In view of the flurry of posts today – HT Grace, Debs, Sparkle, all worth a read if you feel like sharing a bit of righteous anger – on a new government campaign to raise awareness (ahem, like nobody thinks this already) that women who drink are to blame for being raped because 1 out of 3 rapes happens after a woman has been drinking…
I give you this:
“A study published in the Journal of Sex Education & Therapy found that almost 70 percent of sexually assaulted women reported that their assailant had been drinking.”
That’s 1 out of 3 rape victims – and 7 out of 10 sexual assailants. Do the maths – for which group, victims or attackers, is drinking the big problem?
So here is my new campaign:
MEN – 7 OUT OF 10 SEXUAL ASSAULTS HAPPEN AFTER THE ASSAILANT HAS BEEN DRINKING. STICK TO JUICE, AND STAY OUT OF JAIL.
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20 January 2008 at 11:50 pm
Yep, if all the women stayed drunk, and the men stayed sober, a dramatic reduction in rape!
I like your awareness poster.
21 January 2008 at 8:24 am
Nice one Maia – I particularly like the amended poster
The fact is – as some one on Bham Fems cleverly pointed out to me, 8% of all rapes are committed by people unknown to the victim. It’s probably not a higher figure than random assaults (not including muggings) and other violence (including murder!) committed by someone the victim knows, but for some reason there is this massive focus on stranger danger. Because rape is only committed by drooling psychopaths. I think that’s a bit of an insult to psychopaths from what I’ve learnt about them!
21 January 2008 at 12:13 pm
Wow, that’s a real “I wish I’d thought of that” moment! Love the poster and slogan – brilliant x
21 January 2008 at 2:16 pm
“MEN – 7 OUT OF 10 SEXUAL ASSAULTS HAPPEN AFTER THE ASSAILANT HAS BEEN DRINKING. STICK TO JUICE, AND STAY OUT OF JAIL”
Excellent
21 January 2008 at 11:15 pm
Grace, I was thinking that very thing earlier today; the old stranger danger campaigns.
It’s weird how the govt ALWAYS focuses their ‘awareness campaigns’ on the MINORITY problem. Either they are completely stupid, or there is a bit of a conspiracy going on.
23 January 2008 at 8:17 pm
God, don’t you hate this kind of double standard propoganda. Thanks for blowing a hole right through this nonsense.
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24 January 2008 at 2:27 pm
Wow. I’m in awe. So many blogs bitch about what is wrong with the way things are currently written, so few take the step to rewrite it so articulately.
And you say so much that I want to express. Love it.