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10 Rape Prevention Tips That Are Guaranteed To Work (IMAGE)

No matter how often women are told to stay sober, to stay away from strange men, to buddy up, to dress conservatively, women are raped. Even when women say “no,” women are raped. They are raped when they don’t say “no” too.

There are ways that rape can be prevented, though and they have absolutely nothing to do with a woman’s dress or her behavior. The only people who can prevent rape are men. A meme that’s going viral across social media shows a list of “Ten Rape Prevention Tips” that are sure to stop rape dead in its tracks. If every single man followed these tips, there would be no more rape.

1. Don’t put drugs in women’s drinks.

2. When you see a woman walking by herself, leave her alone.

3. If you pull over to help a woman whose car has broken down, remember not to rape her.

4. If you are in an elevator and a women gets in, don’t rape her.

5. When you encounter a woman who is asleep, the safest course of action is to not rape her.

6. Never creep into a woman’s home through an unlocked door or window, or spring out at her from between parked cars, or rape her.

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

8. Use the Buddy System! If it is inconvenient for you to stop yourself from raping women, ask a trusted friend to accompany you at all times.

9. Carry a rape whistle. If you find that you are about to rape someone, blow the whistle until someone comes to stop you.

10. Dont forget: Honesty is the best policy. When asking a woman out on a date, don’t pretend that you are interested in her as a person; tell her straight up that you expect to be raping her later. If you don’t communicate your intentions, the woman may take it as a sign that you do not plan to rape her.

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After showing this list to law enforcement officials, women’s rights activists and even men’s rights activists, there was full agreement that if these tips were followed to the letter, we would eradicate rape. To be honest, though, the men’s right’s activists had a few more choice words.

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  • U Mad Bro?

    Another example of Shaming the Innocent and “Teach Criminals not to Crime” Fail.

    • Pryor

      Another example of Missing the Point.

      • U Mad Bro?

        Ok. Then tell me, oh wise one, when has it ever worked to make those NOT responsible for a crime feel guilty and that magically STOPPED the crime from happening.

        Then while you’re at it, show me examples of how you stop a criminal from committing a crime by saying,”Teach them no to rob banks!”

        Did it work? Did bank robberies suddenly stop?

        How about this,”Teach cheaters not to cheat!”

        Try that on murder. See how effective it is.

        Crimes of passion, don’t work that way. And those who wouldn’t do it, wouldn’t do it even without this bullshit meme stretched into an “Article”. It’s fluff and calling this journalism is as sensible as the entire meme it represents. You can swallow the idiocy in acting like all men are rapists, while at the same time foisting the idea that all women can’t be bothered or are incapable of taking precautions because they are just overgrown children, and see how far your stupidity manages to make this go.

        • Pryor

          Nobody is “acting like all men are rapists,” so I reckon I’m not swallowing any such idiocy, nor am I swallowing any of the rest of the Missing-the-Point idiocy in your mini-screed. As I see it, the essay/article/whatever is not about shaming criminals, it’s about not shaming victims.

        • Pryor

          Nobody is “acting like all men are rapists,” so I reckon I’m not swallowing any such idiocy, nor am I swallowing the rest of the idiocy in your post. The point of the “ten rape prevention tips” is not to “magically stop the crime from happening,” it’s to stop blaming crime victims for being victims of crime. And if you believe that behavior can’t be changed, then I guess going to an anger management class wouldn’t work for you.

  • Paul LJ Catlow

    Point taken. Made with humour and getting the idea across. appreciated.

    In the same vein: but number seven. Seems to be directed only at blokes called Don. Are Donalds more prone to rape in laundry rooms? Is this Don-ist? What happens if you’re not called Don and see a woman in a laundry?

    • Mike

      Be wary of Don’s. Penny showed her breasts to Sheldon in the laundry room and HE didn’t rape her.

      • decrepittex

        Come on guys, you should be able to figure that out on your own. If not, then read #7 in the small chart below the article and it says “Do not” attempt………..

