Tag Archives: Victim blaming

Don’t Get Raped: Wear Running Shoes

By 25 commentsactivism, culture, feminism, media, news, parenting, rant, rape culture, sexism, social justice, violence, violence against women

It’s not that this ‘health and safety’ advice from Wellington’s Massey University isn’t sensible, it’s just that it is absolutely insane that we live in a world where the solution to rape is female university students being advised to carry a whistle and wear running shoes. University spokesman James Gardiner said … “If students don’t wish […]

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(Hopefully Not) Passing on Rape Culture

By 31 commentsbabies, communicating with kids, communication, culture, feminism, kids, language, media, mentors, news, objectification, parenting, rant, social media, teenagers, toddlers, violence, violence against women

[Trigger warning: if you have experienced sexual assault, please just be aware that rape and rape culture are discussed in this post. Many of the links similarly lead to pages that need a trigger warning.] Sad, sickened, shocked, triggered, appalled, horrified, not-actually-that-surprised. Most New Zealanders could tick most of those boxes this week as our […]

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