Discounting for a moment that these are targeted at a college-age demographic, are there people out there on the verge of committing sexual assault who would be swayed by the advise of a cartoon taco?
- Edit -
Personally, I think the message featured in these posters is of the utmost importance.
I think it should be broadcast and re-broadcast, at all levels, until the population has been saturated by it.
That the message is here being broadcast using signage suitable for a fourth grade classroom but aimed at a college demographic is horrifying. That such signage would be a necessary tool of communication within that demographic is fucking TERRIFYING.
This was posted not to belittle the message or to make light of our need for it - but to highlight just how pitifully we have failed as a culture/civilization for having the need to implement it…
I considered deleting this post entirely, under the notion that my intentions had misfired badly. But the discourse in this thread seems like it has as much potential to be a part of the solution as a talking anthropomorphic taco.
Art should challenge conceptions and ignite dialogue. So, perhaps the taco was an effective tool.
Great point! Also it isn’t just teenagers, adults do this a lot, too! Also I’d venture a guess that most rape is accidental and borne from a lack of education rather than malicious. Doesn’t make it less rape, but it does challenge our views of what a “rapist” looks like.
When we understand we are all capable of rape, we can all help to prevent it and change into better people.