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Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work!

1. Don’t put drugs in people’s drinks in order to control their behavior.

2. When you see someone walking by themselves, leave them alone!

3. If you pull over to help someone with car problems, remember not to assault them!

4. NEVER open an unlocked door or window uninvited.

5. If you are in an elevator and someone else gets in, DON’T ASSAULT THEM!

6. Remember, people go to laundry to do their laundry, do not attempt to molest someone who is alone in a laundry room.

7. USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM! If you are not able to stop yourself from assaulting people, ask a friend to stay with you while you are in public.

8. Always be honest with people! Don’t pretend to be a caring friend in order to gain the trust of someone you want to assault. Consider telling them you plan to assault them. If you don’t communicate your intentions, the other person may take that as a sign that you do not plan to rape them.

9. Don’t forget: you can’t have sex with someone unless they are awake!

10. Carry a whistle! If you are worried you might assault someone “on accident” you can hand it to the person you are with, so they can blow it if you do.

And, ALWAYS REMEMBER: if you didn’t ask permission and then respect the answer the first time, you are committing a crime - no matter how “into it” others appear to be.

Date: 2009-09-17 02:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] squibbon.livejournal.com
Thank you for posting this.

Date: 2009-09-17 03:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] c1.livejournal.com
How's about
1. Buy a gun*
2. Train
3. Shoot anyone who tries to assault** you

And if there are any of the hoodlum's pals with any lingering doubt as to your seriousness, make it clear you've got plenty of bullets left, and they're welcome to further experimentation-- however poorly it may leave them.

Relying on others to do the right thing leaves too many grey areas as to what exactly the right thing is.

*In areas that don't believe in leveling the playing field, you may substitute pepper spray, kubotans, knives, or other personal protection tools, though those tools may have limited effectiveness against hoodlums who disregard firearm licensing laws.

**It is usually legally defensible to use deadly force against the threat of rape.
Edited Date: 2009-09-17 03:42 am (UTC)

Date: 2009-09-17 05:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] benndragon.livejournal.com
Let me get this straight: you think the proper response to a post parodying the practice of telling women to defend themselves when no time/effort is spent on telling men to NOT RAPE WOMEN is to mansplain that us women should be defending ourselves? Yea, you might want to rethink that.

Date: 2009-09-17 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bleemoo.livejournal.com
Never before have I heard or seen the word "mansplain." I like it.

Date: 2009-09-17 11:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] benndragon.livejournal.com
I like this description of the term, and while this article doesn't use "mansplain" it's also a very good description of the behavior.

Date: 2009-09-17 08:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] adaptively.livejournal.com
I think you accidentally pasted the Horror Movie Survivor's Guide To Being The Final Girl here.

...in which case, you forgot the bit about wearing tank tops and the finer points of making sure your supernatural home invader is dead before walking away.

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