Education campaigns dispelling the traditional ignorance perpetuating rape myths that allow rapists to get away with making “commonsense” excuses work. Victim-blaming doesn’t work.
victim blaming
Classic Nugget of Awesome: Harriet Jay on Stereotypes, Abused Populations and Survival Tactics
This 2009 quote from Harriet Jay’s remarkable blog Fugitivus came up in a ManBoobz thread. I wanted to highlight it firstly because it’s marvellous, and secondly to link back to the original post to make it easier for others to cite it.
Stereotypes exist pretty clearly to benefit the current social order, and when somebody enacts the stereotype perfectly, it becomes evidence for the stereotype, and when somebody acts in the complete opposite of the stereotype, they are exceptions and also fall into other very convenient stereotypes …
This is so the worst thing that you will read all day
[Content note: rape culture, victim-blaming, slut-shaming, #steubenville]
Schrödinger’s Rapist: ever-reliable source of women being told that (yet again) we’re doing it wrong
BTW, women are also assessing strange men they meet as Schrödinger’s Thief, Schrödinger’s Drunk Who Vomits On New Shoes, Schrödinger’s Teller Of Long Boring Tales, and they’re also assessing every car for whether Schrödinger’s Hit And Run Driver is behind the wheel. Do those background safety checks upset you as much as Schrödinger’s Rapist? If not, why not?
The 44th Down Under Feminists Carnival
This is the 44th monthly Down Under Feminists Carnival. This edition of the carnival gathers together December 2011 feminist posts from writers living in Australia and New Zealand.
Looks like the police in Toronto have learnt NOTHING since January
*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*
Quicklink: NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione pushes rape myths
If you’re drunk and get raped, you’ve got no one to blame but yourself, says NSW Police Commissioner.
Signal Boost: postcard against victim-blaming
This is a terrific campaign against rape myths, and Rape Crisis Scotland have made this downloadable as a print-quality PDF:
An Open Challenge to mainstream media re SlutWalk Sydney
Does a single one of you have the guts to forego predictable titillation and let the public know the truth about Slutwalk and the hundreds and hundreds of other women and male and queer allies who will be marching in non-skimpy wear, and why they are there? Or will it just be more sad head-shaking misrepresentation from your pundits?
Thursday Cheezburger – Slut Walk Sydney
Today’s theme is Slutwalk Sydney.
