Pennsylvania Public Service Announcement Blames Rape Victims
Rape reporting, prosecution, and conviction rates across the country are appallingly low, but it’s easier to get away with sexual assault in some places compared to others. Pennsylvania is one of those places. In Pennsylvania, expert testimony isn’t allowed in the courtroom. Instead, jurors frequently rely on abundant, harmful rape myths.
We shouldn’t be that surprised, then, that earlier this week the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) aired an ad plainly promoting the idea that women are to blame for being raped.
The ad shows a young woman sprawled on what appears to be a bathroom floor, underwear down at her ankles, with the caption, “She didn’t want to do it, but she couldn’t say no.” The victim blaming here couldn’t be any clearer, right down to the illogical language suggesting that the victim both had agency (she is to blame) and lacked agency (because she couldn’t say “no”).
Crafted by the Neiman Group, this ad was part of a larger $600,00 campaign — two years in the making — to raise awareness of the ill effects of drinking. Several different themes were proposed, but this was the “winner.” Another ad in the same campaign holds a rape victim’s friend responsible for her rape.
The PLCB pulled the ad campaign in response to hundreds of messages from concerned citizens, some of whom claimed they were traumatized by the image/message. However, a statement from the PLCB shows that those in charge still don’t comprehend the problem:
“We feel very strong, and still do, that when we entered the initial discussion about doing a campaign like this it was important to bring the most difficult conversations about over-consumption of alcohol to the forefront and all of the dangers associated with it—date rape being one of these things.”
https://carolineheldman.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/pennsylvania-public-service-announcement-blames-rape-victims/
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That's usually my only peep into the Pennsyltucky world from way over yonder here in Philly. 
Every year that I watch it, I keep pinching myself saying - these people are from PA? 
we'll probably be paying $21 to park at the Philadelphia Flower Show. All the area lots are required to set their prices a month in advance and then keep them there for at least a month, so they will be upping them shortly just for that. 
The Flower Show itself is $27 per person (at the door, with discounts for members) so you can imagine the sticker shock for that.
Sounds like the Farm Show is a good bargain though. It's just so iffy to get out there this time of year - usually alot of frozen stuff around this part of the month. The mild temps that we've had probably would have made this the year to do it though.
Thank you for the info on the cost! Wasn't sure how they worked it. 
