It is embarrassing when your hometown makes news on the Internets for having induhviduals who think that rape apologia is a-fucking-okay. These vats of douche have co-opted what was a successful campaign against sexual violence at the University of Alberta and other locations back in 2010. Here is the original poster.
Great poster. Great message promoting the idea that it is sexual assault when there is no consent. Let’s take a look at what our home town misogynists ginned up with their mad photoshop skillz.
How to prove your ‘movement’ is absolute shite.
Yah. They went there. Victim blaming, rape apologia all sung to the insidious drone of “what about the menz!!11!!!1!!!!”. And as with all Men’s Rights Activist content, it is nothing but baseless assertions tinged with whinging about how tough men have it in society. Almost like the Patriarchy didn’t exist. Making shit up is nothing new for MRA’s though, as evinced here:
Karen Straughan, spokesperson for Men’s Rights Edmonton, believes the original “Don’t be that guy” campaign demonized men.
“It frames all men as potential sexual predators,” she said.
Ah yes, because somehow the idea of consent being a necessary part of any sexual encounter demonizes men.
Lise Gotell, chair of women and gender studies at the University of Alberta, worked on the original “Don’t be that guy” campaign. She believes the new posters send the wrong message.
“They’ve perverted the message,” she said. “And they’ve transformed it into a rape apologist message and it’s just very disturbing.”
It is very disturbing because the message being sent reinforces the rape culture women have to deal with every day.
I’m disgusted with these MRA failsauces and their blatant misogyny. Go to rainn.org to get the real deal on what is happening violence and rape with regards to women.
bleatmop
Mystro
The Arbourist
Dead Wild Roses 
6 comments
July 13, 2013 at 10:04 am
cocacolafiend
The photoshopped posters just reinforce the idea that, unless a woman is physically beating you off with her handbag, it’s okay to touch her or try to have sex with her. Having to deal with that kind of mentality is so distressing, especially when it’s someone you know, (fairly sure the majority of rapists are known by their victims before the attack?) and things can get out of hand so quickly.
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July 13, 2013 at 10:31 am
The Arbourist
@CCF
Men who somehow think they are entitled to touch and paw at people without their consent is just icky.
This is partially the reason why these posters are so gross. They try to obfuscate the idea of consent and widen the undefined border where men who rape like to play the system. Clear boundaries that are understood by both parties make social and sexual encounters much less ambiguous and therefore more safe for all parties involved.
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July 13, 2013 at 10:53 am
cocacolafiend
Yeah. It’s pretty upsetting. I’ve been in similar situations, (not rape, but had encounters with people who had that kind of mentality) and I blamed myself for a very long time about things that happened. I’m sure other girls/women do the same.
Those posters just make it a million times worse.
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July 13, 2013 at 11:00 am
The Arbourist
@CCF
And that in a nutshell is part of the patriarchal societal paradigm that we are stuck with at the moment. The playing field is uneven and that is what feminism seeks to redress is the implicit and explicit expectations of the genders in our society.
Then we get the MRA’s saying they are all for “equality” (repeatedly)making the fundamental mistake of equivocating male and female experiences, that of course in reality, are radically different.
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July 13, 2013 at 1:51 pm
bleatmop
My fellow Albertans making me both proud and ashamed in the same post again. First one then the other. At least it is the authorities doing the right thing in this case.
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July 18, 2013 at 9:48 am
The Haunty Master (@Hauntymasters)
It’s sickening how many feelings of entitlement and hatred you feel free to ascribe to men and self-proclaimed MRA’s in broad categorical statements. You’re all a bunch of hypocrites.
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