The daughter of Toronto Coun. Doug Ford and the niece of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford had written the following message on Twitter: “Stay alert, walk tall, carry mace, take self-defence classes & don’t dress like a whore.”
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Ford was a high-profile member of a Toronto women's football team, the Toronto Triumph, part of the Lingerie Football League.
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Her advice to "carry mace" is also controversial, since mace is a prohibited and restricted weapon.
A similar comment from a Toronto police officer led to the creation of the Slut Walk, which has spread to cities across North America and Europe.
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Slut Walk Toronto responded to Ford's comments on Thursday.
In a statement it said, "What Krista said was problematic for many reasons, including placing the onus for preventing sexual assault on a potential victim, pointing to clothes as a reason or inciting factor of sexual assault (time and time again proven to be untrue), and shaming survivors with 'don't dress like a whore'. When anyone says that 'dressing like a whore' makes someone liable to be raped, they're blaming existing survivors for their own victimization."
Toronto Star
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