There’s an icy wind blowing in Grahamstown today, but I braved the cold and left my house in my short skirt and marched off to the library quad to get my “My short skirt is not an invitation” sign stapled to my skirt.
This week is anti sex crimes week at Rhodes University, and today’s event is the short skirt protest. The point of this protest is to show that by wearing a short skirt, women are not ‘looking’ for trouble or to be raped. No matter how much or how little a woman is wearing, there is no excuse for rape, and using what a woman is wearing as an excuse is in itself a pretty weak one.
So let’s unite and protest against these atrocious crimes. Let’s hope that the message is reaching the people who it needs to reach and that somehow they are softened and are able to realise their misconceptions.
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