Monday, February 6, 2012
UniLad Tells College Men That Raping Women is Okay 
If you’re reading this, you probably understand that the horrific crime of rape is nothing to joke about. But apparently, online magazine UniLad didn’t receive that memo. 
In a recent article titled “Sexual Mathematics”, the British mag insinuated that a college man should sexually assault his date if she refuses to “spread for your head.” 
“If the girl you’ve taken for a drink…won’t ‘spread for your head,’ think about this mathematical statistic: 85% of rape cases go unreported. That seems to be fairly good odds,” part of article reads. 
Of course, UniLad attempts to push a disclaimer at the end of the piece, which as it turns out, is just as offensive as the rest of the article. It states that rape is not okay unless the offender says “surprise” first. 
Unsurprisingly, these derogatory attitudes carried over to UniLad’s Twitter. When a woman protested the article over the social networking site, a UniLad editor asked her, “Are you a dyke?” 
Though this article has been removed and the site has temporarily shuttered due to public outrage, these types of statements are dangerous, upsetting, and certainly not cool. 
Sign the petition urging UniLad to cease publishing this type of content here. 
More from Diana Denza at Blogginista. 

UniLad Tells College Men That Raping Women is Okay

If you’re reading this, you probably understand that the horrific crime of rape is nothing to joke about. But apparently, online magazine UniLad didn’t receive that memo.

In a recent article titled “Sexual Mathematics”, the British mag insinuated that a college man should sexually assault his date if she refuses to “spread for your head.”

“If the girl you’ve taken for a drink…won’t ‘spread for your head,’ think about this mathematical statistic: 85% of rape cases go unreported. That seems to be fairly good odds,” part of article reads.

Of course, UniLad attempts to push a disclaimer at the end of the piece, which as it turns out, is just as offensive as the rest of the article. It states that rape is not okay unless the offender says “surprise” first.

Unsurprisingly, these derogatory attitudes carried over to UniLad’s Twitter. When a woman protested the article over the social networking site, a UniLad editor asked her, “Are you a dyke?”

Though this article has been removed and the site has temporarily shuttered due to public outrage, these types of statements are dangerous, upsetting, and certainly not cool.

Sign the petition urging UniLad to cease publishing this type of content here.

More from Diana Denza at Blogginista

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    Seriously? Who does this?
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    ANd you know what the sad part is? Someone is going to okay this and say ‘its just a joke’. I’ve been ready for someone...
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    This is disgusting. Sign the petition?
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    WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.
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    wtf? I seriously want to punch some faces.
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    WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT. THE. FUCK. FSFSAHHHHHHRHHHH
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    asking girls if they’re...dyke then we need...sponsors...
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