SlutWalk: Manufacturing Myths about ‘Myths’

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'SlutWalk is the latest, most visible offshoot of radical feminism. The cornerstones of SlutWalk’s ideology – victim blaming, rape culture, slut shaming – is extremely similar to that of radical feminism on sexual violence. SlutWalk Singapore is no exception. Currently, radical feminism so completely dominates discussions in the fields of women’s self-defence and sexual violence against women that it is extremely difficult to find objective, peer-reviewed case studies and academic papers. These are studies that seek to understand the subject matter, not ‘studies’ that push an agenda by perpetuating dogma.
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Radical feminists claim that they are exposing myths about sexual violence. What they do not say is that they are conjuring myths about myths.
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So why do radical feminists continue to perpetuate the myth of victim blaming?

The answer lies in the courts.

The American justice system (and Singapore’s) is based on the adversarial model. In criminal cases, convictions are made and broken on evidence, which include testimonials drawn from a witness that describe her pre-assault behaviour. Testimonials can provide mitigating factors or clear the accused of guilt. The defence attorney’s goal during cross-examination is to draw out damaging testimonials from the prosecution’s witnesses to weaken the prosecution’s case.

Today, radical feminists perpetuate the myth of victim blaming so they can influence the courts even more than they already have. The radical feminists cry victim blaming to shut down examination of the prosecution’s witnesses – including the victims of sexual violence. This would make it easier to convict the defendant and hand down harsher sentences.

This tactic perverts the justice system. Criminal trials are not always black and white. The defendant is not always guilty, and the plaintiff not always a hapless victim. The point of examining the behaviour and histories of the defendant and the plaintiff is to establish what really happened.'