'Sluts' take to the streets
Michelle Griffin
May 10, 2011 - 5:07PM
Women in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide are grabbing their fishnets, stilettos and leopard print to march for the right to wear what they like and behave how they want without harassment in four separate slut walks.
Notices for the latest slutwalks went up on Facebook only on Sunday, but more than 3500 people have already registered for the protest marches Australia-wide, including 2500 in Melbourne alone.
Organiser Lauren Clair and others who will be on the slutwalk.
The slutwalks started with one small protest march in Toronto on April 3, when women marched in defiance of a local policeman who told 10 college students that: "I've been told I'm not supposed to say this – however, women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised."
Since then, slutwalking has gone global, with marches planned across North America and Europe.
Melbourne's slutwalk will be on May 28, starting at the State Library in Swanston Street.
Carmen Chan holds up a sign
in front of police headquarters
in Toronto, Canada