Baslim, Rape Axe’s functionality is of secondary importance. Its true value is in the conversation which it has forced into the public discourse.
Consider the fact that it was unveiled during the World Cup in South Africa, a country where one in four men surveyed freely admit to having committed rape.
As to “possible reactions from creeps,” yes, I would imagine that a rapist would not react well to having his bleeep injured and permanently latched onto by a device which can only be removed by emergency room physicians who will feel obliged to call the police.
The thing is, when a man commits this sort of crime, if you’re the intended victim, you need to remember that this is somebody who already intends to do you harm, somebody whose very goal is to destroy you. Trying to appease such an individual is rarely a winning strategy, because it is your complete humiliation and destruction as a person that appeases them.
The real antidote to date rape is for colleges to have a zero tolerance policy toward alcohol on campus. For starters.
Next we need for rape to become the societal taboo it ought to be, and for its perpetrators to be the ones who are stigmatized, as opposed to its victims.
margueritem over 13 years ago
Just another frustrated cartoonist…
Steve Bartholomew over 13 years ago
OCD for short.
Sisyphos over 13 years ago
So that’s what OCD stands for, really!
(P.S. Left is salt, right is pepper. I know.)
FLIGHT SUIT over 13 years ago
Baslim, Rape Axe’s functionality is of secondary importance. Its true value is in the conversation which it has forced into the public discourse.
Consider the fact that it was unveiled during the World Cup in South Africa, a country where one in four men surveyed freely admit to having committed rape.
As to “possible reactions from creeps,” yes, I would imagine that a rapist would not react well to having his bleeep injured and permanently latched onto by a device which can only be removed by emergency room physicians who will feel obliged to call the police.
The thing is, when a man commits this sort of crime, if you’re the intended victim, you need to remember that this is somebody who already intends to do you harm, somebody whose very goal is to destroy you. Trying to appease such an individual is rarely a winning strategy, because it is your complete humiliation and destruction as a person that appeases them.
FLIGHT SUIT over 13 years ago
The real antidote to date rape is for colleges to have a zero tolerance policy toward alcohol on campus. For starters.
Next we need for rape to become the societal taboo it ought to be, and for its perpetrators to be the ones who are stigmatized, as opposed to its victims.
FLIGHT SUIT over 13 years ago
http://obituarytypo.blogspot.com/2010/11/yes-we-feel-love.html
I just can’t believe somebody accused Teresa of being anti-semantic!
Nobody has done more than she has to oppose anti-semantism wherever it rears its ugly, solecistic head!
FLIGHT SUIT over 13 years ago
Did you see what I did there? You wouldn’t believe how difficult it was for me to find an antonym for the word “semantic.”
drbob456 over 13 years ago
A response from your antonomic nervous system, no doubt.
ottod Premium Member over 13 years ago
Looks like someone had a wardrobe malfunction.
Tuna jelly! MMMM! Might even make a good glaze for Prem.
MisngNOLA over 13 years ago
I think I’d like to feel the love while unlocking the handcuffs…
grapfhics over 13 years ago
Re Rape-axe: Somehow I am reminded of the joke about King Arthur putting a chastity belt on Queen Gueneviere whilst he goes on a Crusade.
worldisacomic over 13 years ago
Mannaries! Not exactly what I had in mind to look at while having my first cup of joe!
trekkermint over 13 years ago
tuna - guess it sounded than cactus fruit, but to who?
why assume the cacti are s& p - could be cumin and chili powder
painedsmile over 13 years ago
Ew.