It’s surprising to hear this from a libertarian. Slutwalks are pro-state demonstration. They are a demand for more control, more strong good men to protect the poor helpless women from all the bad strong men (who might, for instance, look at them, or even – heaven forbid – judge them).

That’s why slutwalkers are not teargassed and thrown into cells like other protestors. They want the world to be bubblewrapped for their peace of mind and by god, there’s plenty of bureaucrats and petty tyrants prepared to promise exactly that.

Firstly, while I agree that women are entitled to dress how they please, I do feel that the idea behind the slutwalks is naive at best. Like you, I don’t agree that the sight of a woman wearing not much will inflame men to the point where they are slavering beasts, but there are some men out there who will take provocative dress as a come-on, and this could lead to rape for a variety of reasons (not good reasons, you understand, but reasons in the mind of the attacker). The problem is that you just don’t know who these men are; you can’t tell just by looking at them. So whilst such men exist – and if we’re honest, they always will – it’s more sensible not to dress in a provocative – or ‘slutty’ – manner. Sure, you have the right to, but that doesn’t mean you should exercise that right with no regard for the possible consequences.

Please don’t misunderstand me here – I am not defending in any way a man who commits rape and neither am I saying that it is in any way the victim’s fault if she is attacked; but I AM saying that everyone should look first to their own safety. In a perfect world, you wouldn’t have tp, but this is not a perfect world.

Second point is this; when you say “going upstairs alone with an equally-drunk frat boy will probably get a girl raped “, how are you defining rape? If it is drunken consensual sex, then surely it’s not rape if the man is equally drunk? Neither party is really able to make a sound decision. If she passes out, or says ‘no’ and he carried on then it certainly is rape, and should be treated as such. But two drunk people having a roll in the hay is surely no more than that? They may both regret it the next day, but why is only one of them criminally culpable?

The cops in San Francisco are real bastards to the homeless as well. I used to temp for a non-profit that advocated for homeless. You see, the cops would hand out citations to homeless people – loitering, vagrancy, etc. – but because they didn’t have a mailing address, they would have no way to receive their summons. Soon, a warrant for their arrest would be issued for missing their court date. Then, if they ever turned up at a shelter or soup kitchen, they would be picked up by the boys in blue.

A lot of homeless people would sleep/camp in Golden Gate Park (which is HUGE!) and cops would regularly do round ups of homeless there – chasing people with police cars and mounted police. There were more than one “accidental” death of homeless people in these park raids.