While the image of the women’s protest from the sixties encompasses women fighting for equal pay, the modern age image empowers an entirely different movement. Today women fight for many different forms of equality including the fight against rape culture. This image is from a DC Slut Walk in August 2013; it is clear from the signs and faces of the protesters that these women believe that the type of clothes one wears does not condone any type of sexual relation with another. The DC Slut Walk arose when a campus safety speech was being given at a university in 2011 and the speaker instructed students that they could avoid getting raped if they "stopped dressing like sluts," so does this problem exist? Absolutely. The woman in the middle of the picture holds a sign depicting 4 different women wearing 4 different outfits, each outfit becoming more revealing. She wrote on the sign "Not asking for it" for each woman in order to prove a point--an outfit does not give any form of consent. These women walk around in revealing clothing at these protests to send a message that nothing causes rape but a rapist.
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Posted by: Lucia Tarantino
Lucia,
ReplyDeleteNice work here pointing out the arguments being made by the protest photo. What stasis do you think this is in? Is it action? Or fact/definition?
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I really like this post because I think you did a good job of explaining the major rhetorical argument. Personally, I think the stasis in this are fact/definition, consequence/cause and effect, and action. Fact and definition was used to establish the issue and show that it does heavily exist in society. I also feel that consequence/cause and effect was used because you referenced the campus safety speech that was given in 2011, which caused the DC Slutwalk to arise. I even feel that action was used because after you explained the problem, you discussed how women are actively trying to fix it.
ReplyDeleteI agree Rachel! I think you brought up a great point. The specific picture is definitely fact/definition as the protestors are pointing out that this problem exists, but the movement as a whole integrates all forms of stasis.
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Good post Lucia! I notice that all movements like this have reoccurring themes. There exist the small group of antagonists, people that would say if you don't dress like a slut then you won't get raped, and there exists a much larger group of people who have been oppressed. With race there lies a small group of white people who believe in segregation, and these people bring out a large group of both whites and blacks who do not agree with what the antagonists have to say. Regardless of what people wear, rapists do not have a filter, and the clothes that one wears does not effect how they should be seen.
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