Slutwalkers, this is how you look like

Slutwalk message: Don’t rape, not don’t get raped.
My message: You think the criminal will listen to you?

Here’s another public protest against …. well, some sort of the same kind. It is a protest against the exploitation of women, especially women’s bodies. And they intend to go round the world. Hmm. Sounds familiar?

Naked Ambition: Topless protests go global
(probably an M18 rating clip)

A naked woman in a city’s central square is bound to attract attention, which is exactly what Ukraine’s Femen group is hoping for with a series of high-profile demonstrations against the abuse of women’s rights which has made the news across Europe.

Well, well. Slutwalkers, do you agree with the women who stage the protest?

If yes, then you mean you’d like to go round naked protesting?

If no, isn’t it the way they protest (ie going round naked) that you are against, rather than the message itself? But isn’t that the point anti-slutwalkers have been telling you about slutwalk?

Well, either way, don’t slutwalkers look as silly as those naked protesters? Yeah, that’s how you look like, slutwalkers!

If it is the need to stop abuse against women that we want to put across, it has to be a more dignified way. Going round naked or calling yourselves sluts won’t work. Ironic that these women want respect from society when they themselves can’t respect their own bodies or stature.

On the lighter side, I found a pic that hilariously depicts the kind of “respect” these slutwalkers get for calling themselves sluts. Taken from (Lycan Times), Current Affairs – Slutwalk

If you want society to respect you, you have to stop calling yourself disrespectful names, like “slut”. Otherwise you will really look like the naked protestors, humiliating themselves more than putting a message across.

What? Do I hear some hardcore slutwalkers still supporting those naked protesters? Oh well. That speaks volumes, doesn’t it?

Slutwalkers call themselves "sluts", yet get mad when others agree

Slutwalk began as a knee-jerk response to a Canadian Police Officer in Toronto who advised women should not dress up as sluts, in order to be safe. That knee-jerk response caused more knee jerk responses around the world. In no time, Slutwalk has hit many cities globally.

But when you agree to call yourselves sluts, don’t you think society will see you as sluts? So what’s with the big crybaby stuff now?

The New Paper “twisted our mission into something people could make fun of” – Slutwalk Singapore It just has got to be TOC that’s supporting Slutwalkers. Here’s the full article from Slutwalk Singapore.

Three major ways The New Paper distorted SlutWalk’s goals

1. We believe “mentally raping” is actual rape

The New Paper made it seem like we equate “mentally raping” with rape. They printed these terrible quotes without any context:

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2. We are a copy of a movement for “the right to dress sexy”

They tried to make it seem like SlutWalkSG was a blindly-copied, substanceless version of SlutWalk, with A) No sluttiness and B) No walking. They helpfully wrote:

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Whether the New Paper misrespresented Slutwalk or not is one thing. But if you wanna call yourselves sluts, don’t you think society will treat you exactly like what you call yourselves?

In any case, TNP is right. Where is the originality in Slutwalk Singapore, such that they are seen as not mimicking the others are doing? Article continues below.

3. We are a select group of privileged women

What did The New Paper put on its front page? A full-page image of a stereotypically-attractive, female-bodied Chinese person — with typically-feminine long, black, flowing hair, staring and pouting into the camera in a modelesque way that conforms to conventional ideas about sexy.

Inside the paper, we are greeted by more pictures of young, thin, Chinese women with the same long, blow-dried hair wearing uniformly revealing outfits— miniskirts, cleavage-baring tops; clothes that people would consider sexy only if they define ‘sexy’ in a very narrowly defined way.

Slutwalkers may think the New Paper is stooping low. I think Slutwalkers are stooping even lower, by trying to fake that they have “all round support” – including the very conservative burka clad woman. See their constructed meaning below…

When you go to SlutWalkSG’s website, what is the first thing you see? Pictures of real supporters. And these first few pictures depict a diversity far greater than The New Paper chose to portray. We see people of different ethnicities and genders sporting everything from tee shirts and hijabs to piercings and dreadlocks. Clearly, SlutWalkSG is much more inclusive than The New Paper wants you to think.

