The
      Cadre
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      23
      March
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      News
      5
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Anti-Date
      Rape
      Posters
      Defaced
      on
      Campus
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Obscenities,
      notes
      left
      on
      “NO
      means
      NO”
      material
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      MELISSA
      DOUCETTE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Please
      note
      that
      the
      follow-
     
     
      ing
      article
      contains
      graphic
     
     
      language.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Posters
      with
      an
      anti-
     
     
      date
      rape
      message
      are
      being
     
     
      defaced
      at
      UPEI.
      The
      posters
     
     
      are
      only
      up
      in
      Main
      building.
     
     
      So
      far,
      at
      least
      one
      has
      been
     
     
      ripped
      down,
      and
      at
      least
     
     
      three
      have
      had
      obscenities
     
     
      written
      on
      them.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “If
      someone
     
     
      wants
      to
      write
     
     
      that,
      they
     
     
      should
      have
     
     
      the
      courage
      to
     
     
      sign
      their
     
     
      name.
      Coward-
     
     
      ice
      is
      the
      first
     
     
      ingredient
      of
      a
     
     
      rapist.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Lyle
      Berhault,
     
     
      Rape
      Crisis
      Centre
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      posters
      were
      first
     
     
      roduced
      in
      Ontario
      in
      1991
     
     
      y
      the
      Ontario
      Federation
      of
     
    

    
     
      Students
      (OFS),
      and
      several
     
     
      years
      later
      became
      a
      national
     
     
      campaign
      of
      the
      Canadian
     
     
      Federation
      of
      Students,
      of
     
     
      which
      the
      OFS
      were
      mem-
     
     
      bers.
      The
      defacement
      of
      these
     
     
      posters
      is
      not
      a
      new
      occur-
     
     
      rence.
      One
      of
      the
      most
      vi-
     
     
      cious
      backlashes
      against
      the
     
     
      “NO
      means
      NO”
      posters
      hap-
     
     
      pened
      at
      Queen’s
      University
     
     
      in
      the
      early
      nineties,
      where
     
     
      lurid
      parodies
      of
      the
      posters
     
     
      appeared.
     
    

    
     
      Each
      poster
      has
      a
     
     
      blank
      spot
      followed
      by
      the
     
     
      words
      “means
      no.”
      At
      UPEI,
     
     
      the
      comments
      “drive
      your
     
     
      cock
      in
      me,”
      “bone
      my
      dry
     
     
      cunt,”
      and
      “fuck
      my
      red
     
     
      asshole”
      have
      been
      written
      in
     
     
      black
      ine!
      in
      the
      <=
     
     
      area,
      in
      appears
      to
     
    

    
     
      same
      hand.
      The
      defaced
      post-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ers
      have
      since
      been
      removed
     
     
      and
      re
     
    

    
     
      :
      he
      vandalizing
      has
     
     
      students,
      communi
      ;
     
     
      and
      UPEI
      <ininianaien
      a
     
     
      raged.
     
    

    
     
      “It’s
      a
      very
      immature
     
     
      response
      to
      a
      very
      serious
      is-
     
     
      sue....
      Two-year
      olds
      do
     
     
      that.
      I
      don’t
      find
      it
      funny
      at
     
     
      all,”
      commented
      Nanette
     
     
      Gauthier,
      fifth-year
      Reli-
     
    

    
     
      ious
      Studies
      major
      and
     
     
      omen’s
      Centre
      volunteer.
     
     
      The
      founding
      of
      the
      Wom-
     
     
      en’s
      Centre
      several
      years
      ago
     
     
      stems
      from
      a
      brutal
      rape
      that
     
     
      was
      alleged
      to
      take
      place
      on
     
    
   
   
    
     
      campus.
     
    

    
     
      Lyle
      Berhault,
      former
     
     
      Coordinator
      of
      the
      Rape
      Cri-
     
     
      sis
      Centre,
      also
      expressed
      her
     
     
      anger
      at
      the
      obscenities.
     
    

    
     
      “It’s
      hard
      to
      respond
      to
     
     
      it
      because
      A
      oe
      oe
      ly
     
     
      ugly.
      It’s
      absolutely
      isgust
      -
     
     
      ing.”
      Berhault
      asserted.
      “It’s
     
     
      no
      secret
      that
      UPEI,
      as
      in
      any
     
     
      university,
      has
      that
      element
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ideas
      Prey
      in
      the
      de-
     
     
      Stone
      .
      They
      think
      they
     
     
      are
      going
      to
      university
      for
     
     
      education,
      but
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cation
      badly.
      Some
      minds
      are
     
     
      so
      closed
      that
      they’re
      wast-
     
     
      ing
      their
      time
      at
      university.
     
