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WATCH: #SlutWalk a success

JOHANNESBURG - Because nobody deserves to be raped...

#SlutWalk is a worldwide phenomenon that began in 2011 when a Toronto cop suggested that, “women should avoid dressing like sluts” in order to avoid being raped.

Since then, there are #SlutWalks in cities around the world to protest all types of sexual assault, harassment, and victim-blaming.

And even though one #SlutWalk through one city won’t change the status quo, it’s part of the long march to change the conversation around rape, harassment and around blaming the victim.

Each step counts, And I know for damn sure that I want my daughter, and my sons, to live in a different world, one where you are not judged by what you wear, but by who you are.

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