Opinions and ideas from the slutwalkers
About 150 people, many dressed in and gloriously suggestive clothes, marched through Bristol, then attended talks on College Green. Demonstrators protested victim blaming in rape cases, and for the right to dress in a provocative manner with assumptions being made about sexual complicity.
150 people marched through Bristol in provocative attire, ending up in College Green for local campaigners, activists and a local police officers spoke to the crowd.

Slutwalks began when Constable Michael Sanguinetti, a Toronto Police officer, suggested that to remain safe, "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized." Starting in as recently as April this year, slutwalks have become an international movement. Though some disapprove of using of the term slut in this context, none disagree with key issues. Rapes are the responsibility of rapists, not of the victims.

The video shows how coherent and intelligent this movement is, together with an incredible capacity to enjoy suggestive clothing in the context of positive social change.

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