‘Don’t dress like a whore!’ says former Lingerie Football player to women …
August 31, 2012 by admin
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The niece of Toronto mayor Rob Ford is under fire for telling women concerned about sexual assault to not “dress like a whore” on Twitter Wednesday evening.
Krista Ford, a former Lingerie Football player, took to the microblogging site to offer the controversial advice just an hour after authorities held a news conference about a string of sexual assaults in Canada’s largest city, the Toronto Star reported.
“Stay alert, walk tall, carry mace, take self-defence classes don’t dress like a whore,” she tweeted, adding “#DontBeAVictim #StreetSmart.”
The tweet was later deleted.
Ford, the daughter of Toronto councilor Doug Ford, describes herself on Twitter as a personal trainer, promotional model and TV personality.
She made headlines last year when she was named captain of Toronto’s Lingerie Football League team, the Toronto Triumph. However, she quit soon after.
Several Twitter users expressed outrage over Ford’s tweet and many called her out for promoting the use of mace, which is considered an illegal weapon in Toronto.
“Wait, did @kristaford just make a ridiculously sexist comment AND encourage people to carry prohibited weapons?” one user tweeted.
“just curious, mace is a prohibited weapon and why are a women’s clothes to blame for a sexual assault,” another wrote.
Krista Ford/via Facebook
Ford made headlines last year when she was named captain of Toronto’s Lingerie Football League team, the Toronto Triumph.
Ford did not reply to a request for comment as of Thursday morning.
Her advice comes a year after a Toronto police officer stirred controversy when he told female students at a York University law class that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized,” according to the Toronto Sun.
He later apologized for the comment, but not before sparking a series “SlutWalk” marches in cities across the globe.
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The marches are designed to protest comments that suggest that women’s dress or appearance can be linked to sexual assault.
SlutWalk Toronto responded to Ford’s advice on Twitter Thursday.
“(Krista Ford’s) tweet was victim-blaming and misguided,” the group tweeted. “That said, harassing, slut-shaming, name-calling, threatening her is not helpful.”
croberts@nydailynews.com
