Judge Blames 10-Year-Old Victim for Her Own Rape. It’s not ‘slut-shaming’, it’s woman hating. We, in feminist land, like very much to encourage folks (particularly media-type folks, as they have a pretty significant role in framing discourse) to use correct language. Or, at very least, language that describes something real. In my last post, for example, I talked about the fact that many mainstream news sources reported on the murder of Kasandra Perkins without ever using the words ‘violence against women’ or even ‘domestic abuse’. Feminists know that naming the act and the perpetrator is important lest systemic inequity and the fact that we live in a sexist society disappear into the ether. It’s hard to address misogyny if we refuse to acknowledge that it exists and shapes our lives.
Language matters. As such, I would like to address a newfangled term that has mushroomed in popularity like an idiot weed due to funny fun-times Slutwalk and other ‘WE DO WHAT WE WANT FUCK YEAH‘ feminismish happenings. Yes. Being called a slut is painful. 1) There’s no such thing as a slut. Things I Don't Understand About Girls Part 2: Slut Edition. RE: JENNAMARBLES' "SLUT EDITION"... How Slut Shaming Becomes Victim Blaming. Tory MP Richard Graham: 'Short Skirts And High Heels Make Women More Vulnerable To Rapists' A Tory MP who claimed short skirts and high heels prevented women getting away from potential rapists has denied he was "victim blaming" and said his comments were about "risk management. " Gloucester MP Richard Graham told the Gloucestershire Citizen on Friday: "If you are a young woman on her own trying to walk back home through Gloucester Park, early in the morning in a tight, short skirt and high shoes and there's a predator and if you are blind drunk and wearing those clothes how able are you to get away?
" But on Monday he said he never intended to take the issue lightly, and said he had been affected deeply by the story of a family member who had been raped. He said: "I remember being told many years ago by a close family member that she had been raped. I will never forget her words as she told me what happened. "I owe it to her and all my female constituents never to take this issue lightly. " "Either they’ll rape you or knock you on the head or rob you. Gloucester MP Richard Graham.