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10 Tips to Prevent Rape

688 replies

coldwed · 19/10/2011 09:43

Should this leaflet be handed out to the public?

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

OP posts:
Hassled · 19/10/2011 09:45

Absolutely :o

witchwithallthetrimmings · 19/10/2011 09:46

Wine - means like

Hatwoman · 19/10/2011 09:46

very good

blackoutthesun · 19/10/2011 09:49

great stuff!

whatsallthehullaballoo · 19/10/2011 09:50

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 · 19/10/2011 09:51

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 · 19/10/2011 09:53

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 · 19/10/2011 09:53

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

ElaineReese · 19/10/2011 09:54

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 · 19/10/2011 09:55

dear god

witchwithallthetrimmings · 19/10/2011 09:58

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 · 19/10/2011 10:00

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

ElaineReese · 19/10/2011 10:01

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

rhondajean · 19/10/2011 10:03

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 · 19/10/2011 10:06

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

MumblingAndBloodyRagDoll · 19/10/2011 10:06

Think most people get that Elaine

rockboobs · 19/10/2011 10:06

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 · 19/10/2011 10:07

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

Jesus Christ people, get a grip.

BeyondLimitsOfTheLivingDead · 19/10/2011 10:07

Love it.

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

springydaffs · 19/10/2011 10:07

BRILLIANT!

ElaineReese · 19/10/2011 10:07

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

OutrageousFlavourLikeFreesias · 19/10/2011 10:08

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 · 19/10/2011 10:09

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 · 19/10/2011 10:10

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 · 19/10/2011 10:10

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.