On Jan. 24, 2011 a campus safety information session was held at Osgoode Hall, where members from York security and two male officers from Toronto (Canada) police 31 Division handed out safety tips to community members. A representative of the Toronto Police gave shocking insight into the Force’s view of sexual assault by stating: “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized”. In response to this trend of blaming victims of sexual assault based on what they’re dressing or doing, women from Toronto started to organize the Slut Walk against all expressions of sexist violence. Read more.
> Don’t dress like a slut: Toronto cop, Excalibur York Students’ Community News
> Slut Walk to go ahead at legislature, Edmonton Journal
> Slutwalk hits the streets of Hamilton, Hamilton Spectator
> Five-hundred march in latest ‘SlutWalk’ in Hamilton, Toronto CTV
> Walking With Pride, SX News
> Thousands turn out for Australian ‘SlutWalk’, AFP
> Brisbane’s stiletto brigade marches into SlutWalk, Brisbane Times
> Seeing so many at Slutwalk Vancouver filled me with hope, by Darcie Bennet
> Slut Walk to hit Delhi next, Global Post
> Now, India gears up for a ‘slut walk’, Hundustan Times
> No More Excuses: On Fighting Rape Culture (Part 1), go it alone (together)
> No More Excuses (Part 2): Rape Culture, the Police, and Prisons, go it alone (together)