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"Yes, we're all sluts" - video of model at slutwalk goes viral for all the right reasons

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Samirah Raheem and Jesse Lee Petersen (PHOTO: Screen shot from video)
Samirah Raheem and Jesse Lee Petersen (PHOTO: Screen shot from video)

The video is from the Amber Rose Slutwalk that took place in October 2017, but the video went viral once a user posted it on Twitter a few days ago. 

The Amber Rose SlutWalk was created as a safe space by Amber Rose after she decided to reclaim the word slut which had often been used to make reference to women in a derogative manner.

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The SlutWalk was held last year in Los Angeles, to raise awareness against a hypersexualised culture and how it affects society.

American pastor and talk show host Jesse Lee Peterson took to the streets of Los Angeles last year during the SlutWalk, to ask women on camera if they were sluts.

In the video Samirah sighs deeply before responding then says, “Yes, we’re all sluts, all these dudes behind you is sluts, your cameraman is a slut, your PA’s a slut and your mic’s a slut”

The young woman even goes as far as saying that Peterson’s mom and grandmother are sluts, however it was her response to the question ‘what made you a slut’ that set the timeline alight,

“Because I own my body, my body is not a political playground it’s not a place for legislation, it's mine and it’s my future eyyyy”

Many people have responded positively to the video.

“I’m just in awe of how she took the power away from the term slut. A word which, for centuries, has been used in society to box women and insult them,” wrote one user.

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