     
      It’s
      just
      sad,”
      she
      continued,
     
     
      and
      noted
      that
      the
      “NO
     
     
      means
      NO”
      poster
      is
      kept
      at
     
     
      the
      Crisis
      Centre.
     
    

    
     
      erhault
      also
      ques-
     
     
      tioned
      a
      “he
      praffiel
      18
     
    

    
     
      nsible
      for
      the
      iti
     
    

    
     
      left
      no
      identifying
      marks
      on
     
     
      their
      comments.
     
    

    
     
      “If
      someone
      wants
      to
     
     
      write
      that,
      they
      should
      have
     
     
      the
      courage
      to
      sign
      their
     
     
      name.
      Copciins
      is
      the
      =
     
     
      ingredient
      of
      a
      rapist,”
      sai
     
     
      see
      “It
      really
      makes
      it
     
     
      clear
      how
      horri
      ng
      rape
      is
     
    

    
     
      of
      mind
      it
     
    
   
   
    
     
      —
      this
      is
      the
      ki
     
     
      comes
      from.”
     
    

    
     
      Dr.
      John
      Crossley,
     
     
      Vice-President
      of
     
     
      Support
      for
      UPEI,
      added
      to
     
     
      the
      comments
      about
      the
      de-
     
     
      facement
      of
      the
      “NO
      means
     
    
   
   
    
     
      NO”
      posters.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “It's
      stupid
      and
      offen-
     
     
      sive,
      but
      dong
      ictable
     
     
      behaviour,”
      said
      Crossley.
     
     
      tate
      oon
      eee
     
    

    
     
      to
      “a
     
     
      of
      es
     
    
   
   
    
     
      been
      left
      oe
      cae
     
     
      on
     
    

    
     
      cluding
      typed
      notes
      that
      re-
     
    

    
     
      act
      to
      some
      of
      the
      text
      of
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      means
      |
      HAVE
      A
      BOY-
     
     
      FRIEND/GIRLFRIEND.
     
     
      Maybe
      later
      means
      MAYBE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      LA
     
    

    
     
      You've
      I’ve
      been
     
     
      drinking
      means
      YOU'VE/
     
     
      I'VEB
      DRINKING.
     
    

    
     
      I'm
      not
      sure
      means
     
     
      I'M
      NOT
      SURE.
     
    

    
     
      You're
      not
      m
      wpe
     
     
      means
      YOU'RE
      NO
      ¥
     
     
      TYPE.
     
    

    
     
      If
      you
      mean
      NO,
      bet-
     
     
      ter
      to
      just
      say
      NO.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      typed
      note
      has
     
     
      also
      elicited
      comments.
     
     
      Crossley
      calls
      the
      “NO
     
     
      means
      No”
      message,
      which
     
     
      has
      been
      used
      =
      many
      dif-
     
     
      ferent
      groups
      for
      years,
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Bin
      wna
      anaguy
      eros
     
    
   
   
    
     
      He
      also
      referred
      to
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Anita
      Zaenker,
      Na-
     
     
      tional
      Women’s
      Commis-
     
     
      sioner
      for
      the
      Canadian
      Fed-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      crs.
     
     
      “The
      No
      means
      No
     
     
      campaign
      was
      started
      as
      a
     
     
      way
      of
      educating
      people
     
     
      about
      date
      .
      One
      out
      of
      6
     
     
      women
      on
      Canadian
      cam-
     
     
      puses
      will
      experience
     
     
      sexualized
      violence.
      No
     
     
      means
      No
      sends
      the
      message
     
     
      to
      survivors
      that
      they
      have
     
     
      the
      right
      to
      say
      no
      however
     
     
      they
      can,”
      she
      commented.
     
     
      She
      further
      noted
      that
     
     
      women
      have
      the
      force
      of
      law
     
     
      behind
      the
      “NO
      means
      NO”
     
     
      .
      The
      Supreme
      Court
     
     
      of
      Canada
      recently
      over-
     
     
      turned
      a
      ruling
      where
      a
      man
     
     
      was
      acquitted
      of
      sexual
      as-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sault
      on
      the
      basis
      that
      the
      vic-
     
     
      tim
      had
      given
      “complied
     
     
      consent.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      prove
      her
      chances
      of
      avoid-
     
     
      ing
      a
      violent
      assault.”