Friday, November 29, 2013

SlutWalk: My First Step to Admitting What Happened

How did I stumble across SlutWalk? To be honest I'm not sure. But I'm glad I did. I've studied as much as I could find on the SlutWalk Seattle website, and started seeing new things there that opened my eyes, not only to what was going on in my own relationship (despite my denial) but what was going on around the country and the world with this issue.
Rape is an issue. Woman's Rights are still an issue.
I realized that if I didn't know this, neither did the people around me. So I started with sharing with my closest guy friend. He asked me "What more do you guys want? Access to the men's bathroom?"
So I shared with him some of the stories on their FAQ's page. As I kept going he politely asked me to stop because he didn't like hearing about these things. I stopped, but asked that he respect that there are issues out there for women.

Back to how I found it, I think it was through a few pictures on the internet, which I take no credit for obviously, I believe these two specifically.




Since them I've found countless posters from brave women and men, standing up against rape culture, the issue I hope to stand up against the most in my lifetime. I plan to be sharing as many of the ones I find with you as I can.

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