Slutwalk is a protest against rape and sexual atrocities against women, and blaming the victims for the way they dress and not punishing the perpetrators, nor trying to curb these heinous crimes against women. Democracy does not mean women’s emancipation, blaming women for their dress sense is an extension of the Sharia and Islamic laws which are the hallmarks of fundamentalists’ theocracy. In Saudi Arabia women are not allowed to drive cars, in India women are not allowed to be fighter pilots or join Army commando units. Is this proscription part of gender chauvinism practiced all over a patriarchal world? Slut walk is not merely a novel protest, but at a deeper level raises questions about the intrigue and shallowness of the world’s religious high priests and leaders of state.
Artfully dressing is an expression of showing the liberation of the feminine mystique/form, an attack on this freedom is our shame. The protest is like a dormant volcano, where women’s suppression of emotions is finding expression in this novel way. Rape and sexual crimes occur when the mind is obsessed. In such a case the perpetrators sexual thoughts are supreme and the rational thought processes are paralyzed.Women dressing to highlight their assets is beauty and happiness, and celebration of their sexuality and independence. Blaming women for provocating this crime is the height of ignorance.
As Joseph Conrad said “Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men”. -Vinay-
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