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I do believe I have a right to file a complaint no matter who is threatening me. And I think male entitlement confers benefits on all manner of men, across all races and income levels. Also, I’m pretty sure it is indeed a hell of a lot more dangerous to be a homeless woman. I knew one who was homeless for a period, and she seemed to be saying that more benefits and shelters were set up for men, with women’s shelters being closed just when she needed the help the most.

Becoming homeless is a very realistic fear I have. I’m one kind, loving relative away from being there. I had nowhere to live before my current living situation. You really find out who your friends are when that happens. I know all three of my siblings wouldn’t do anything to help me. Being vulnerable and people knowing it, that they have the power to toss you on the street if you don’t kiss their ass, really brings the fascist out in people. I never expected it from my family in a million years but now I know better.

This being said, I’ve been propositioned many a time by crackheads reeking of urine. I blame males’ sense of entitlement more than I do homelessness or even drug use. The liberal upscale film-school students I knew, as well as your average frat boys and businessmen, are just as piggish and disgusting — they just get away with it because they shower, and since they only hit on “hot” rich girls and women in fancy neighborhoods. Where that kind of behavior is considered “flirting.”
I wish I was kidding, but I’m not.

I DO have a problem with women who take part in SlutWalk. Who can even remotely think it’s a good idea to proclaim “I’m a slut! We’re all sluts!” What good could that possibly, possibly achieve?

Again, I understand that women are brainwashed. I still fight the same brainwashing. But at least I have enough political- and self-awareness not to think “slut” is a positive identity to promote or adopt. The fact that more women don’t, is a sad commentary on the failings of liberal (actually, centrist-right disguised as liberal) politics and the state of modern “feminism.”

Joy: Dr. Phil does have ONE redeeming quality, and that’s that he is extremely anti-porn and he got pretty angry with some very public figures (Oprah and I want to say Letterman or someone like that) for being so cavalier about male use and the impact it can have on women in their lives.

Sneeky: It’s possible that the media is refusing to cover things pertaining to rape and making a circus of what could be a good idea. The media has always refused to talk about rape and especially victim blaming, so my guess is they went, “wow we can make women look stupid while wearing skimpy clothes, let’s do it,” and focused on only the women who were anti-feminist and out to seem sexy rather than there to battle victim blaming. The loudest organizers of SlutWalk seem to be largely missing the point, but it could be that the women marching are largely there for the right reasons and the media is choosing to ignore them. My problem has never been with the individual women taking part, but with creators of the original walk in Canada.

All I can do now is hope to avoid them by walking on the other side of the street, as confronting those drunk fuckheads generally just makes them more abusive, unfortunately. I hope they drown in their own vomit or get shot, being as they’ve now truly proven and confirmed their total uselessness to society.

Again, I can only speak for this particular march, but perhaps if you got involved in one locally, you could have a positive influence on its approach, rather than just criticizing the efforts of others.

Does anyone really think the same thing won’t happen with the word ‘slut’? It won’t work, trust me. Now that Slut Walk got the media attention it was trying to get, why not change it to The Rape Is Always The Rapist’s Fault Walk? Now *that* would be revolutionary.