Image from FyourT provided by RAINN at Change.org
These are the words on a T-shirt recently pulled from the pages of a
FyourT, a store at Etsy. It was only one of many with other slogans like:
"I'm a sensitive guy. I only rape pregnant women."
"Old people are useless. You can't even rape them."
"Rape is fine, just accept Jesus."
"Rape me gently."
The shirts were pulled after a petition was started on Change.org by RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization.
According to Teddy Wilson of RH Reality Check, Etsy had pulled the shirts dealing specifically with rape but several shirts implying incest and sexual assault still appear on their pages. An Etsy spokesperson told RH Reality Check via email that "[t]hese items have been flagged, and our Trust & Safety team is investigating. They will remove any listings that violate our prohibited items policy, which specifies that items or listings that promote, support or glorify acts of violence or harm towards self or others are not allowed. You can find that policy here: http://www.etsy.com/... .”
We as a society have a cultural problem. Some people somewhere thought it was appropriate to sell these shirts. I'm sure some of them sold and other people are wearing them.
And some of us still believe that teaching women to avoid dangerous situations is enough to prevent rape.