(Screenshot taken from http://slutwalksg.com/)

Haha. Real people? Only four pics of individuals, all posed and they call it diverse? And they expect the world to believe that the posed burka clad girl is the conservative woman who supports Slutwalk?

The Slutwalkers even have the gall to say that slutwalking is for everyone and constructs another artificial scenario in the link below. Ya, note that to them, “everyone” somehow is the pro-LGBT, pro-gender deconstructed society, fun and sex loving people type.

Take a look at SlutWalkSG’s teaser video, Slut Tease. It becomes even clearer that SlutWalk SG is for everyone — people of all body sizes/types, all ethnicities, all walks of life, all genders, all sexual orientations, including people from the LGBTQ community, the BDSM community, alternative lifestyle and poly scenes — decked out in tattoos, dresses, leather, formal shirts, and BDSM gear. SlutWalkSG is hardly the homogeneous group The New Paper would have you believe.

Eh? LGBT, BDSM, poly scenes….aren’t they all sectarian sexual lifestyles? What “diversity” are these slutwalkers talking about? Doesn’t the video confirm TNP’s portrayal that Slutwalk Singapore is homogeneously sectarian and skewed towards the over-sexed queerly active?

Here’s their teaser video. See if there is any diversity, as claimed by Slutwalk Singapore.

SLUT TEASE from SlutWalkSG on Vimeo.

Ha ha. Yes, different individuals, all with sex on their minds. Very diverse indeed.

Reminds me of a real life joke in my workplace eons ago. This guy eats nothing but beryani for lunch. Then when his colleagues teased him about that, he retorted that he has much variety. Today, it is beryani with left drumstick. Tomorrow, beryani with right drumstick. Next day, left thigh, followed by another day, right thigh. Finally he looked at everyone and asked, “What no variety?”

Hypothetical parallel argument -

To illustrate how self-defeating these slutwalkers are against their own cause, let’s put up a hypothetical example of another group, where they want to break away from stereotyping by society.

For argument’s sake, let’s assume a group of burka clad Muslim ladies want to show the world that such women should not be stereotyped as terrorists, because a police officer told a burka clad woman to “dress less” if they do not want to be seen as terrorists.

Now instead of taking the issue by the horns and correct the officer’s racist mindset, a group of Muslim women set up what is called “Terrorwalk”. And the theme of the walk? Yes, you can dress up in anyway you like, be it in a burka, in hijab, even in military garb, or anything at all. Then they go round the world and say that they have a right to dress up as terrorists, and the world had better know that it is wrong to stereotype burka clad women!

No, no. This is not a fight to re-claim the term “terrorists”. It is the right to dress up any way you like, including military garb that resembles terror groups.

Now what do you think? Would you see the burka as a liberated gown, where the woman is allowed to dress as she likes, or do you see her reclaiming and redefining the term “terror” that is used on burka clad Muslim women?

Women who claim that they have a right to dress down, only to use the term “slutwalk” and expect society to respect them, is like the burka clad woman who claims that she has a right to dress that way, then uses the term “terrorwalk” to prove her point, expecting the world to understand that the burka is nothing more than her way of dressing.

Isn’t that what the slutwalkers have done to themselves? They have made sluts out of themselves, when nobody called them such.

My Conclusion

It is very obvious that Slutwalk Singapore is a sectarian sexed up ideal that only a minority group can connect with. I don’t even see it a group that fights for women to dress up the way they wish. I see it as an LGBT, BDSM, poly scene sectarian group promoting their ideals to the world, disguising it as “women’s rights to dress as they please”.

Finally, when you try to reclaim the word “slut” and use it on yourself, you have to expect that you end up treated more like a whore than a lady. So what’s the big hooha now that society agrees with you?

Feminists willingly accept the term slut, then blame society for stereotyping them

Sigh. Many men (and non-feminist women too) wonder how some Feminists try to push their cause. They want to claim they have a right to (un)dress as they please. The most amazing part is that they are implicitly telling society that they are even willing to be called sluts, the very derogatory term earlier day Feminists have been trying to delink between women who (un)dress and the term “slut” society has been giving to such women!

From (un)AWARE:

SlutWalk Singapore: Happening this December

2011 has been an exciting year so far, and it looks set to end with yet another ground-breaking event – Singapore’s first SlutWalk.

