Another "email" in the ragey haze

[ailbhe]

This one to the Thames Valley Police, sent through their website

I just walked down the Oxford Road in Reading and saw two posters, one in the window of the TVP office and one in a community notice board, both saying "RAPE let your hair down not your guard." I suggest that a more honest campaign would say "RAPE even the police think it's your own fault," or "RAPE it's up to you to avoid all men especially in your own home." I know rape awareness campaigns will never target perpetrators, nor their friends, nor the behaviours which enables rape culture to thrive, but I'm very tired of seeing women continuously held responsible for the actions of their attackers.

Regards,

Ailbhe Leamy

Comments

[annifa.livejournal.com]

When I met the community constable about this very sort of advice, she said any campaign to target perpetrators would cause so much brouhaha it wasn't worth doing. apparently, it's ok to tell women they're responsible for not getting raped, but telling men to not rape is beyond the pale.

Good on you for writing to them. x

[the-changeling.livejournal.com]

Strange that Scotland manages it then, and civilisation hasn't fallen.