Really good anti rape commercial.

[Dekka]

Home ? Not Ever

I really wish the idea that rape victims are to blame would go away. The idea that if you wear a short skirt you should 'expect' to be raped.

I to like this commercial as it goes after the apologists not just the actual rapists. Yes women have to try to be safe, but no one should be blamed as a victim.

 

[Chewbecca]

home ? Not ever

i really wish the idea that rape victims are to blame would go away. The idea that if you wear a short skirt you should 'expect' to be raped.

I to like this commercial as it goes after the apologists not just the actual rapists. Yes women have to try to be safe, but no one should be blamed as a victim.

amen.

 

[Pam111]

Totally agree!

 

[~Jessie~]

Ditto x 3!

 

[eddieq]

Adding my agreement here.

 

[xpaeanx]

I def agree too!

oh, and did you guys take the quiz thing?

apparently only 8% of rapes are by strangers and 54% of rapes are by current/ex-partners! :yikes:

 

[Renee750il]

It is a good commercial, and I hope it airs here.

I have to add, though, that from your thread title, my first thought was, "Anti-rape commercial? You mean someone other than rapists are FOR rape?" Although there are probably some . . .

 

[jammer]

Great commercial. The US definitely needs to air this.

 

[Pam111]

I def agree too!

oh, and did you guys take the quiz thing?

apparently only 8% of rapes are by strangers and 54% of rapes are by current/ex-partners! :yikes:

Yeah, it's the same with child molestation/abduction. "stranger danger" is drilled into our heads by the media and makes us so scared, but it is pretty uncommon to have these things happen by strangers. It's almost always someone you or your child knows

 

[noludoru]

The way women dress and conduct themselves is constantly under scrutiny – particularly in the context of sexual assault. The notion that particular styles or clothes choices can be factors that contribute to sexual assault are ludicrous and damaging to women – as well as being insulting to men.

It is not short skirts or high heels that cause rape – it is rapists. Choices in dress are expressions of no more than personal style – they are NEVER incitements to sexual violence. In addressing women’s personal safety we need to think less about changing rooms and more about changing attitudes.

So true.

 

[PixieSticksandTricks]

apparently only 8% of rapes are by strangers and 54% of rapes are by current/ex-partners! :yikes:

Im unfortunately not surprised .

Grr the link isn't working for my computer right now.

 

[MafiaPrincess]

Wow great commercial!

 

[4dogs3cats]

MOST rape victims know their rapist.

The Law and Order type scenarios DO happen, but not as often. Usually its someone the victim knows, and feels safe going "in that room where it's quieter so we can talk."

 

[JustaLilBitaLuck]

It's so hard to get THIS through people's heads. That's it's NEVER okay, no matter what.

There was a guy (I knew him from school) that was harassing me for MONTHS. He kept asking me out, but I thought he was a total *** and let him know that I wasn't interested in him AT ALL. He'd see me talking or hanging out with some of my guy friends, and call me a "tease" or a sl**. Then, a week later, he'd ask me out, I'd say no, and he'd call me a prude. After it got more physical (grabbing me in the hallway, trying to kiss me once at a party), I finally told a teacher at the school about it, figuring that it had gone far enough.

Her response? "Well, that's just how he is. It's how all guys are - you need to learn how to deal with that and not be such a prude about it. And he has a right to be angry when you go out with other guys but won't go out with him."

I told her that all guys are NOT like that, I dated a guy that wasn't like that, I have guy friends that are not like that. I told her that I don't "go out" with other guys, or fool around with them or anything. I hang out with MY FRIENDS, some of which happen to be guys. I told her that I kept telling him no, and that no ALWAYS means no. She did absolutely nothing about it.

 

[Renee750il]

He had a right to be angry because you went out with other guys but not him????? WTF??????

All I can say is I hope she doesn't have any sons.

 

[JustaLilBitaLuck]

He had a right to be angry because you went out with other guys but not him????? WTF??????

All I can say is I hope she doesn't have any sons.

I know, it was ridiculous. And it's not like I was just randomly going out and sleeping with every guy in school and he was jealous because he couldn't "get some", all those guys that I was hanging out with were my FRIENDS - they weren't even dates.

And no, she doesn't have any children. Thank goodness. She'd be a horrible mother.