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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

My body is my manifesto! Slutwalk, Femen and Femmenist protest (By Theresa O` Keefe)




Theresa O` Keefe says (according to University College Cork website): "I joined the Department of Sociology at UCC in 2016, where I research gender and egalitarian social change. My areas of expertise are feminism and social movements, gender and state violence, precarity and inequality in higher education. As a feminist sociologist I have a firm commitment to feminist praxis and public sociology which reflects in both my scholarship and teaching."

In that essay she argues any desolate possible these recent movements (slutwalk or femen protest) should offer is limited among the multiplication of patriarchal and gender discrimination. This theory is included some primary research by way of news reports, illustrating on websites, Facebook pages and other online platforms.  

Unfortunately there are so many unrespectful reactions against of females are happening in the world and Theresa mentioned some of the female protest which Toronto Slutwalk is one of them. She said in one campus safety information session which was held in Toronto, one officer said to women "if they want to be safe they might avoid wearing dress like sluts."





According to BBC news after that session, thousands of people ( some dressed in jeans, others more provocatively)  are taking part in marches, or "SlutWalks".
The aim, say organizers, is to highlight a culture in which the victim rather than rapist or abuser is blamed.

Theresa mentioned that the photos of Slutwalks are in all different websites and they are including wearing a mixture of costumes, performances , happiness, sexual expression. Women dressed scantily, wear fishnet, bras, short skirt with high heel shoes. Also some people scrawl their naked body by writing Slut with lipstick or some wear badges which is written `I love sluts` or `My little black dress does not mean yes` 



According to Agreeing, Gilmore. (2011) SlutWalks have orientated organically, in city after city, fueled by the raw emotional and political energy of young women and that's the real reason SlutWalks have struck me as the future of feminism. Not because an entire generation of women will organize under the word “slut” or because these marches will completely eradicate the damaging tendency of law enforcement and the media to blame sexual assault victims (though I think they'll certainly put a dent in it). But the success of SlutWalks does herald a new day in feminist organizing. One when women's anger begins online but takes to the street, when a local step makes global waves and when one feminist action can spark debate, controversy and activism that will have lasting effects on the movement.






I have to state that unfortunately these protests are not happening in my country due to some ridiculous limitation but I like to mention about (Golshifteh Farahani) one Iranian actress`s movement in France against of Iran`s restrictions. She was naked in shooting for Le Madame Figaro and by this movement she wanted to protest Iran`s restriction on how women are allowed to appear in public, according to The Daily Beast. The facebook page created in support of Farahani’s protest says its goal is “to support Golshifteh’s move, in order to say NO to relegion (sic), tradition, culture and anti women’s law.”
   


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