{"id":110540,"date":"2020-03-10T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=110540"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:44","slug":"2020-slut-walk-to-say-nothing-is-to-agree-to-all-failures-in-the-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/03\/10\/2020-slut-walk-to-say-nothing-is-to-agree-to-all-failures-in-the-system\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Slut Walk: \u2018To say nothing is to agree to all failures in the system\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018MY BODY, MY RULES.\u2019 \u2018HEY HO, THE PATRIARCHY MUST GO.\u2019 On International Women\u2019s Day, some two hundred people joined the Slut Walk, a protest march through Rotterdam\u2019s city centre. Slogans rang out loud and clear as the activists walked from Rotterdam Central Station to Westblaak, and from there to Stadhuisplein, where the city hall is located.<\/p>\n

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2020 Slutwalk<\/span><\/p>

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A world without sexual intimidation, gender inequality, misogyny, machismo and discrimination. That\u2019s what the participants in the march are after. A study<\/a> carried out by EUR showed that 94 per cent of women aged 18-45 have experienced harassment in the street.<\/p>\n

The first Slut Walk<\/a> was held in Toronto in 2011 after a Canadian police officer advised female students not to dress like sluts, so as to prevent assault or rape. Three thousand people took part in the slut walk organised to protest that idea. In the years since 2011, slut walks have grown into a movement that seeks to bring about gender equality.<\/p>\n

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Emma, Jet and Andre at 2020 Slutwalk <\/span><\/p>

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Andre, who is doing a Master\u2019s in Arts, Culture and Society, is one of the volunteers helping out with the Slut Walk. The volunteers can be recognised by their orange hi-vis vests and are positioned at the fringes of the group so as to make sure everyone stays together. \u201cThe current system is not OK, and I want to show it isn\u2019t,\u201d says Andre. \u201cTo say nothing is to agree to all the ways in which the system is failing.\u201d His girlfriend Jet, who has a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Arts and Culture, nods in agreement. They briefly hold hands before the protesters embark on their march, then find the spots to which they have been assigned.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve each had our own experiences,\u201d says Emma, who also has a degree in Arts and Culture. When she\u2019s talking, she pulls aside the G-string that covers part of her face. They have been whistled at, catcalled and followed in the street, and they\u2019ve had men squeeze parts of their bodies in clubs. \u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be part and parcel of the experience. It\u2019s abnormal behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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