Bathroom Stall Posters by Slayter Box 9118

When, exactly, was it determined that the best forum to communicate rape statistics is in each and every stall in each and every women’s bathroom in each and every academic building on campus? When, exactly, was it decided that girls should not be able to pop a squat without a bulleted list of how many women are raped in the Congo each year? I can understand statistics about sexual health, and I’ll even go as far as to say that posting contacts for the SHARE program is appropriate, but I’m not sure why this is a valid outlet (outhouse?) ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ targeted at the campus’s ladies.
So here’s what we get every time we pee... 1) practice safe sex, because STD’s are bad, 2) if the worst hap- pens, here’s who to call for help, and 3) even if the worst happens, be thankful that you weren’t sold into a prostitution ring in another country by your older sister and raped 7-10 times daily until you contracted HIV/ AIDS and died waiting to be deported.
Call me insensitive, but I feel that caring about these women and what they’ve gone through does not mean pasting their stories all over bathroom stalls. So I’m asking the heads of this organization –if you intend on turning every women’s stall on this campus into your forum, please consider what this campaign is actually meant to accomplish, and if the current course of action is effective. If you’re trying to spread information, then why is it only getting to the women?
Since the only other information on these sheets is the e-mail address for the organization, it seems to me that the purpose is to boost enrolment in the group, and I’m calling those responsible out for being massively insensitive. There are several organizations on this campus that are related to human interest –habitat for humanity, students for choice, or the roosevelt institute just to name a few. I suggest that DIRE consider more appropriate methods of communication.
~~~ Slayter Box = 9118