Who are you calling a slut?

[Art Mann]

Today's the day. Sorry I can't be there in person to support the cause, but I am there in spirit.

We need to stop blaming victims. And we need to stop shaming others for their sexuality.

I support the ladies who started this social movement to inch us toward a more civilized society. I support their effort to re-appropriate the word itself, to eliminate the sexist connotations.

And I freely admit this basic fact: I am a slut.

Most men are.

Peter McKay calls us perverts. I disagree with that assessment. But I definitely am a slut. A downright hedonistic, heterosexual slut.

Like every other guy here who worries about future laws, I oppose Bill C-36's goal of penalizing clients and publicly shaming anyone involved in pay-for-play, consensual sex between adults.

As a man who believes in respect for others, I say it's well past time to stop shaming women for their sexuality.

You may find updates here this afternoon: https://twitter.com/SlutWalkTO

 

[BEER]

Slut here ;/Waving://


Now back to the thread.

 

[Wazzap]

Another slut.

 

[Brother]

Thanks for the updates.

 

[rasmus]

Neato.

 

[Dane]

:good:

 

[ReservoirDog]

And I freely admit this basic fact: I am a slut.





Same here.

 

[User-E]

I was a slut until I started charging for it, then I became a respectable working woman, lol. :biggrin2:

 

[Robintheboywonder]

I was a slut until I started charging for it, then I became a respectable working woman, lol. :biggrin2:

Do you think Joy DRIED UP Smith agrees with your new label?:biggrin2:

 

[Art Mann]

A sampling of quotes from the twitter feed.

Some tweets are personal observation; others are comment from speakers at the assembly

• "We are apart of a revolution that is long overdue"
  [*]"There is no legitimate or illegitimate form of sexual violence."
  [*]"Stop the Violence, Stop the Hate"
  [*]"Let's not be ashamed sexual violence must be named".
  [*]"Yes means fuck me; no means fuck you!"
  [*] an incredible, moving, and badass experience. Can't wait for next year!!!
  [*]"It's not about us vs. them. It's about us."
  [*]Please please write to your MPs about Bill #C36. This cannot be passed.
  [*]Honoured to have shared space w/ voices of change-makers. Thankful for the work happening publicly & everyday spaces
  [*]"We need gender neutral bathrooms because everyone needs to pee!"
  [*]We need Toby's Law to be in effect, we need trans rights now.
  [*]"44 yrs ago I was marching here as a feminist with a sign that said 'Our bodies! Our choice!'"
  [*]telling everyone to write to MPPs and MPs. Demand they scrap #C36!
  [*]We fight for everyone to live a life of safety and love
  [*]"Our bodies, our choice! Slut power rules! Whores forever! Thank you!"
  [*]"No path forward is as powerful or effective as love. Be love."
  [*]Canada could be different, where women cld actually have own right to choose, where we're embraced, not infantilized
  [*]United with sex workers at @SlutWalkTO. Make sure #c36 never becomes law.
  [*]"There are no bad women, just bad laws."
  [*]Shout out to women in prison; many are there for protecting themselves. They take back their spirits, minds and emotions
  [*]We call for bigger and better education on consent on many levels
  [*]Survivors do not have one voice we have many
  [*]I've had the "yes means fuck me. No means fuck you" chant stuck in my head for the rest of the day. Thanks for that too,
  

 

[Joseph]

A sampling of quotes from the twitter feed.

Some tweets are personal observation; others are comment from speakers at the assembly

• "We are apart of a revolution that is long overdue"
  [*]"There is no legitimate or illegitimate form of sexual violence."
  [*]"Stop the Violence, Stop the Hate"
  [*]"Let's not be ashamed sexual violence must be named".
  [*]"Yes means fuck me; no means fuck you!"
  [*] an incredible, moving, and badass experience. Can't wait for next year!!!
  [*]"It's not about us vs. them. It's about us."
  [*]Please please write to your MPs about Bill #C36. This cannot be passed.
  [*]Honoured to have shared space w/ voices of change-makers. Thankful for the work happening publicly & everyday spaces
  [*]"We need gender neutral bathrooms because everyone needs to pee!"
  [*]We need Toby's Law to be in effect, we need trans rights now.
  [*]"44 yrs ago I was marching here as a feminist with a sign that said 'Our bodies! Our choice!'"
  [*]telling everyone to write to MPPs and MPs. Demand they scrap #C36!
  [*]We fight for everyone to live a life of safety and love
  [*]"Our bodies, our choice! Slut power rules! Whores forever! Thank you!"
  [*]"No path forward is as powerful or effective as love. Be love."
  [*]Canada could be different, where women cld actually have own right to choose, where we're embraced, not infantilized
  [*]United with sex workers at @SlutWalkTO. Make sure #c36 never becomes law.
  [*]"There are no bad women, just bad laws."
  [*]Shout out to women in prison; many are there for protecting themselves. They take back their spirits, minds and emotions
  [*]We call for bigger and better education on consent on many levels
  [*]Survivors do not have one voice we have many
  [*]I've had the "yes means fuck me. No means fuck you" chant stuck in my head for the rest of the day. Thanks for that too,
  

That hurts.

 

[Art Mann]

That hurts.

If it hurts just to read these tweets, think of how much pain and shame and misogyny women have to deal with daily. That really hurts.

 

[Jasper]

Not every woman has had to deal with misogyny.

I think you're wrong, at some point in her life every woman has to deal with misogyny and the first step to fixing it is to expose the problem when it arises.

 

[DonCorleo]

How did the slut party go?.