Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

Earlier today April 19th, or yesterday since you guys will be reading this on Friday there was a Walk a Mile in Her Shoes march sponsored by Penn State Men Against Violence and the Center of Women Students. It started at 1pm today in from of the Boucke Building and men marched for a mile in a pair of women’s red pumps. There were also some people who walked in regular shoes to support the men walking and support the cause. The idea of the march was for men to metaphorically walk in women’s shoes and put themselves in her place. The men were also deal with an excruciating amount of pain wearing those heals being that any women cant even walk a mile in a pair of heals without dealing with pain. The pain that they feel walking is supposed to symbolize the pain that women deal with after being sexually assaulted. Many people do not realized the seriousness of sexual violence and the effect that it can have on victims. Men especially do not understand the seriousness because they do not have to fear becoming victims of sexual violence and in many cases they are known to be the aggressors. This walk was very influential and raised a lot of awareness about sexual violence. People where confused and wondering why men were walking around campus in heals and began to ask questions. When they did find out what the cause was they were persuaded to either join or to find out more about what they could do. Many people were also influenced to partake in the walk next year because of the impact it made this year. Being that it is Sexual Violence Awareness month I recommend that everyone do research on sexual violence and how it can be prevented.