Can we have a Prudewalk too?

[sajia_kabir]

 Street harassment of women isn't just about sex, it's about punishing women for nonconformity to patriarchal femininity, whether it's dressing sluttily, dressing too butch or too femme, coming across as mentally ill or disabled, dressing like a frump, being too fat or too skinny, being visibly of the wrong ethnicity or religion, or otherwise not knowing your place. The other day a man in a car honked at me, and I was wearing an Indian pantsuit and a headscarf.

Comments

[majoline]

I think that you should go ahead and have a prudewalk!

But I do understand why they called it a slutwalk, considering the comments the police officer made.

But yes, it's holding women to a standard. Patriarchal femininity makes us all objects, no matter what we're wearing, unfortunately.

[buria_q]

hear hear.

[buria_q]

i also hate how hypervisible i feel while going out in salwar.