No, really. The title is true. Sluts in fact will be on parade in Burlington. At noon on Saturday, self-professed sluts, slut-lovers and friends of sluts will be taking a stand on Church Street against rape-victim-blaming and other crimes against women.
The first annual SlutWalk is part of a global movement to draw attention to various women's issues really humanity's issues by taking back the word "slut" and empowering the ladies. Quick history on SlutWalks: Back in April, a Toronto police officer told a class of college students that "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.
They decided to march in solidarity to decry the notion that some women bring sexual violence on themselves and to protest slut-shaming and victim-blaming. Being in charge of our sexual lives should not mean that we are opening ourselves to an expectation of violence, regardless if we participate in sex for pleasure or work. Since the Toronto rally, which drew thousands of participants — many dressed in little more than some lacy skivvies — the movement has spread to more than 70 cities across the globe.
In the U. And now little Burlington, Vt. The Burlington SlutWalk is being organized by a new group called Fed Up Vermont , whose mission is to defend women's reproductive rights, to end violence against women and to fight for workplace equality, says Matt Kimball, one of group's P. Sidebar — it's a little weird talking to a dude about ladyrights and SlutWalking.
But cool that he's on board. Fed Up Vermont has also been active in investigating CareNet, a Burlington pregnancy center that the group claims is anti-abortion. And they also organized a rally in July for women's reproductive rights.
