Red Tape and Rape

[littlemissmartypants]

‘Red Tape Won’t Cover Up Rape’: The Silent Protests That Are Sweeping College Graduations

The academic year has wound to a close, but student activists aren’t slowing down. In order to keep attention on sexual assault policy reform — an issue that has recently captured national headlines and inspired White House action — graduating seniors at elite universities are using red tape to make a big statement.

Red tape isn’t a new symbol for sexual assault reform. But it’s made a comeback at several colleges this commencement season, where students are placing it on their mortarboards as a symbol of solidarity with rape survivors whose cases may have been mishandled by their administrators. Some students used the tape to spell out “IX” as a nod to the federal gender equity law Title IX, which requires colleges to maintain a safe environment for students by addressing sexual assault.



http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/06/18/3450390/red-tape-rape-college-protest/

[niyad]

1. k and r and off to greatest with you. thank you for posting this. georgie boy

will probably have something truly disgusting, sexist and obscene to say about this.

going out to get some red tape myself. long past college, but happy to support this.

some of the comments at the end of that article were absolutely disgusting, but at least the trolls got plenty of negative response.