      • Paul LJ Catlow

        Proves my point! Sheldons, unless abbrieviated to “‘don”, are safe in laundry rooms!

  • Some Dude

    Screw that. It’s just easier to rape. Because as this article suggests, all men are rapists anyway. And feminazis are always crying about how they are equal to men. If that were really true, they should have no problem subduing another person that is supposedly their “equal”.

    • Donald Joyal

      So you are saying then that rape is okay? Because you’re stronger? Having a little trouble with that “logic.”

      • Ed Morgano

        You are implying that Some Dude has actually used logic.

        • U Mad Bro?

          On your planet there is no word play and sarcasm I see.

          When exactly are you beaming back up to the Mothership and breaking orbit?

      • Jack V. Butler Jr.

        No, he’s implying that sarcasm is above your ability to comprehend.

      • U Mad Bro?

        Read what he said several times. You’re going to have to loan me your shit-stained glasses so I can see how you got your response. He shows your lack of mental acuity and you scare quote his logic as if it gives your mendacity a solid footing.

      • Bryan Leist

        actually, he was implying that the article is sexist and insulting to men, and used sarcasm to drive home the point that feminists so very often cry equality and then assert superiority. But hes a man, so hes probably just trying to push his rape culture on you.

    • rene1220

      Seriously, dude? Feminazis? Can you say misogynist? Do you even know what it means? Seek professional help.

      • decrepittex

        Some Dude must spend lots of time listening to Rush Limbaugh. He probably learned the word “Feminazis” from Rush.

        • U Mad Bro?

          “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.” – Christopher Hitchens.

          Too easy. You guys are making it easy, right? Or do you not understand how accusation and guilt are not the same thing…

          OOps…that’s RIGHT. For you it is the same thing when it comes to Due Process. My bad. I forgot what we are dealing with here.

    • nuclearmothman

      “Equal to men” doesn’t mean “the same as men,” it means equal under the law. As far as the rest of your post, well, you’re obviously an idiot.

  • CallMeGracie

    The only people who can prevent rape are those who would become rapists in the first place. Only MEN? So only men rape? Come on..

    • Britoutofwater

      Actually (and forgive me if I’m wrong) this doesn’t call out men as perpetrators, though it does call out women as the only victims. So yes, there’s room for acknowledging all the possible forms of rape, but this doesn’t completely rule out female rapists just female rapists raping men. It wouldn’t be hard to change it though…

      1. Don’t put drugs in anyone’s drink.
      2. When you see anyone walking by themselves, leave them alone.
      3. If you pull over to help someone whose car has broken down, remember not to rape them.
      4. If you are in an elevator and someone else gets in, don’t rape them.
      5. When you encounter someone who is asleep, the safest course of action is to not rape them.
      6. Never creep into a anyone’s home through an unlocked door or window, or spring out at them from between parked cars, or rape them.
      7. Remember, people go to the laundry room to do their laundry. Do not attempt to molest someone who is alone in a laundry room.
      8. Use the Buddy System! If it is inconvenient for you to stop yourself from raping people, ask a trusted friend to accompany you at all times.
      9. Carry a rape whistle. If you find that you are about to rape someone, blow the whistle until someone comes to stop you.
      10. Don’t forget: Honesty is the best policy. When asking a anyone out on a date, don’t pretend that you are interested in them as a person; tell them straight up that you expect to be raping them later. If you don’t communicate your intentions, the person may take it as a sign that you do not plan to rape them.

      …all I’ve done is change the woman to person/anyone/someone. No shifts to the perpetrator required… though I’m not sure what this has accomplished. I think it was meant to mirror the rape prevention lists that focus on the woman changing her behavior. Be fair now, how many of those have you seen directed at men?

      • CallMeGracie

        I was referring to the quote in the “article” by the author Wendy Gittleson who literally said exactly that. To quote Wendy “The only people who can prevent rape are men.” Did anyone bother to read anything she wrote or did you all just scan the “list”???

