Finally! An Anti-Rape Campaign That Isn’t Victim Blame-y.

This ad helped reduce the rates of sexual assault in Vancouver by almost 10% after it went up in bars and schools around the city in 2011, but its message is (unfortunately) still relevant today.

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Rebecca Eisenberg

Mar 21, 2013

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