SlutWalk is a transnational movement[1] calling for an end to rape culture, including victim blaming and slut-shaming of sexual assault victims.[2] Participants protest against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman's appearance.[3] The rallies began on April 3, 2011,[4] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, after a Toronto Police officer suggested that "women should avoid dressing like sluts"[5][6] as a precaution against sexual assault. Subsequent rallies have occurred globally.[7]
The protest takes the form of a march, mainly by young women, where some dress in clothes considered to be "slutty." The 2011 protest triggered an international protest around the world.[8] In the various SlutWalk events around the world, there are usually speaker meetings and workshops, live music, sign-making sessions, leafleting, open microphones, chanting, dances, martial arts, and receptions or after-parties with refreshments.[1][9] In many of the rallies and online, women speak publicly for the first time about their identity as rape survivors.[10][11] The movement's ideology has been questioned and its methodology criticized by some.[12][13]
As was noted at a recent panel discussion at the University of Manitoba, SlutWalk has been criticized as "the pornification of protest" — no doubt because every march inevitably features at least a few participants wearing very little clothing, much to the delight of male spectators who inevitably show up to take pictures from the sidelines.
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