Back in 2014, stencilled slogans appeared on the pavements along Gentlemen’s Walk in central Norwich. Highlighting the menace of domestic violence across the realm, there was nothing gentlemanly about the stark facts conveyed by the messages. This year, the initiative has been rebooted with a particular emphasis on rape.
Assuming Britain is no worse than any other country and considerably better than places where rape is legal within marriage or where it is used as as weapon of war, my brain just aches at the grim level of sexual violence across the world. Depressing really.
Perking the Pansies 
saw a similar campaign against rape a few years ago in Konya of all places. Have no idea if it was ‘official’ or the work of a few fearless victims/supporters. Have never worked out how such behaviour is ‘manly’.
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Every little helps…
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Nice to see a local council initiative on this…
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Norwich is pretty ‘right on’ about these things. One of the reasons we like it here so much 😀
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Rape is awful. There have been many recent rapes in the US news, rapes committed by members of sports teams and even one by a caretaker against the woman he was supposedly caring for. They all got off with a very minor sentence or even probation. It horrifies me that rape is taken so lightly by male lawyers and judges. And of course, by the men who commit the rapes.
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I think male minds are changing, albeit slowly. Rape is awful. And of course the stigma of male rape also needs to be dealt with.
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Violence and power, not to mention entitlement. Sad, really really sad.
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