10 Tips to Prevent Rape

[coldwed]

Should this leaflet be handed out to the public?


www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2141096

[Hassled]

Absolutely :o

[witchwithallthetrimmings]

- means like

[Hatwoman]

very good

[blackoutthesun]

great stuff!

[whatsallthehullaballoo]

Slightly disturbing that people have to be 'reminded' that they should not rape.
I think it trivialises rape - making sound like a 'slip-up' not a heinous crime...

[rhondajean]

Isnt it just a bit patronising to the 99.9 percent of men who arent sexual predators though?

I get what its trying to do, and laud the sentiment, but something doesnt sit right with me sorry.

[MumblingAndBloodyRagDoll]

rhonda no more so than the multitude of leaflets out there advising the 100% of women who don't invite rape, on how to avoid it.

[Whatmeworry]

Ah yes, all men are rapists aren't they?

[ElaineReese]

Brilliant!

I used to get really cross at those posters on the backs of toilet doors in the ladies at SLug and Lettuce type places, telling you not to get so wankered that you end up in a gutter laying yourself open to rape. I bet there weren't any posters in the men's, telling you not to get so wankered that you rape someone.

Love it.

[MarthasHarbour]

dear god

[witchwithallthetrimmings]

is it is just making the obvious point that it should not be about women protecting themselves from rape but getting rapists not to rape.

[MumblingAndBloodyRagDoll]

whatme no....but neither should women be forced indoors at certain times of the day just because SOME men are.

[ElaineReese]

I don't think it's meant to be an actual leaflet that gets handed out, more a thought-provoking satire.

[rhondajean]

Get you mumbling but I find them offensive too. Theres something wrong with that leaflet, cant put my finger on it right now, I think I might be taking a migraine, but it will come to me later.

[MumblingAndBloodyRagDoll]

Is it just that it's an agressive way of pointing out a bitter fact Rhonda?

[MumblingAndBloodyRagDoll]

Think most people get that Elaine

[rockboobs]

Great! - I was pre-emptorily tutting (if thats even a word) thinking it was going to be another, "Don't wear short skirts or go out at night" style warning aimed at
women to be 'more careful' but this is fantastic, it should be printed on every bottle and can of lager.

[PosiesOfPoison]

It's ironic, a protest to the police advice to stay indoors.


Jesus Christ people, get a grip.

[BeyondLimitsOfTheLivingDead]

Love it.

My DH informs me that there genuinely are posters in mens loos in pubs reminding them not to rape.... [hhmm]

[springydaffs]

BRILLIANT!

[ElaineReese]

mumbling - not if you read the comments below the leaflet on the link, they don't!

[OutrageousFlavourLikeFreesias]

The only thing I don't like about this is the use of exclamation marks, which I think makes it sound too much like a joke. Other than that I think it's brilliant.

[cakeoclock]

I love it. It's not seriously aimed at ALL men, it is poking fun at all the advice for women on how to avoid getting raped in a thought provoking way. The point it is making is, it shouldn't be up to the woman to 'avoid' rape, the rapist is the one who shouldn't do it.

[rhondajean]

I dont think its agressive, I think its jokey, mibbe thats what I dont like - will report back when I figure it out coherently!

[ElaineReese]

It reminds me of a joke article in Viz about hidden cameras to catch lorry drivers murdering women - they quoted these lorry drivers saying it was a stealth tax etc, and that if the cameras were in full view you could just stop murdering the woman, but hiding them was unfair.