Sunday, November 3, 2013

Rape proof?

While scrolling through my Tumblr I always seem to find something that peeks my gender studies interest. This http://vimeo.com/m/74514464 caught my attention. I saw nothing wrong with the clothing line but more of the fact that the clothing line is seen as a necessity. That we as women have to rapw proof ourselves to feel safe. That we have to condition ourselves to a condition that'll stop us from being rapes, instead if men conditioning themselves not to rape. This topic is soo similar to the poetry slams that we had watched in class the other day. Blaming women, the victims for the rape and sexual abuse that have come their way. This topic in itself perplexes me to the core. Over the weekend a friend of mine spoke of the rate in which young girls and children are being abused. We spoke about the different things that we would teach our children. How to star safe -- who they could hang with, the parents we would have to talk to and the questions that would be asked. Then he discussed the different in the conversations that would be had between him and his daughter vs. him and his son about sex. I told him they only thing I wanted him to teach his son is that raping women is bad. And all I got was a confused screwed up expression across his face. 

2 comments:

  1. I just read a post about this product line via group on facebook. I thought the idea of such clothing tailored specifically to address sexism was interesting and your thoughts are comparable to my own. I think that the clothing line sends a strong message to America and executes via fashion. I do think that it loses a lot of momentum when identified as "necessary," or "best" possible protection. Here's an article I just read about the clothing line:http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/11/05/2889411/anti-rape-underwear-sexual-assault/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-the-company-marketing-%25e2%2580%2598anti-rape-underwear%25e2%2580%2599-gets-wrong-about-rape

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  2. ha i loved seeing this in class!. but then again it only looked like they made them in really small sizes. i hope they actually have them in bigger girl sizes.

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