Sometimes even memes get political…

Author unknown (I’ve edited a little on the basis of feedback)

A lot has been said about how to pre­vent rape.
“Women should learn self-defense. Women should lock them­selves in their houses after dark. Women should­n’t have long hair and women should­n’t wear short skirts. Women should­n’t leave drinks unat­ten­ded. Fuck, they should­n’t dare to get drunk at all.”

Instead of that bull­shit, how about:

• If a woman is drunk, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman is walk­ing alone at night, don’t rape her. 
• If a women is drugged and uncon­scious, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman is wear­ing a short skirt, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman is jog­ging in a park at 5 am, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman looks like your ex-girl­friend you’re still hung up on, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman is trav­el­ling alone, late at night, on public trans­port, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman is asleep in her bed, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman is asleep in your bed, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman is doing her laun­dry, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman is in a coma, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman has repeatedly refused a cer­tain activ­ity, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman changes her mind in the middle of or about a par­tic­u­lar activ­ity, don’t rape her. 
• If a woman is not yet a woman, but a child, don’t rape her. 
• If your girl­friend or wife is not in the mood, don’t rape her. 
• If your step-daugh­ter is watch­ing tv, don’t rape her. 
• If you break into a house and find a woman there, don’t rape her. 
• If your friend thinks it’s okay to rape someone, tell him it’s not, and that he’s not your friend. 
• If your “friend” tells you he raped someone, report him to the police. 
• If your frat-brother or another guy at the party tells you there’s an uncon­scious woman upstairs and It’s your turn, don’t rape her, call the police and tell the guy he’s a rapist.

• Rather than just telling your women friends how to be safe and avoid rape, tell your sons, god-sons, neph­ews, grand­sons, sons of friends it’s not okay to rape someone. 
• Don’t imply that she could have avoided it if she’d only done/not done x. 
• Don’t imply that it’s in any way her fault. 
• Don’t let silence imply accept­ance when someone tells you he “got some” with the drunk girl. 
• Don’t per­petu­ate a cul­ture that tells you that you have no con­trol over or respons­ib­il­ity for your actions. You can, too, help yourself.