Guys Make T-Shirts to Promote Affirmative Consent, Feminists Get Triggered
Feminists at DePaul University say that the male-led ‘Consent the D’ campaign was “flippant” and “triggered victims and survivors of sexual violence.”
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Lesson for bros who want to promote affirmative consent: Don’t make T-shirts
A male-led campaign to promote affirmative consent for sex at DePaul University – which is nominally Catholic but runs a “Queer Peers” mentorship program – has thrown in the towel.
Or rather, the T-shirt.
Selling shirts emblazoned with “Consent the D” – a play on the school’s basketball slogan “Fear the D” (the Demons mascot) that was widely interpreted as “dick” – came off as “flippant” to campus feminists, who didn’t take kindly to an alternative approach to their signature issue, Jezebel says:
“Unfortunately, the ‘Consent the D’ movement was cut short by forces outside of my control,” founder Randy Vollrath said in a video message posted Tuesday. “T-shirt production has been halted while we work to address the issue.”
Vollrath said he appreciates that people didn’t like the T-shirts but objects to their disagreement being”misinformed” about the group’s intentions.
Lesson for bros who want to promote affirmative consent: Don’t make T-shirts (The College Fix)
Comments
The only acceptable T-shirt, slogan, or public affirmation feminists would accept would be a T-shirt that read:
Front: “I don’t rape – and no man should”
Back: “All women are to be respected”
the clear implication that only men rape, that all men are potential rapists, and that women should be submissively listen to and obeyed.
My son had a t-shirt that he wore to high school. The front said “Free Hugs”. The back had a big seal on it, with the words “World Champion Slut Hugger.”
It was a big hit.