Rape Prevention Aimed At Rapists Does Work: The “Don’t Be That Guy” Campaign » Greta Christina's Blog. Content alert (obviously): rape, rape apology, victim-blaming “Sure, in a perfect world, you could aim rape prevention efforts at potential rapists.
But that’s never going to work. Rapists are sociopaths, beyond the reach of persuasion or reason. You’re never going to convince them. So it’s totally reasonable to aim rape prevention efforts at potential rape victims, and teaching them how not to be raped.” Every time a discussion of rape happens, it’s a sure bet that the conversation will eventually turn to what the victim could have done differently. I don’t ever want to hear this again. Have you heard about the “Don’t Be That Guy” campaign in Edmonton? The “Don’t Be That Guy” campaign is a public service rape prevention campaign launched in Edmonton in 2010, and adopted by other cities in Canada, which took the radical step of aiming its message, not at potential rape victims, but at potential rapists.
Yes, I know. People changed their culture’s attitudes about slavery. Tread Lightly: Labels That Translate Calories into Walking Distance Could Induce People to Eat Less. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s campaign to limit sugary drinks is losing juice, but an idea the city has used to convey caloric information about these beverages might actually have legs.
Public awareness posters used by the campaign showed the number of miles a person would have to walk to burn off the calories in a 20-ounce soda, and new research suggests that physical activity–based conversions such as these can actually persuade people to make healthier choices. Choosing what to eat or drink based on calorie numbers alone is challenging for some restaurant-goers, according to Anthony Viera at the University of North Carolina (U.N.C.) at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. “It requires a computation that many people might not find easy to make at the point of decision,” he says. So Viera and his colleagues conducted an online survey of 802 individuals randomly presented with one of four hypothetical menus. Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Washington, D.C.
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