      • CallMeGracie

        How about you read the rest of the “article”, not just the “list” and see if you can figure out what I meant, because you clearly missed it the first time.

        • Britoutofwater

          Fair point, I did just focus on the list, which in itself is not as problematic as I demonstrated. But as Wendy didn’t write the list, merely presented it I guess the article itself is problematic. Though the idea of the list as a reaction against woman blaming is not.

    • nuclearmothman

      The point of the “list” isn’t to denigrate men, it’s to suggest, with tongue-in-cheek points, that men can prevent rape by not raping. It’s as simple as that.

      • CallMeGracie

        I was referring to the quote in the “article” by the author Wendy Gittleson who literally said exactly that. To quote Wendy “The only people who can prevent rape are men.” Did anyone bother to read anything she wrote or did you all just scan the “list”??

        • Miranda Birt

          We read it, but most of us are more concerned with the contents of the list than what some blogger wrote. It should say, “The only people who can prevent rape are rapists.” So you can stick to arguing that ONE line, but it really doesn’t help the case for any party involved.

    • Robin Bass

      did you see the word ‘for men only’ anywhere on this? it’s addressed to potential rapists…and yes, the assumption that the victim is a woman…because most rape victims are, but if you want to assume that most rapists aren’t men..then this meme can be used that way too

      • CallMeGracie

        Actually, I did because I was referring to the quote in the “article” by the author Wendy Gittleson who literally said exactly that. To quote Wendy “The only people who can prevent rape are men.” Did anyone bother to read anything she wrote or did you all just scan the “list”?

        • Robin Bass

          and whether the victims are women or men…the vast majority of rapists ARE men…lets’s not play games here..why are all these men suddenly getting so defensive and playing games with the words? They know the truth!

          • Phil in Omaha

            The ‘vast majority of rapists Are men’ claim is true. But that is NOT to say that no rapes are perpetrated by women or that women can do nothing to prevent rape. Even in instances where a man IS the perpetrator of a rape, there are instances where the actions of a woman could have prevented the rape from occuring. I suspect you have heard of instances where a father has molested his kids and his wife has done nothing to stop him, never reporting him to the police or CPS. Not all, but some of those rapes could have been stopped by the mother taking action.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Walker/100001382443182 Mark Walker

      Ok, let’s make an issue of what might be called the exception which makes the rule. Maybe the only clarification needed is, “prevent the vast majority of rapes”.
      Let’s make a huge fuss about the outliers when we have a massive problem with rape and our rape culture.

    • Mia

      I think the underlying point is that when a MAN rapes a WOMAN, it’s always her fault for being provacative, and that she should have been able to prevent it by not wearing a skirt, not walking alone, or not leaving her house.

      when a man rapes another man, no one says those things.

      when a woman rapes a man, the victim gets mocked as weak.

      only when a woman rapes another woman are people properly outraged at the rapist, from what I’ve seen and read.

      when I say “no one” and “people” I realize I’m substituting absolutes for generalities, but I’m not going to rewrite what I just wrote.

      • U Mad Bro?

        “I think the underlying point is that when a MAN rapes a WOMAN, it’s always her fault….”

        Snipped for sanity.

        Throughout history this has never been true. Men will even kill other men in jail that are merely ACCUSED of this crime. You are focusing on the words of people who note that the woman who got raped might have done a bit more to be proactive in her own protection. But as with the police officer who made suggestions that were not only in keeping with his position in law enforcement, women seem to not want to hear that they could have contributed to their own protection, thus making sure with one stroke they are not only a victim but ALL MEN are somehow responsible for something she cannot be bothered to take part in….maximizing her safety.

        Sorry, but I have a higher opinion of women than to think them all clueless an incapable. You don’t seem to have a problem with thinking men are a destructive force of nature, one and all, however.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Walker/100001382443182 Mark Walker

          98% of rapes are committed by men. So, while not all men are rapists, MOST rapists are men. Just face it. Another one of those pesky facts of life.
          Now, I have a car. Out of nowhere there’s a carjacker. I kept my life. The pistol whipping was bad…
          I’m never buying another car.

