My uni does it right. Very logical and equal.

BuncyTheFrog · 2013-09-04T15:25:02+00:00

For sure, good on them. The cautions do come across as a bit paranoid, but they're at least applied in a gender-neutral way.

HilscherFarms · 2013-09-04T18:57:38+00:00

Isn't this the sort of sensible stuff that gets lambasted for being 'victim blaming' all the time by feminists?

thejam15 · 2013-09-04T17:36:21+00:00

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IdleGod · 2013-09-04T22:21:52+00:00

Perfect! Should send them a "thank you" to let them know you appreciate it.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2013-09-04T15:48:14+00:00

Prudent advice when given to men.

Victim-blaming when given to women.

2013-09-04T17:53:26+00:00

I like this a lot.

Good advice that avoids the minefield of gender connotations and/or victim blaming.

thejam15 · 2013-09-04T16:48:46+00:00

See, this is a rape prevention poster that doesn't piss all over male sexuality. It doesn't feel like an accusation that we're all one bad decision away from becoming rapists, the way all of those 'CONSENT!!!!' posters do.

It tells people how to actually be safe. So the feminists will probably hate it.

2013-09-04T20:51:52+00:00

Always thought it was funny that I was taught as a kid to call them "Police Officers" and "Fire Fighters", not police men or fire men. But rapists? Yeah, they should just be called rapemen. Ridiculous.

CosmicKeys · 2013-09-05T00:53:13+00:00

Really good OP. Not getting massively drunk on a date can save you 18 years of child support.

thejam15 · 2013-09-05T01:04:01+00:00

Im reading a lot of things in this thread about drugged drinks and date rape have been misconstrued to happen more than it really does. While this may be true just because something happens only a little bit dosent mean it wont happen at all. Think about spare tires, I could drive down to the store right now and back and not get a flat tire, in fact the spare tire actually inconveniences me by weighing down the car a bit and wasting more gas, but in the off chance that my car does get a flat I will love that motherfucking tire like it was my son, even though I dont have a son and am still too young to understand bonds like that yet. you see what im getting at. its that "it wont happen to me mentality we should worry about too.

McFeely_Smackup · 2013-09-05T17:21:49+00:00

It's not logical though, they spend 50% of their bullet points warning against drink spiking, which is almost 100% urban myth. It just doesn't happen.

The VAST majority of "his/her drink was spiked" situations are in reality simply overindulging in alcohol. Trying to find a verified and substantiated case of someone actually being drugged in a public place is nearly impossible.

The thing is the myth doesn't even make logical sense. Drugging someone doesnt' result in a mindless sex zombie, it results in a person who is dead weight and needs to be carried...usually by multiple people. It's the least subtle way to rape ever invented.

theskepticalidealist · 2013-09-06T17:31:45+00:00

Well only from the sense that this doesn't use gendered language. .. Otherwise it's still straight out the paranoid feminist Schrodingers Rapist handbook.

I will say that I suspect they had to not specify women, because feminists actually get crazy mad when you suggest that there is anything women can ever do to lessen their likelyhood of victimisation.

Pecanpig · 2013-09-04T23:40:12+00:00

A bit overkill considering date-rape seems non-existent, but the lack of bias is refreshing.

Mytecacc · 2013-09-04T17:01:38+00:00

Your uni is creating unnecessary rape hysteria, which in turn leads to misandry, IMO. Its sends the message "wtf there are so many rapists dropping drugs in drinks I even have to take my drink the bathroom with me?". And the studies on drink spiking show that its largely an urbane myth.

Perpetual_dissident · 2013-09-04T20:49:26+00:00

LOL. I'm so sick about this rape fear mongering.

DavidByron · 2013-09-04T15:35:55+00:00

Gender neutral but still aimed at men.

Perpetuates the myth of drinks being drugged on dates, or for that matter of dates being particularly dangerous at all. A better warning would be to not drink in excess or not drink and drive since those activities are far more dangerous.

Title	My uni does it right. Very logical and equal.
Author	thejam15
Upvotes	123
Comments	83
Date	September 4, 2013 3:18 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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