BitterBuffalo has found an anti-rape campaign that focuses on what men can do to prevent rape. This should be the norm, but instead most campaigns focus on what women can do to avoid rape, which is sick not only because it puts the responsibility on the targets of crime rather than the criminals, but also because when criminals are denied one target, they just move onto another. So there is worse than no point in advising the targets of crime on avoidance.
This campaign from MenCanStopRape.org is different:
It shows four couples. Above each couple is the slogan “My strength is not for hurting.” At the bottom is the slogan “Men can stop rape.” In all the images, the men look directly into the camera while the women look off to the side.
The first couple is a young Asian man and woman. It says, “So when she changed her mind, I stopped.” The second couple is a young white man and woman with dark hair. It says, “So when she was drunk, I backed off.” The third couple is a young man of color and a white man, and it says, “So when I wanted to and he didn’t, we didn’t.” The fourth a final couple is a young white blond man and woman, and it says, “So when I paid for our date, she didn’t owe me.”
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Thanks, I already sent a notice to the mods, so I figure I’ll just ignore the haters and sit back and wait for this guy to get ban-hammered.
Casey(Quote) (Reply)
It’s too bad more people can’t adopt the YKINMK readily.
Also: How gross. You like erotic photographs? I can’t take knowing this about you.
/scuttles off cackling and delete, delete, deleting her porny fiction.
sbg(Quote) (Reply)
Yeah, but my DA profile shows my one-sided pursuit of favorite pictures
The Other Patrick(Quote) (Reply)
Yeah, I was a little facetious there, but really, it’s a pretty shallow profile. (Berandor is my DA name)
Oh, what you’re referring to is, I believe, the image I used for my film review of Graphic Sexual Horror – a documentary about the porn site Insex.com. Phew!
It’s just a film still I used so people interested in the film know what they’re getting into – the text warns, too, that it’s not for the faint of heart, though I found the documentary to be very interesting.
If you look at my DA profile, I hope you see I normally go for more artistic fetish fotography… ahem.
The Other Patrick(Quote) (Reply)
And let me add that the documentary is interesting – though potentially triggering – because of how it addresses the issue of consent at this specific bdsm site. there is a scene that is, though not as graphic, extremely harrowing to watch where a girl almost breaks down in front of the camera after her limits are disregarded, and then is pressured to keep filming. Just as a warning!
The Other Patrick(Quote) (Reply)
Yeah, I remember there being a trigger warning right above the post, I assumed you’d do that for most the stuff you put up there.
Casey(Quote) (Reply)
Yeah, I have a permanent trigger warning at the top of my blog.
The Other Patrick(Quote) (Reply)
(BTW, I friended you (and left you a comment) on DA!)
….I feel guilty that we’ve(mostly I’ve) hijacked the thread. >_<VV
Casey(Quote) (Reply)
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The Other Patrick(Quote) (Reply)
What DA’s really saying: “BLIGGITY-BLARGHITY-BLOO”
They don’t give a fuck, and I don’t neither. (the troll stopped trollan’ and I was able to move on with my life, but I’m still resentful toward the mods, LOL)
Casey(Quote) (Reply)
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