          Yeah, right…

          Oh yeah, how do tell who the rapists are?

  • Essexgirl

    I’ve always thought, that if men are unable to control themselves and resist raping, because of their raging hormones (poor dears), perhaps they should just stay home where they will be safe, and learn to bake cookies, letting women get on with the serious business of running the world.

    Hang on…. That sounds remarkably like what used to be said about women when I was a child back in the 50s and 60s, when women were starting to demand a more serious role in the world… That women couldn’t be taken seriously in the workforce or politics, because their ‘hormones’ made them emotional, weepy, lacking objectivity and unreliable. So we appear to have come full circle; the ‘raging hormones’ that used to be used as a reason for keeping women subjugated are now used as an excuse for men to misbehave. And thus the world progresses…

    • Kenneth Henderson

      Like the sands of the hourglass, so are our days of our lives. (I’m sorry, I couldn’t help it, please forgive me. Yes I know I’m a bad person, and yes what you said is absolutely correct.) :)

    • Ari

      isn’t what you just said proof that equality is not achieved but stereotypes have come full circle?

    • Jerry Summers

      The stupidity of your post is only exceeded by it’s banality. It would have been much simpler to simply state that you hate men.

      • Cossard

        I guess imaginary statements that you’ve made up in your head *are* simpler than what she actually said. Much simpler. Much, much simpler. “Simple” is indeed the mot juste.

        • Jerry Summers

          That’s what I got from it and I stand by my reply. I’m sorry if you a little to simple to understand. But keep the faith, ignorance can be cured.

          • Cossard

            Since what you got from it is not what it actually said, this would be a great time to change your mind.

          • Jerry Summers

            We differ I’m afraid. Her condescending attitude indicates little or no respect for men and respect is a two way street. More than likely you refuse to see that because you share it. Perhaps it is you who should take this time to change your mind?

    • Chaduke

      You talk about rape like its something all men just do, or feel compelled to do. If that’s your perception you’ve been horribly misinformed.

  • VMWH

    Or if those don’t work we could go with sperm storage and castration of all males?

    • theReaL*Lydia85

      Lol

      • Jerry Summers

        Apparently they already got your frontal lobes.

    • Jerry Summers

      Brave talk from someone hiding behind a computer screen.

  • Robert Toney

    the author is either unaware of or completely ignores the fact that women rape other women as well as men and children. look it up. this is an idealistic albeit ignorant opinion piece at best.

    • Mrs D

      ….sigh…..

      • Robert Toney

        rape is a deadly serious issue that transcends gender and social status. do you have any productive ideas to share?

    • Robin Bass

      did you see the word ‘for men only’ anywhere on this? it’s addressed to potential rapists…and yes, the assumption that the victim is a woman…because most rape victims are, but if you want to assume that most rapists aren’t men.. then this post can be for any rapist

      • Robert Toney

        must be exhausting doing the mental gymnastics required to not see right through what a transparent, unproductive piece of work this is. there are only 2 out of 10 on this list intended to “eradicate rape” that don’t specifically define rape as something that happens to women. her agenda is revealed with her final jab at men’s rights activists and makes clear exactly what team she plays for. responsible feminists actually play ball with reality.

      • Jack V. Butler Jr.

        Actually, according to the official figures, women are only 50% of all rape victims.

        Oh look, a graphic with some official numbers.

        • Mia

          it’s interesting that most rapists are still men. not all, but an overwhelming majority.

          that said, I’m glad that there is discussion of men as rape victims, because it wasn’t long ago that men would not come forward and willingly admit to having been raped, especially if they were raped by a woman.

          • U Mad Bro?

