- Target:
- UK Government and UK Media
- Region:
- United Kingdom
There has been recently yet another move to try make women responsible for rape. The BBC aired a debate recently where several (male) presenters discussed whether a woman should takes responsibility in 'certain circumstances' for a man raping her. They even debated whether there comes a point when it it is too late for a woman to say no.
It is never too late for a woman (or a man) to say no. A woman is never responsible for rape. It is insulting to men and dangerous to women to suggest that men are not able to control themselves and worse, that they can absolve themselves of responsibility if they don't.
1 in 4 women are still raped in the UK. Think of 4 women you care about and decide which of them you want it to be?
A woman should be able to dress how she wants, to behave as she likes and to still be able to change her mind.
Young men must not be raised in a society where it acceptable to rape a woman if she 'leads you on'. This is blatant abuse of the entire female population. The trial and conviction rates are criminally low, mainly due to exactly this attitude and the sentence for rape is outrageously short.
Men CAN control themselves and women are NEVER to blame, if she says NO, then it IS RAPE!
We call for the government and the media to halt immediately this insidious suggestion that a woman may sometimes be responsible for date rape. This will lead to many more women being raped and to an acceptance by some men in society that they are not to blame.
Police will take rape even less seriously and it will lead to lower conviction rates as this defence will undoubtedly become more acceptable by the courts and ultimately by juries.
1 in 4 women are raped in the UK and the government MUST employ a ZERO TOLERANCE policy to include social education in schools for young men and women.
Everyone has the right to change their mind and to protect their own body. To deny them this right is fundamentally abusive of their human rights.
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The NO means NO! Zero Tolerance of Date Rape NOW! petition to UK Government and UK Media was written by Alice Walker and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.