{"id":2196,"date":"2014-10-22T11:43:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T15:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2014-10-23T16:38:04","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T20:38:04","slug":"student-raise-awareness-with-slut-walk-chant-how-we-dress-does-not-mean-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/student-raise-awareness-with-slut-walk-chant-how-we-dress-does-not-mean-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Raise Awareness with Slut Walk, Chant “How We Dress Does Not Mean Yes”"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Students gathered at Frost Hall just before 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 17<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">. All were in a variety of dress: sweatpants, lingerie, t-shirts, jeans, bras, shorts, and tank-tops.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Attendees included not only Students for Women\u2019s Issues (SWI) President, Hailey McDonald, but also advisor Dr. Jill Morris. Gabbi Atwell, a sophomore student and member of SWI, also attended the Slut Walk, sporting both a Spiderman bra\/underwear set and an array of colorful signs. \u201cWe want to bring awareness to these issues,\u201d she explained, \u201cWe can\u2019t judge for the way you dress.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"> All in attendance were encouraged to wear clothes that reflect how most individuals are dressed when sexually assaulted. This is not specific to one outfit. Not all individuals who are sexually assaulted are dressed \u201cprovocatively\u201d. \u201cMost women,\u201d Hailey said, \u201care assaulted in their pajamas.\u201d Many situations are overlooked when it comes to sexual assault: safe at home, by trusted people one may know, dressed in baggy sweatshirts. Not all sexual assault incidents happen in dark alley ways with strangers. However, rapists are rarely convicted of a crime and even fewer are convicted of a felony. Over 61% of rapes are never reported, which means only 1 of 16, or 6%, of rapists will spend time in jail. This means that 15 of 16 rapists will walk free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The walk route started at Frost Hall, then continued down the hill past campus police to the library, and ended at the clock tower. After receiving permission from Chief Cynthia R. Smith for the walk, the only obstacle was the Lane Center. For permission to pass through, Dr. Morris tried to contact Angel Flowers, the Event Management Coordinator of Student & Community Involvement. The response was not only late, but included the distinct reservation claiming the demonstrators \u201cmight be dressed to scandalously.\u201d One of the main perpetuators of rape culture is influence of the societal restrictions placed upon women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When the walk was postponed due to rain, Chief Smith approved it again. The members of Students for Women\u2019s Issues walked through the Lane Center regardless of the implied indignity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Female students were not the only attendees of the walk. Student Pacom Tsague brought up the rear, holding a sign that read \u201cNo = No\u201d. He explained his support for the protest by saying, \u201cI feel like girls get blamed when something happens\u2014 like if they\u2019re dressed a certain way. But it\u2019s wrong blaming it on the victim.\u201d Incidents of sexual assault should never be blamed on the victim, for he or she is never at fault. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Gathered at the clock tower, the students celebrated the walk with a photo op and the chance to spread awareness about sexual assault and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>sexual violation. Other students passed by, looking at the group. One passerby responded to the chant, \u201cThe way we dress does not mean yes,\u201d with \u201cI think it does.\u201d Atwell responded, repeating the motto and \u201cthis [her outfit] doesn\u2019t mean I want to have sex with you.\u201d Walking away, the unknown student continued to throw out crude phrases and hand gestures, claiming the women would \u201cwant this D\u201d\u2014to which Atwell replied with, \u201cI don\u2019t want the D unless it\u2019s destruction of the patriarchy<\/span>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Excusing such horrible acts of violation and assault, with excuses like \u201cIt\u2019s sometimes the girl\u2019s fault with the way she\u2019s dressed\u201d, or taking drunkenness as consent only generates support for rape culture and misogyny. President Gibralter is known amongst the SWI organization as a supporter of the group\u2019s cause. PR supervisor Evelyn Hubbert said, \u201cEven if we change one person\u2019s perspective, I count this as successful.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">President Hailey McDonald concluded the walk with a statement, \u201cWe cannot successfully prevent sexual assault until we end rape culture and the misogyny of judging someone by what she\u2019s wearing, who she is, or what she\u2019s doing. It\u2019s never the victim\u2019s fault.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2198\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2198\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/student-raise-awareness-with-slut-walk-chant-how-we-dress-does-not-mean-yes\/img_5022\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5022.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.4","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 5","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1413561241","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.12","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.0014025245441795","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Taken by Dr. Jill Morris<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5022-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5022-768x1024.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2198\" src=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5022-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Taken by Dr. Jill Morris\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5022-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5022-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken by Dr. Jill Morris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2197\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5043.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2197\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/student-raise-awareness-with-slut-walk-chant-how-we-dress-does-not-mean-yes\/img_5043\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5043.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.4","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 5","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1413562322","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.12","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.00060901339829476","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5043\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Taken by Dr. Jill Morris<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5043-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5043-1024x768.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2197\" src=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5043-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Taken by Dr. Jill Morris\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5043-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5043-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken by Dr. Jill Morris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students gathered at Frost Hall just before 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 17th. All were in a variety of dress: sweatpants, lingerie, t-shirts, jeans, bras, shorts, and tank-tops.\u00a0 Attendees included not only Students for Women\u2019s Issues (SWI) President, Hailey McDonald, but also advisor Dr. Jill Morris. Gabbi Atwell, a sophomore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":2199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"two_page_speed":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campusnews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_5044.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4j5eQ-zq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2210,"href":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196\/revisions\/2210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebottomlinenews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}