            FYI: In the US the way the law is written it excludes women from being charged with rape unless they use some form of penetration. Envelopment or Forced Intercourse doesn’t cut it, so they get an automatic pass and are not counted in the statistics for Rape.

            So…you know. This will kinda screw up the facts and make it look like your assertion has some kind of facts involved.

            It doesn’t.

          • Guest

            you’re talking about the federal definition, right? the one that was just changed in 2013?

            the
            federal law did not exclude women from being charged with rape sans
            penetration. each state’s statutes govern the definition of rape… I
            guess this will kinda screw up the facts…

          • Mia

            you’re talking about the FBI definition, right? the one that was just changed in 2013?

            the federal law did not exclude women from being charged with rape sans penetration. each state’s statutes govern the definition of rape… I guess this will kinda screw up the facts…

      • http://thekafkaesqueviolette.tumblr.com/ June Violette

        “The only people who can prevent rape are men. … If every single man followed these tips, there would be no more rape.”

        Right in the preamble that begins the article, actually. Yes.

      • Bjorn Fowler

        It may not be stated, but it is heavily implied

        • Robin Bass

          the truth is, the majority of rapists ARE men…even is some rapes are committed by women…let’s be real here

          • Robert Toney

            being real would be admitting that the feminist promotion of the so called ‘rape culture’ has watered down actually physically dominating someone and assaulting them sexually into as little as looking at a woman in a way she finds offensive. turning cat-calling into anything resembling rape is offensive to people who have actually been raped and takes away from the seriousness of the problem. rather than insisting it is the responsibility of men not to rape, let’s be real here and learn a lesson from little red riding hood because LET’S BE REAL. the big bad wolf is out there. i don’t like it either. keep your wits about you and try not to put yourself into a dangerous situation because not everyone is on the same page.

      • Marc Witz

        The only people who can prevent rape are men — from the intro, read!

  • ben28

    Equal under the law? Why was that ever a question? If law enforcement would just enforce existing laws, there wouldn’t be a need for more laws. Common sense simply doesn’t exist anymore. If law enforcement agents were arrested for not enforcing current laws, there would be no need for ANY laws addressing equality of gender, race, or sexual orientation, or economic status.
    All this detailing of laws regarding common rights continue to be highly publicized while government silently pass other laws that strip away everyone’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in America.

    I think the rights of any rapist, any gender, race, or sexual orientation, should be striped away and they should not be allowed to live in open society.

  • dwwwww

    This is basically saying “if criminals don’t break the law, then there wouldn’t be any more crimes. ”

  • http://www.photo-fix.com/ Kelly Basden

    So, let me get this right. You’re saying, “Don’t rape anyone?”

    OK, I’m in.

  • Kenneth Henderson

    Another tip they forgot to mention, if you are in a pool swimming laps, and a woman joins you, stay on your side or move to another lane of the pool! This will help you from not raping her, (Unfortunately, I witnessed and helped stop a rape from happening that was exactly like my scenario. Happened at a local public pool about 20 years ago, during a family swim no less!)

  • Kenneth Henderson

    Those poor MRA’s. Persecuted for their beliefs that woman are okay to treat like slaves, to sexually harass and/or assault, to put them down as inferior. They wouldn’t know what to do with a strong woman, especially one that could bench press them and twist them into a pretzel. Whatever will they do?

  • Jack V. Butler Jr.

    I don’t know about anyone else here, but I’ve somehow missed all the “Don’t rape people” classes that have happened over my lifetime, and amazingly enough, I’ve somehow managed to never commit a rape in my life.

    Not even once.

    Haven’t even contemplated the idea. I even broke up with that one rather disturbing young woman who asked me, during one particularly energetic consensual sexual encounter, to help her enact a rape fantasy, with me cast as the attacker.

    Yeah, I put my pants on, walked out her door, and told her to never call me again after that. It was disturbing.

