Feminists Against Slutwalk

Modern feminism has many sides, definitions, and arguments to it, many pertaining to rape culture. Although all women who walk in the Slutwalk protests have nothing but good intentions, there are many women who believe the movement is counter-productive.

In the video on the right, two young rape survivors use slam poetry to express their distaste for rape jokes, false sympathy, and the backwards rhetoric expressed by some feminists.

In their critique of Slutwalk (begins at 2:42), Belissa (right) says sarcastically, "nothing helps rape survivors of all gender, ethnicity, and economic level like rich white girls walking around half-naked while collaborating with the police." Another way they see Slutwalk as irrelevant is in the signs people hold during the protests. One popular phrase at these demonstrations is "consent is sexy." These young girls realize that this type of wording forgets that "consent is a basic human right."

They go on to articulate their loathing of non-victims using the word "rape" to describe other types of abuse and harassment, explaining that it reduces actual survivors to just statistics and info graphics instead of real people who went through something as horrible as they did.

This slam poem is a perfect example of the conflicting views many feminists have on rape, rape culture, and the ways to combat it.


Mia Salenetri