SlutWalk comes to a rape culture near you

When a Toronto police officer told students they could avoid sexual assault by not dressing like "sluts", women took to the streets in protest with an organized "SlutWalk".

Although SlutWalk began in Toronto, the movement has spread across the globe and now many U.S. cities will host satellite SlutWalks.

According to The Huffington Post, some women in the Toronto walk wore jeans and a t-shirt while others wore lingerie and stilettos.

Protesters dressed in lingerie for a movement called "SlutWalk" was bound to draw criticism from people like Fox host Greg Gutfeld, who said, "Marching for sluttiness? Nothing brave there."

But for the organizers of SlutWalk, the campaign is less about flash and more about spreading the word that people who experience sexual assault are never at fault.

The movement also asks us to re-claim the word "slut", which has been used to hurt and condemn survivors of sexual assault instead of their perpetrators.

The brilliance of the campaign is that news organizations will undoubtedly cover a march called SlutWalk, especially if the marchers are carrying provocative signs and wearing only undergarments and thigh-highs. Let's just hope this important message is not lost in the spectacle.