    But I digress…

    My point is that the basic idea that we need to “teach men not to rape” is way, way too unspecific. It implies that the men, just because they are men, need to be taught such a thing in the first place. That men, all men, are potential rapists just because they are male. To believe that half the population (the male half) is somehow biologically inclined towards rape is to enthusiastically embrace hatred and bigotry against the entire male half of the human race.

    That’s right. I’m call you a sexist and a bigot, Ms. Gittelson. And if you don’t like it, you can kiss my pucker.

    You see, your article not only casts the entire male half of the species into the role of rapist, it ignores the existence of women who rape. Which of course raises the question, why don’t you ever see any messages telling women not to rape?

    The “teach men not to rape” message is a reminder to all men everywhere that they are lesser, inferior animals and that they will be tolerated only so long as they can remember to pretend to be human beings when they’re out in public. Its a warning to men that they will only be allowed to interact with society only if they can remember to not rape every female around them, or swing from the rafters, or toss their feces at random passers-by.

    I have noticed something interesting though.

    The same people who shamelessly promote the message that men need to learn not to rape wouldn’t ever, not in a million years, dream of displaying a sign that read “black people need to learn to not steal.”

    Or “Jews need to learn how to not be skinflints and cheats.”

    Or “homosexuals need to learn to not to molest children.”

    Of course, unlike black people, Jews, and gays, who don’t need to be publicly “educated” to not steal, cheat, or molest children because the overwhelming majority don’t do these things, men apparently do need to be constantly reminded not to rape people if they’re going to be allowed to walk around freely in public as if they were real human beings.

    Because all men are rapists, naturally.

    Right? I mean, am I right?

    I wonder. Do you think in 50 years, those men and women who now so blithely talk about how all men are rapists will look back on this period in time with pride, or will they be ashamed that they were a part of a political movement whose entire goal was the denigration of an entire gender?

    Will their neighbors roll their eyes and shake their head at the harmless old bigot who still espouses the idea that men are inferior to women by nature?

    Will they proudly fly the sexist flag, reminiscing of the good old days when they could talk about men as if they were second class citizens, physically abuse them in public without punishment, and make them the butts of sexist jokes on television without fear of repercussion?

    How will their children feel?

    It must be similar to how some modern Germans feel knowing that some of their grandparents and great-grandparents must have been proud Nazis.

    Seriously, if someone is seriously trying to put forth the idea that men need to be constantly reminded to not rape, then I hope what they feel in 50 years is shame.

    • Great Scott

      This hit a touchy cord with someone…

      • Bjorn Fowler

        he’s absolutely right though. The other thing about this is that people who rape know it’s wrong. So classes teaching otherwise will do nothing. meanwhile teaching how to prevent being a victim is by no means a bad idea, which these 10 tips seem to imply that aren’t necessary, rather deciding to go after teaching rapists themselves.

        • Troy Brooks

          The fact is in many cases the rapist doesn’t know it’s wrong, I’ve actually met people who thought it is impossible to rape someone’s wife or girlfriend. When cases like that are actually most rapes.
          The whole “teach men not to rape” thing is about teaching men about consent, which obviously many men don’t understand.

          • Miranda Birt

            “Consent” is exactly correct. It’s not just about a woman (or a man) saying no, it is about EXPLICIT, EXUBERANT consent.

    • laVi

      I see your point but I think you should see these tips as what they are, a semi-humouros answer to the list of raccomandations given to ALL the women to avoid being raped. It’s not the entire male gender the goal of denigration, but the type of culture that focus on what a women should wear or should behave to avoid the rape, and the paternalistic way the women are used to be treated, as they’ve been told what to do in every situation to avoid danger.
      The tip about the buddy is relevant not because it assume that every man needs a buddy to stop him to rape someone, but because: 1. it put in the position of being educated and controlled the people that really should be “educted” and “controlled”: the rapists and not the victims 2. it shows to you that the point is not the gender thing, because it assumes that a man – the buddy – can of course not only behave in the right way but can also help other men to do so.
      The examples you gave are not adequate because you refer to minorities and men aren’t minorities. Anyway, I think I understood what you meant and still I don’t agree with you, because a main point here is that men aren’t a minority.
      Excuse my bad english, I’m not a native speaker. I hope it’s clear what I’m saying.

