SlutWalk Lands in Tegucigalpa
June 19th, 2011 § 2 Comments
This video was produced by Jesse Freeston for The Real News Network. Highlights include particularly appalling logic from Francisco Murillo Lopez, head of Honduras’ National Directorate of Criminal Investigation, according to whom an alleged increase in gender equality in the country has made it “normal to see women dying”.
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quite how the public declaration of a woman’s ‘sluthood’ contributes to gender equality or liberation escapes me..
The intent is obviously ironic here. A policeman blamed the victim by suggesting that it was her ‘slut-like’ appearance that invited rape. These people are making the point that whatever a woman is dressed like, it could never excuse rape.