Women, Wear This Feminist Artist's Anti-Rape Cloak To Definitely Not Get Raped

[Liberal_in_LA]

Women, Wear This Feminist Artist's Anti-Rape Cloak To Definitely Not Get Raped
"No one is ever asking for it. We shouldn't be asking women to cover up, we should be educating people about consent."

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So, in case there was any ambiguity: Maple does not actually want anyone to wear her large, black cloak. "People should be able to wear whatever they like without the fear of being raped ... So by wearing a garment from head to toe, I am now completely safe from rape in any place, anywhere, any context. I am no longer 'asking for it.'"

The artist hopes her piece will force some to rethink the ways they talk about rape and abuse. "No one is ever asking for it. We shouldn't be asking women to cover up, we should be educating people about consent. It feels like the issue is pressed onto women and how they can avoid this situation when there should be more focus on the perpetrator."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/anti-rape-cloak-sarah-maple_560ea412e4b0dd85030baece

[Binkie The Clown]

1. "We shouldn't be asking women to cover up"

"People should be able to wear whatever they like without the fear of being raped" I guess the exception is where women are not allowed to wear what the want and get raped and beaten anyway because "it's their culture."

Without naming names (I don't want to be called a racist. Again) there are certain cultures where women have no rights, are forced to wear pretty much what she is wearing in the picture, (except, gasp! she has her face and hair exposed!) and get raped, beaten, and deprived of basic human rights anyway. But that's OK because it's their religion, or it's their culture. So misogyny is wrong, except for state-sponsored misogyny which is OK, and except for religiously mandated misogyny, which is also OK because..... because to call misogyny what it is is being racist. And to some deluded souls that is "being liberal".

[Mnemosyne]

2. I like her style. nt

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. I wish I would have had an Anti-Rape Cape. Maybe it would have worked.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. ..

[mythology]

5. I don't really have anything to add

but I wanted to kick this for visibility.

[needledriver]

6. Why not just wear the original?

[librechik]

7. sexy ankles

back to drawing table