If all goes according to plan, the local version of this international anti-slut-shaming movement will take place in December.

Workshops on relevant issues are being planned for Dec 3, with the SlutWalk itself slated for Dec 4.

It all began in January, when these words left the lips of Canadian police officer Michael Sanguinetti during a safety forum: “Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order to not be victimized.”

Outraged by the suggestion the way women chose to dress were to blame for the sexual violence inflicted on them, thousands gathered for the first SlutWalk march in Toronto in April.

The movement caught on swiftly, resulting in what some commentators have termed the “summer of slut”. More than 50 SlutWalk marches have since been held around the world, making it one of the most high-profile instances of feminist activism in recent memory.

So it all started in Canada. It then spread to other parts of the world. Now it is coming to Singapore in December. Merry Christmas! Santa(rina) Slut is coming to town!

Wait a minute. Are these Feminists serious? You want the world to remember you as sluts? Huh?

Highly irresponsible message -

In condoning Slutwalk, AWARE has given out some very confusing and irresponsible message. Firstly, it appears that the term slut is OK, at least if it is for lobbying a socio-political message, ie is society should accept how women choose to (un)dress.

Secondly, to deny that a scantily dressed woman has nothing to do with sexual crimes like rape or molest, is akin to saying that leaving your valuables out in the open has nothing to do with the criminal’s decision to make a quick swipe on your valuables.

Thirdly, Feminists who claim that women have a right to (un)dress as they wish have completely no regard for other societies or cultures, which places women’s modesty high up on the scale. Many societies in the world value a woman’s modesty and dignity. In trying to push for the argument that women be allowed to (un)dress the way she pleases, are they not being insensitive to such societies, forcing their own values on others? Yep, talking about how Feminists bark at others how women are forced to dress and cover up by some societies!

Let’s test it out, shall we? -

To hardcore Feminists who have young teenage daughters, I suggest we do the Sincerity Test. Here it is:

Would you allow your 16 year old daughter to dress skimpily and walk around Orchard Road with her other skimpily dressed friends around midnight on a weekend?

To Feminists who have no teenage daughters, find a fellow Feminist friend who has. Then ask her the question above.

On the other hand, if you can’t even find one Feminist friend who has a teenage daughter, that about sums up how many women you know have the same line of thought about allowing their daughters to (un)dress themselves, not to mention women who are willing to (un)dress themselves, no?

In other words, have you not as a Feminist, been isolating yourself from the rest of society, mixing only with the type of your kind, such that you believe in your false notion that a woman should be allowed to (un)dress as she likes, as an accepted norm, when in reality, most women don’t even agree with you to start with?

Feminism is just an extension of Western influence, does not cut across all cultures, in fact it conflicts with some cultures -

Let’s face the hard truth. Feminism is not an ideal shared by many societies and cultures in the world. Feminism is a minority thought. It is a sectarian thought.

Feminists who are pushing ideals of Feminism around the world are no different from extremists from some religious groups, pushing their brand of bizarre religious beliefs around the world. Both are delusional that the world revolves around them and their ideals, unwilling to accept that they are a minority, and they believe they are the chosen ones who are appointed to change the world to reform and convert others to their way of life.

Even today, many societies around the world treasure the true feminine nature of the female gender. Many societies prefer to see the conservative lady, prim and proper, rather than the brash woman who shamelessly displays her boobs and more, and expect society to respect them for their lack of shame and modesty.

My Concluding Words -

Slutwalk is no smartwalk. In fact, it is telling the world you are willing to accept the term “slut” to be used on you. Haven’t past Feminists fought hard to “de-stereotype” women who dress shabbily are to be called sluts in the first place?

Telling the world that a woman has a right to (un)dress as she pleases is highly irresponsible. It is giving young girls the wrong idea that the way a woman (un)dresses has nothing to do with sexual crimes.

Feminists should stop living in their own delusional, isolated world, believing that their ideals are a majority school of thought, and they have the moral right to teach, even condemn, other societies who do not conform to their way of thinking.

Finally, if Feminists want to be taken seriously, they should act seriously. Stop giving yourselves a bad name, trying to elevate the term slut to a noble level. It is an irony that the last sentence in AWARE’s article above states:

“We demand respect.”

