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lapislzi

(5,762 posts) Mon Oct 15, 2012, 02:59 PM Oct 2012

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Miami (Ohio) University Flyer: How to Get Away with Rape (trigger warning)

Last edited Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:03 PM - Edit history (1)

http://jezebel.com/5951688/miami-universitys-top-ten-ways-to-get-away-with-rape-flyer-fiasco

And don't give me that "it's a joke" crap. Don't even try it. It is sick and disgusting.

Just reminding my fellow DUers that it is still Domestic Violence Awareness Month until the 31st. And then...you're not allowed to forget about it. I'm going to keep reminding you.

Edited to add trigger warning. Very insensitive of me; sorry.

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Miami (Ohio) University Flyer: How to Get Away with Rape (trigger warning) (Original Post) lapislzi Oct 2012 OP

Disgusting. sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #1

Only in a rape culture could anyone call that a joke. redqueen Oct 2012 #2

In rape culture, "no" means "try harder." lapislzi Oct 2012 #4

Yes, it is reinforced consistently. redqueen Oct 2012 #7

you can't un-know it, and you are aware of it everywhere you look. seabeyond Oct 2012 #8

Not a joke. Disgusting, though. MineralMan Oct 2012 #3

omg. I read the thread title wrong first. Thought it said "get away FROM rape" Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #5

Sorry. Should have added a trigger warning. lapislzi Oct 2012 #6

I love how the university just blames it on the dorm. It's not a frat, so you can't blame that... Brickbat Oct 2012 #9

There is so much resistance to addressing the cultural side of this. nt redqueen Oct 2012 #10

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)

1. Disgusting.

Reply to lapislzi (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:27 PM

Oct 2012

redqueen

(115,103 posts)

2. Only in a rape culture could anyone call that a joke.

Reply to lapislzi (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:31 PM

Oct 2012

And still some people deny the fact that we live in a rape culture.

lapislzi

(5,762 posts)

4. In rape culture, "no" means "try harder."

Reply to redqueen (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:45 PM

Oct 2012

Once you know this, you can't un-know it, and you are aware of it everywhere you look.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)

7. Yes, it is reinforced consistently.

Reply to lapislzi (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:13 PM

Oct 2012

As is the idea that women are or should be flattered by sexual assault, or that they are won over by such tactics, and fall for their attackers.

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

8. you can't un-know it, and you are aware of it everywhere you look.

Reply to lapislzi (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:15 PM

Oct 2012

but, damn if people do not work really really hard not to get that first look.

MineralMan

(146,309 posts)

3. Not a joke. Disgusting, though.

Reply to lapislzi (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:38 PM

Oct 2012

Whoever put it there is a joke of a human being.

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

5. omg. I read the thread title wrong first. Thought it said "get away FROM rape"

Reply to lapislzi (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:51 PM

Oct 2012

like a flyer to help women. but it's a flyer about getting away with rape. omg. horrible.

lapislzi

(5,762 posts)

6. Sorry. Should have added a trigger warning.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:03 PM

Oct 2012

My bad.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

9. I love how the university just blames it on the dorm. It's not a frat, so you can't blame that...

Reply to lapislzi (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:17 PM

Oct 2012

...it must be the dorm. Something in the air, the water...SOMETHING about that dorm! Instead of looking at the truth: we live in a rape culture.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)

10. There is so much resistance to addressing the cultural side of this. nt

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 06:47 PM

Oct 2012

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