I'm so torn by things like this, because of course the agency lies with rapists, and women should be able to go about their business without the fear of being raped, and we should be teaching boys not to rape rather than teaching girls that, if they are raped, it's their own fault because they weren't vigilant enough.
I truly believe all of that and this poster does piss me off, because of what it implies - PP have explained better than I can.
But. I still teach my girls to look out for each other on nights out, to keep a vice like hold of their drinks, to take taxis in pairs, photograph the licence plate numbers of the cabs they get in, to not walk alone late at night, especially if they've been drinking or aren't wearing coats/shoes they could run in if they needed to.
And while of course I would still teach personal safety to boys, I think I do it differently with my girls, because I'm acutely aware of the different ways in which they're vulnerable.
It makes me feel like a bit of a shit feminist. But I would never forgive myself if something happened and I hadn't prepared them for the not so feminist world we live in. 