This man has some excellent advice for men who seem to lack the ability to restrain themselves when they're having sexual urges around uninterested women. So fellas, next time you leave the house thinking you might want to force yourself onto a girl who is saying she doesn't wanna get it on with you, call a friend and ask him to look out for you. In case you can't see the writing well, the sign says, "Rape prevention tip:
use the buddy system! If you’re not able to stop yourself from sexually
assaulting people, ask a friend to stay with you while you’re in public!"
The only thing I would change is that instead of "while you're in public" it should be "at all times." Since rape happens in private too. These rapists need constant supervision, to have their friends look out for them until the day when they can take off the training wheels and go it alone, without the possibility that they might sexually assault someone.
The only thing I would change is that instead of "while you're in public" it should be "at all times." Since rape happens in private too. These rapists need constant supervision, to have their friends look out for them until the day when they can take off the training wheels and go it alone, without the possibility that they might sexually assault someone.
I'm assuming this photo was taken at a Slut Walk somewhere. As the caption from Take a Look at Your Life says, "This guy was awesome, he even wore a mini-skirt."
Source: Fuck Yeah Feminists via Take a Look at Your Life
i love that sign. i would wonder about whether this person necessarily identifies as a man, though--often, though not always, people wearing mini-skirts and low-cut lattice-front shirts don't. maybe changing the language to "this person has some excellent advice..." would be a small change that could acknowledge that we can't tell someone's pronouns/gender/etc from a picture? unless you know this person--in which case, sorry! and then i am just saying that i love the sign.
ReplyDeleteYeah that's a good point. There is no way to know if this is a transgendered person, if that's what you mean. Though, the original poster referred to him as a "guy". I thought maybe wearing a mini skirt was a show of support for the idea of women being free to dress in revealing clothes.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I buy into the idea that all men are potential rapists. I believe there are mentally-ill people that are absolutely dangerous and will violate other people. They will make the opportunities to harm another person. It's not exclusive to men, and attacks aren't exclusively male-on-female.
ReplyDeleteThat isn't to say that the majority of attackers aren't men, but I don't like the generalization that any man will rape if the opportunity were to present itself. It's unfair, and pretty insulting to the majority (IMO) of good men out there.
I don't think the sign is meant to suggest that all men are rapists. It reads to me, more as a message to men who DO rape or assault.
ReplyDeleteBut since you brought it up...as far as the general idea that "all men are potential rapists"...I would think that all men are potential rapists to the extent that all people are capable of anything.
When I am alone for the first time with a guy who I don't know, I know in the back of my mind that there is that possibility. I don't walk around constantly thinking every man is just waiting for the opportunity to rape me, but as a cautionary behavior/thought I am acutely aware that they have the physical power to do it, which makes it a possibility.
I think if someone suggests that all men are *potential* rapists, they are not implying that all men *are* rapists.