As I reblog this I also caught this presser from MP Kelvin Davis:
Kelvin
DAVIS
MP for Te Tai Tokerau
Associate Police Spokesperson10 October 2014 MEDIA STATEMENT
Rapists, not Tinder, the threat to women
Blame for rape and sexual assault should only ever be laid at the door of the perpetrator, not dating services or the actions of women themselves, Labour’s Associate Police spokesperson Kelvin Davis says.“Tinder is not the problem and women being told to keep themselves safe is not the solution.
“We have got to stop blaming victims or today’s technology or any reasons other than the sick minds of perpetrators.
“It is time we pointed the finger fairly and squarely at the problem which is the unhealthy attitude of too many men who think it is okay to violate women.
“The simple mantra is ‘her body, her rules’.
“That is the message all men should be spreading amongst themselves in the home, at the pub, in the sports club and on the marae,” says Kelvin Davis.I agree.
While I completely understand the need for women, and men for that matter to be aware of the dangers of sexual violence the fact is, people should be able to go out on a date, or out with friends for a drink, or whatever it is that they want to do, and they should be able to do so without the fear of harassment or assault of either a sexual or violent nature. That’s it, pretty bloody simple.
The message seems to be, from the NZ Media and NZ Police, that people should be wary of things like Tinder and careful when going out on a first date. While caution is valid, people should not have to fear being raped when they go out and the overriding message from the Police should be “Don’t rape, assault or harass, or we will come at you, bro, and we will mess you…
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