Short skirts will get you raped. Also shorts. Hee, haw!

Short skirts will get you raped. Also shorts. Also just leaving your house, so stop doing that. I’m just trying to help.

by JILL on 9.30.2011 · 31 COMMENTS

in ARE YOU SERIOUS?,CRIME,GENDER,POLICE,SEXUAL ASSAULT

Look at these sluts, just asking for it.

Your skirt shorts are going to get you raped. That’s the message NYPD officers are sending to women in Park Slope, Brooklyn:

Earlier this evening, at around 7:30 p.m., I was on my way home from the gym, keys in hand, not talking on my cell phone, very aware of my surroundings. I passed a cop and he asked if I would stop and talk to him. He then asked two women who were wearing dresses to stop and talk to him

via Short skirts will get you raped. Also shorts. Also just leaving your house, so stop doing that. I’m just trying to help. — Feministe.

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