      • spreadLOVE

        Clear and concise. I agree completely.

    • spreadLOVE

      You are incorrect on some points. Children are taught not to steal..or to hurt others. That’s how they learn…not to hurt people or steal. Yes, women rape. Sure thing. But the majority of rapes occur with a male perpetrator and female victim. That’s just a fact. Just a little true fact that apparently you want to overlook so you can be offended. Here is my suggestion for you: post whatever you want…and don’t rape anyone.

    • Virginia in Barre Town

      Maybe you’re protesting just a little too much there, buddy.

    • julie

      I think you are missing the point of the article. It is this: It is a man’s responsibility to not rape. It is not a woman’s responsibility to not be raped.
      This article is a parody of the million articles that advise women on how not to be raped. Don’t look anyone in the eye, don’t wear anything above the knee, don’t go outside after dark, take self-defence…

      • Robert Toney

        it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect themselves from the violent members of society that have yet to be incarcerated. it’s intelligent to be cautious if in public and even more so to be able to identify certain situations where things might be particularly dangerous. if anyone has somehow missed out on the idea that rape is not just illegal but morally reprehensible, i doubt an article that essentially just indulges in how simple it would be to eliminate a very complex and serious problem if men would only sit down and shut up.

    • Jerry Summers

      Ah but Jack you are missing the whole point and that is to blame men. You have a penis therefore you are a rapist, that’s feminist logic. It doesn’t matter that you and I and millions of other men have gone through life without once doing it or even thinking of doing it. We’re at fault. It doesn’t matter that they insult those millions of men because rape.

      • laVi

        you keep it simple, don’t you? it occurs that “feminist logic” works exactly in the same way “logic” does.. Have you take some course or have you read some book about logic? Because it seems you haven’t. And maybe you should check your reading comprehension skills. I’m learning english, so if you want some tip to work on it I can link you some good website to exercise. Just let me know. And please, don’t rape anyone, thank you.

        • Robert Toney

          logic is extremely simple. it stops working when people inject irrational, emotional arguments based on assumptions and generalizations into debates where facts exist. feminism is a political tool and it’s a shame how many women buy into the idea that they live in a culture that celebrates the rape and denigration of women.

    • Cossard

      In drivers’ ed, we teach people not to drink and drive even if they’re teetotal. No-one gets all offended, because no-one wants to.

    • Marnie Culotta

      Why do you equate homosexuals with molesting children? Most molestation of children are done by married heterosexual men.

  • Marc Witz

    Now, if only these items actually covered WHY rapists rape, otherwise a male bashing attempt at humor

  • laVi

    It’s funny that the feminists are often accused of not having sense of humour but when something like this list shows up everyone is just yellin at how it’s not accurate and how the feminazi are ruling the world. Guys please relax. Take a deep breath: you can still do some man explain in the comments.

  • Fields82

    I understand where they are coming from but this if flawed. Assuming females do not commit rape is stretching it. Where is the list for high school teachers on how not to rape their students? No only men?

  • Abbi Orenstein

    the kind of people that would knowingly rape other people wouldn’t bother with these rules, so this is more a satirical look at the kind of person that would blame the victim. I would like to know why men’s rights groups would be against this.

  • Emma

    By making this woman-centric, it makes if even more difficult for people of all genders to come forward. We do not have accurate statistics on the amount of men and other genders being raped because we continually exclude every victim that is not female and perpetrators that are not male. Feminism is about inclusion.

  • nyITguy

    Wow, these are such practical tips, anyone could follow them!

  • Chaduke

    Interesting that I’m seeing these sorts of articles on a regular basis in recent years when statistically the rate has been dropping, very consistently. You would think this sort of thing would be in response to a new problem, or a dramatic rise in an old one, of which neither are true.