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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Pulls Ad That Blames Women For Getting Date-Raped

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Pulls Ad That Blames Women For Getting Date-Raped: "The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board provoked an enormous backlash by airing ads that tell women who are date-raped that they have only themselves and their friends to blame. The ad was part of a $600,000 campaign aimed at curbing excessive drinking.

After hearing from hundreds of rape victims that the ads were extremely upsetting, even traumatizing, the board has decided to pull them:

    The ads send the message that women are not only at fault for getting themselves raped—a societal bias reflected in and re-enforced by too many court decisions—it’s your fault if your friend gets raped, too....."
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2 comments:

  1. MotivatedinOhioDecember 10, 2011 at 10:05 PM

    That was just sick.  It is another "blame the victim" BS.

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  2. Underground PoliticsDecember 11, 2011 at 1:17 AM

    It really is. I wish that these people would start standing up for the victims!

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