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Friday 9 December 2011

'She couldn't say no': The shocking state date-rape ad pulled amid anger over suggestions that drunken victims are to blame

A controversial state-funded date-rape ad campaign that features a woman’s legs splayed on a bathroom floor with her underwear around her ankles has been pulled after a barrage of critcism.

Sex abuse charities claimed the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board posters placed blame on rape victims themselves for getting attacked – and even their friends for not preventing it. 

Rape victims said the ads forced them to relive their own attacks, and the images of the girl portrayed her as a helpless victim.     Read Here

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