Why men should go to SlutWalk

99% of all rapists are men. It's sad but true. The core concept of the slut shaming ideal that if you don't want to get raped don't dress like a slut, is that you draw the attention of these men. That, somehow, a woman's dress causes these men to rape. That men are so weak willed before the power of the almighty penis, that they simply can't help themselves but to rape a scantily clad woman. Not only do men, in general, seem to not offended by this, but a great number seem to agree and encourage it.

This is not just a women’s issue. Since it is, primarily, men who commit rape, claiming that men are too weak willed to stop themselves is degrading and dehumanizing to all the men who don't rape. All men should be outraged at the idea that they can't control themselves. All men should be outraged at the implication that any man will turn rapist because he saw a flash of thigh or cleavage.

Before I said I was attending this even for my daughter, but the more I read comments on the sight, from both men and women, I realize that it is also for my husband. Because women are being trained to fear him, simply because he is male. Women are being told that all men are potential rapists because all men are animals who can't control themselves. My husband is not rapist. My husband is even more of a feminist then I am. This is an opportunity for men to stand up and say “I'm not a rapist. I can control myself no matter what a woman wears and I am not someone who needs to feared.”