SlutWalk

Overview

Ladies ahoy! It’s about time to don your Mother’s Best dress and your highest heels as SlutWalk is coming to Brisbane!

Forget any implied offensive nuances you might usually associate with the word, the friendly walk is to protest against the blaming of victims of sexual assault. SlutWalk originally started in Toronto in response to a member of the Toronto police force advising that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised”. His words have since catapulted a global movement into existence aptly titled SlutWalks.

The first march took place in Toronto in April where over 3,000 women came to show their support. From uber-feminists, to the ‘sluts’ who just enjoyed their sex, and to the women speaking out against rape, the walks drew women of all backgrounds underneath one banner.

The movement has swept the world since. From Canada, the US, the UK and Australia women are speaking out, publically demonstrating their outrage and their comfortableness with a term that would usually be deemed as derogatory through these very walks.

The hope isn’t for ‘slut’ to ever become a term of endearment, rather for women and men alike to actively work towards re-appropriating the term ‘slut’. Australia’s got a lot on its hands when local Brisbanites march this Saturday at King George Square for Brisbane’s very own SlutWalk.