I would be very confused.

This is one thing I don’t understand about feminism. One side says, “Dress scantily clad if you want and rage against anyone who criticizes you!” The other side thinks those women are only putting themselves on display for being nothing else than sex objects. So which is it???

]]> By: Deyan Ranko Brahich http://www.about-face.org/who-you-callin-a-slut/#comment-2734 Deyan Ranko Brahich Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:30:29 +0000 http://www.about-face.org/?p=8961#comment-2734 As the father of three daughters, one being the author, I could not agree more. Wish that someone had brought the issue to my attention at a time when it mattered. Get the message out to the fathers out there as well. As the father of three daughters, one being the author, I could not agree more. Wish that someone had brought the issue to my attention at a time when it mattered. Get the message out to the fathers out there as well.

]]> By: Autumn http://www.about-face.org/who-you-callin-a-slut/#comment-2733 Autumn Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:01:23 +0000 http://www.about-face.org/?p=8961#comment-2733 See, this is actually where I have to question SlutWalk. I had some serious problems with the emphasis on exactly this AT SLUTWALK--emphasis on the clothes, on the bodies, which is where we're trying to turn attention AWAY from. I genuinely don't grasp how dressing in a sexualized manner is meant to get us to see that women's bodies and clothing are not the problem. I'm a proud feminist, and I wear short skirts, and I don't think the victim is ever to blame for assault. Ever. But frankly, I can't blame the media for focusing on that aspect of it. It was far more than a handful of marchers who were dressed that way at SlutWalk NYC--I was surprised, thinking that surely the media reports had exaggerated that aspect of it. They haven't. See, this is actually where I have to question SlutWalk. I had some serious problems with the emphasis on exactly this AT SLUTWALK–emphasis on the clothes, on the bodies, which is where we’re trying to turn attention AWAY from. I genuinely don’t grasp how dressing in a sexualized manner is meant to get us to see that women’s bodies and clothing are not the problem. I’m a proud feminist, and I wear short skirts, and I don’t think the victim is ever to blame for assault. Ever. But frankly, I can’t blame the media for focusing on that aspect of it. It was far more than a handful of marchers who were dressed that way at SlutWalk NYC–I was surprised, thinking that surely the media reports had exaggerated that aspect of it. They haven’t.

]]> By: Amy Harman, LMFT http://www.about-face.org/who-you-callin-a-slut/#comment-2730 Amy Harman, LMFT Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:30:50 +0000 http://www.about-face.org/?p=8961#comment-2730 Great article, Audrey! I agree with all your points. The sexualization of young girls is a vicious cycle, and blaming the victim is definitely not ok. And...yeah...I'm not ready to reclaim the word "slut". Great article, Audrey! I agree with all your points. The sexualization of young girls is a vicious cycle, and blaming the victim is definitely not ok. And…yeah…I’m not ready to reclaim the word “slut”.

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