Rape Survivor Speaks at SlutWalk SF.

San Francisco's "SlutWalk" on August 6, 2011, with an interview with Jessica "Jane Doe" Gonzales. SlutWalk is a grassroots movement that began in Toronto as a reaction against the idea that women "should avoid dressing like sluts" to protect themselves from being raped or assaulted.

Brian Rinker for The Guardsman Online reports.

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Rape is a social construct, just like race and gender are social constructs.

[hondacivic1992]

@MissTemperence Nobody here is justifying rape, or any crime for that matter. It is a known fact that the best way to prevent a crime from happening is avoiding compromising yourself. It is obvious that this girl compromised herself in this particular situation.

[hondacivic1992]

Of course nobody wants to get raped. Nobody wants their car broken into either, which is why you never leave valuables on your seat while its parked.

I'm sorry you got raped, but your case was child rape. We are talking about rape of adult women, a whole different case.

BTW, where were your parents when this happened?

[hondacivic1992]

@Cassyspaperflowers I'm not blaming the victims, rapists should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I am just saying that there are certain precautions you could take to prevent becoming a victim. When a girl dresses provocatively, she draws male attention, this is a fact. Some of this male attention may be negative. All crimes start with the victim coming into to the perpetrators attention, so be more low-key, and this applies to all crime and not just rape.

[Wolfbloodvamps171]

@Cassyspaperflowers Exactly Cassy. I hate it when people say well this is what a woman can do to not get raped. This is used at my university you know that "what women can do to not get raped". But it doesn't start with the woman it starts with the man. Men need to be educated on not to rape and how they can speak up against it.

[Cassyspaperflowers]

@hondacivic1992 rape is NEVER justified! it doesnt matter how you dress.

[Cassyspaperflowers]

@Wolfbloodvamps171 agreed. by dressing a certain way does not make it so men cant help themselves. they ALWAYS have a choice. rape is a mens issue...

[Cassyspaperflowers]

@hondacivic1992 are you really blaming some of the victims? i was twelve years old, dressed in jeans and a thick sweater when someone who i thought was my friend raped me. what kind of precautions could i have taken?! rapists are sick men, who make the choice to rape of not at the end of the day, no one wants to be raped.

[hondacivic1992]

@Koopagirl77 Yes, men who actually rape women are monsters. But then again they are few and far in between. Its just that most women are extremely stupid attention whores who are naive as fuck, thinking they are never going to get raped, until they do - mostly because the woman didn't take precautions.

[Koopagirl77]

I have such mixed feelings about this video... I myself am a victim. It's horrible what some sickos will do to others. I wish this sort of thing just wouldn't exist. I was not raped by a man but by a woman as a child. Sad as I was so cautious to never be alone with strange adults. I do believe what I was wearing did not matter, however because I was wearing something attractive it did draw attention from that monster. Will I live in fear? No, however I will be more mindful of others.