The million sluts march

If I wore a clown costume I would be looked at and made fun of, this is perfectly fair as I am aware that such a costume would attract attention. Women in a good few cases dress far too much like the kind who would be paid for their affections, Men will look at them and the worse and weakest of men will allow their emotions to overcome them.

I am not saying women who dress like whores deserve or ask to be raped but the way they dress says things about their willingness to engage in sexual activity which will cause attention whether it is wanted or unwanted. To think you can be free of any of the responsibility that accompanies your actions is within the highest order of stupidity.

This march is supposedly organized against victim blaming, yet the reality is that most men who rape are mentally disturbed and have been victimized themselves and need help and support. In which case these women are also victim blaming which is hypocritical.

What most rapists really need is medical help and support for their deviance. This is a solution-orientated approach which ultimately helps and protects women.

I question if this march is really about protecting women as the focus is instead about finger pointing. I notice that feminists are mobilized and ready for action, adrenaline pumped, for anything that promotes men as brutes. It seems more like an ill-conceived anti-men PR campaign to incite and inflame which empowers women in the wrong way.

As a women, It disturbs me that females (especially younger ones) feel that they need to dress like sluts these days. This is a sad and growing trend that showcases women's lack of self esteem and the failure on the part of modern day feminists to help them. Instead their energy and resources are spent on the blame game.

It IS about finger pointing. Just like TO police pointed fingers at the victims for dressing provocatively.

I fail to see how dressing like a "slut" is any more of an indication of low self esteem than it is empowerment. Should all women cover right up and wear burqas while we're at it? The point of it all is that women can dress however they like, and showing some skin shouldn't get them immediately labeled as a "slut" (as even you have just done). And in addition, that showing some skin doesn't mean they're here for men to use/abuse or talk trash about and blame for these horrible crimes against them.

(Aside) We should also probably note that yes, younger generations dress more like "sluts" (your words) than older women. But does my grandma have the body to dress that way confidently? Does her 1920's upbringing make her feel inclined to do so? Things change. 100 years ago women couldn't even vote, now they can. And they can dress however they please.

(Back to the main topic) Anyone with a level head on their shoulders knows that not all men treat women this way or see them this way. But there are some that do. Just like some women see all men as brutes. But regardless, whether brute or not, "slut" or not, point all the fingers you want, nothing gives a man the right to assault or rape a woman (or another man for that matter). Finger pointing just lays blame and/or hate on parties that aren't in any way responsible for the lack of control of a certain individual. There's a distinction between right and wrong, and we all know it, and that's what separates us from the psychopaths.

Men of quality respect women of dignity and common sense.

I find it interesting that the policeman who made the original clumsy but real comment has become the focus and the "bad boy" pin-up of this international protest movement, when his initial concern was to pass on a message of safety and protection for these women.

His original quote of dressing "to avoid being victimised" has also been changed to read "to avoid being raped". That is a huge difference.

Rape is never excusable, but the anti-rape message has also been hijacked to include any form of response that a woman does not prefer, no matter what she is projecting.

Modern women's culture focuses so much on the fashion intention of "looking hot" and projecting sexuality as attractive and as an ego-boost. Much of modern women's spirituality also pushes the message that a woman's power is in her sexuality.

It is older women running the fashion and beauty industries who project this "looking hot and sexy" message onto impressionable younger women, because it sells product and fuels a huge female economy based on attracting attention and a false sense of empowerment, e.g: "My beauty is such that it stimulates sexual interest".

Yet these older women take no responsibility for this. The message to the younger women is do and act as you please, it is your right and you are not responsible for any consequences.

Navigating younger years when discovering sexual identity and rampaging hormones is always a challenge that in Western culture is seriously lacking the guidance of genuine eldership, wisdom and an element of sacredness.

Yet our young women are taught to flaunt their bodies in a sexual way and whatever manner they choose and are told they are not accountable for any outcomes - and in a contradiction the young hormonal men are told they must take responsibility for not reacting in an inappropriate way and must display respect and restraint.

There is a hypocrisy amongst many ofn these women and a double standard - one rule for women and a different one for men.

Women are saying we want to be able to express our sexuality freely, but we also want to be in control of the outcome. It is not a perfect world, there are many shades of grey that are part of the human condition, and if we are going to advertise something we need to have the maturity and rational common sense to realise we cannot control the response it attracts.

It is women who need to wake up just as much as men, probably more so.