(Simone, I couldn't find the YouTube video you mentioned. Could you edit this to include a link. THANK YOU!)
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I needed this poster, because it's made me realize just how much the "assault prevention" materials in circulation risk positioning the potential victim as the decision-maker: you can follow these guidelines and not be assaulted, or you can not follow them and be assaulted, either way it's your choice. What's missing is a recognition of the one committing the assault as the one at fault. The premise I'm reading in this poster is so simple as to be funny--how can assault be prevented? DON'T ASSAULT PEOPLE. I'm pretty ashamed that it took this long for me to see how problematic the current discourse on assault prevention actually is.
ReplyDeleteHere's the video! Sorry, I'm posting it 20 years later. Once you view this one, you can see the others in the related videos! http://youtu.be/NzR81O4A4rw
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