Audio Drill: March of the Sharmutas
Lesson Brief
In this set, you will prepare to listen to a news broadcast about the annual "Slut Walk" in Tel Aviv to protest what some see as a rape culture in Israel and the blaming of rape on the victim. Women in the protest referred to themselves as 'sharmutas', which means slut or whore in Arabic and has become part of Hebrew slang. By writing the word on themselves, the women believe they are taking away its power and proudly announcing that they are not afraid.