PSA: No, Men, You Cannot Rape A Child Even If She Is Hot And Slutty And Only Says No Twice

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71. What is the actual purpose of these sorts of PSAs and blog posts?

If it's a matter of satirically venting about the unfairness that women bear the brunt of rape-prevention lectures while also being its primary victim, then fine - It is unfair, and men really needn't be butting in (and should grow a thicker skin as well). Certainly the first example of this sort of thing that I remember seeing was obviously satire. But while satire can be an excellent tool for highlighting problems and double-standards, it usually isn't the best medium for finding answers, and it doesn't really stand up to constant repetition as well.

Many men (especially on liberal forums like this) would like to find a way to be part of the solution, so it becomes a problem that for every forum OP or blog post that has genuine suggestions for things that men can do to help prevent rape, there's about a dozen of these "Hey men, plz stop raping! thx!" posts. Even more so, since the well has been so poisoned that these posts tend to devolve almost immediately into flaming and trolling by posters that are normally much better behaved. If one of the goals of contemporary feminism is to enlist men to shoulder more of the rape prevention burden, then I think it's a serious strategic error to simply dismiss that men are offended by these posts.