Huh? You want respect, yet you call yourselves sluts and go round showing off your boobs and more, shamelessly? As if you know no modesty?

Nobody takes sluts seriously. Don’t these Feminists realise that? Or are they truly out of touch with society?

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Slutwalk ain’t no smartwalk

Slutwalk ain’t no smartwalk

Slutwalk began in Toronto, Canada. Toronto happens to be one of the most open and tolerant cities in the world. Thus, gay pride groups can have their procession without any discrimination. Likewise, hijab clad women can walk along Yonge Street in the heart of Toronto City, without being harassed.

It is small wonder that Slutwalk in the streets of Toronto was well received. For those who are not in the know what the heck Slutwalk is, here’s the background. Now Slutwalk is making its walk around the world – including conservative Singapore and even more conservative Malaysia.

Just like it is so cool for secularists to link Christianity with anti-gay, it is also cool for them to link anti-”show as much (female) skin as you dare” with Islam. As such, I have decided to put up a link from a site managed by young Muslims for readers to read. Why I choose this site is to show readers that even young Muslims (not just the oldies and ultra-conservatives with turbans and beard like Nik Aziz), frown on the Slutwalk. SlutWalk Coming to Singapore & KL

I’ll just let readers read that article. My own personal comments (on Slutwalk, not on the article above) can be found below.

Now, it is OK to me if these wimmin wanna dress like sluts in Canada, or any other place where society finds it acceptable for wimmin to show much female flesh in public. However, trying to do it in Singapore and Malaysia, two very conservative societies in SE Asia, is pushing the boundaries. Why? My reasons are found below.

My Comments (on Slutwalk)

1. By trying to make a point that women should dress, or rather undress, the way the want to (un)dress, in a society where women are expected to dress appropriately, are slutwalkers not committing the very sin they accuse conservatives of? You see, to these liberals, it is their right to undress and behave like sluts. Fine, I can accept if these wimmin who find no shame humiliating themselves in public do it IN THEIR OWN HOMEGROUND.

However, to say that you have the right to undress the way you want to undress, and come to MY HOME, where you are expected dress up appropriately, haven’t you displayed the very intolerance you purport to eradicate?

2. Saying that you have a right to dress and the assailant is 100% wrong is nothing short of being irresponsible. There is such thing as contributory guilt. No one leaves his car unlocked, with cash and valuables in full display, then when his car is broken into, claims that it is his car and valuables and he has a right to display his valuables in anyway he likes. But sluts do that? Kind of reinforcing the sexist and stereotype idea that sluts are dumb, no?

3. If sluts want respect, they have to respect others. The Slutwalk is a spontaneous response to an incident that happened half a globe away. Why the heck do these sluts wanna bring their problem to this part of the world? Many Western societies (especially America and parts of Europe) are so Islamophobic that upon seeing a hijab lady, they pee in their pants in fright. So if they can feel threatened with the fact that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, simply by virtue of the fact that Muslims have a more efficient reproductive rate than any other group, don’t you think Singaporeans and Malaysians would also not accept some strange culture that allows women to undress themselves in public just because they think that’s cool?

Respect begets respect. If Slutwalkers want respect from conservative Singaporeans and Malaysians, they should respect our culture first and not try to provoke us.

4. “Slut” has a negative connotation, like “whore”. Yet, these women choose such term to campaign their motives? It is ironic that while feminists around the world are trying to separate the idea that how a woman dresses should be not stereotyped as sluts, slutwalkers are promoting that women should be referred to as sluts and be loved for it!

Final Word

This Slutwalk ain’t no Smartwalk. Go ahead and slutwalk down the streets of Toronto, NY, London and other such cities where liberal ideas are accepted. To try to do it in conservative societies defeats the very purpose.

How would these people feel if an ultra conservative group of Muslim women, fully clothed from head to toe, covered in burka walked down the streets of say London, and proclaim that women have a right to dress they want and hence, Islamophobic Londoners are supposed to accept the fully covered burka woman as part and parcel of London?

Respect begets respect, tolerance begets tolerance. Slutwalkers should be put in their rightful place – Slutstreet, not the in streets of Singapore or KL.