Disgusting t-shirt making light of rape.
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Feb. 28th, 2008 | 08:21 pm
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The f-word uk blog picked up on this t-shirt from David and Goliath (the same company behind the dubious "Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them" brand).

I very quickly emailed them at david@davidandgoliath.com, although other people emailed them at questions@davidandgoliath.com. Perhaps mean spiritedly I hope the company gets floods of complaints about this.
"Your "No means no, well maybe if I'm drunk!" is a horribly tasteless and irresponsible. I cannot believe that a retailer would actually produce a t-shirt making light of rape, especially aimed at a young audience. This perpetuates the view that plying someone with alcohol until they 'consent' is acceptable. Shame on you!"
I know this isn't strictly to do with beauty standards, but, as I have seen many t-shirts with similar sentiments, it certainly says a lot about what some clothing companies think of women and rape. Frighteningly a lot of the public probably shares the same attitudes.

I very quickly emailed them at david@davidandgoliath.com, although other people emailed them at questions@davidandgoliath.com. Perhaps mean spiritedly I hope the company gets floods of complaints about this.
"Your "No means no, well maybe if I'm drunk!" is a horribly tasteless and irresponsible. I cannot believe that a retailer would actually produce a t-shirt making light of rape, especially aimed at a young audience. This perpetuates the view that plying someone with alcohol until they 'consent' is acceptable. Shame on you!"
I know this isn't strictly to do with beauty standards, but, as I have seen many t-shirts with similar sentiments, it certainly says a lot about what some clothing companies think of women and rape. Frighteningly a lot of the public probably shares the same attitudes.
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1800savetheday
date: Feb. 28th, 2008 09:50 pm (UTC)
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I'm going to write a letter too. Gosh.
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date: Feb. 29th, 2008 06:59 am (UTC)
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http://www.miketyndall.com/todd_gol
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date: Feb. 29th, 2008 12:46 pm (UTC)
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date: Feb. 29th, 2008 12:55 pm (UTC)
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unprotectedrex
date: Feb. 29th, 2008 06:02 pm (UTC)
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http://feministing.com/archives/008
And today, the shirt has already been pulled from the site after all the complaint mail they've gotten!:
http://feministing.com/archives/008
Thanks so much for posting this!
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date: Feb. 29th, 2008 07:42 pm (UTC)
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