So, yesterday I was standing in formation and another Soldier (male) began telling me about his weekend. Apparently, it was awesome in general, but he was particularly amused Saturday night when he sat on his in-laws’ porch and got to “watch all the sluts and skanks walking by in all their slutty skirts.”

Given the setting, I couldn’t give the Soldier a piece of my mind right then and there, however I did manage to keep a straight face and say, “Oh my gosh, are you serious? You know, if you got a laugh out of that, you should go home and Google ‘Slut Walk 2011′ on your computer.” Immediately, the ears of the other guys in my class pricked up, several of them looking interested in seeing “real sluts” on their computer screens.

Jokes on them.

Slut Walk began as a protest in Toronto following remarks made by officers from the city’s Police Service. During a meeting where safety tips were being handed out to women concerned about the issue, one officer shared his perspective that if women wanted to avoid being sexually assaulted, then they shouldn’t “dress like sluts.”

Obviously, this is a classic case of blaming the victim.

Toronto’s citizens didn’t just stand idly by and accept such an inappropriate remark. Instead, they organized a protest that swept across Canada and even the United States. [READ MORE]