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NuclearDem

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22. This honestly doesn't deserve a response.

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #20)

Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:07 PM

Aug 2013

You do know the problem is that the USAF places all of the burden of rape prevention on women rather than on the men who commit the rapes, and the outrage here is because this is just so blatantly a symptom of that culture?

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What do you think ladies? US Airforce Poster on sexual assault. [View all] Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 OP

I don't know, I'm a female who doesn't think it's smart to disable oneself with chemicals TwilightGardener Aug 2013 #1

Is it different than... Bay Boy Aug 2013 #2

I don't like this because Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #3

Exactly this. Most of the sexual assault training I received in the AF NuclearDem Aug 2013 #4

Thanks that's how I took it Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #5

It is the same on college campuses Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #7

It assumes and normalizes criminal behavior. Brickbat Aug 2013 #6

that is what is most offensive, I think. there shld be PSAs for men clarifying bettyellen Aug 2013 #26

I'm no lady... malthaussen Aug 2013 #8

Does the men's bathrooms have posters exhorting them to not rape? Lars39 Aug 2013 #15

I see no problem with posters in the men's room too Bay Boy Aug 2013 #16

I think it's complete bullshit. MadrasT Aug 2013 #9

I don't disagree with the sentiment that this ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #13

They're still putting the burden on women Warpy Aug 2013 #10

How about, "Thou shalt not rape." Coyotl Aug 2013 #11

And of course all this advice is going to be so useful SheilaT Aug 2013 #12

did you see inspiraven Aug 2013 #14

wow really? KentuckyWoman Aug 2013 #32

I'm not a woman, but I think that line about "...everyone's duty!" is extremely problematic petronius Aug 2013 #17

What poster did they put in the men's rooms? I can think of a few choice bits of advice... Hekate Aug 2013 #18

I see you beat me to it. But, yeah. What does the poster in the airmen's lav say? KittyWampus Aug 2013 #21

Is there a mirror one for airmen? "How Not To Victimize Women"? KittyWampus Aug 2013 #19

I hate the warnings that banks put on ATM machines. Nye Bevan Aug 2013 #20

This honestly doesn't deserve a response. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #22

Yes -blaming and putting the responsibility on the victim instead of the assaulter. forestpath Aug 2013 #23

It occurs to me that the "rules" on the sign could apply equally to men. Demoiselle Aug 2013 #24

Muggings have not been blamed on mugging victims for centuries as a means of social control Recursion Aug 2013 #27

What should it say? Spirochete Aug 2013 #25

What would it hurt libodem Aug 2013 #28

unfortunately, so much sexual assault in the military, big signs needed to help women (& men) Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #29

K&R. You can do every one of those things and STILL get raped. Then what, geniuses? MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #30

What I'd like to see posted in every barracks and every male restroom in the military: cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #31