Posters in bars to remind drinkers: “don’t guess the yes”
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Wellington Police remind revellers not to ‘guess the yes’ again in the lead up to the festive period.
Police launched the Don’t Guess the Yes awareness campaign in December 2017 to educate partygoers on the impact alcohol has on decision-making and consent.
“The project continues to expand in its third year and has featured at the Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) Awards in Nelson this week,” says Detective Senior Sergeant Warwick McKee. “We have a dedicated team working throughout summer and training is again part of the campaign.
“Advice is offered to those who may witness these situations, this includes ‘Ask for Angela’ – an internationally recognised system for people who feel unsafe to discreetly ask staff at venues for help.”
Police continue to work with Hospitality New Zealand and the Wellington City Council, with support from Sexual Assault Prevention Network, Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association and Massey University Students’ Association.
The campaign has been shared through social media and posters will be put up in bars throughout Wellington.
The posters are dual-sided, with the bar-facing side displaying reminders of how bar staff can prevent harm or intervene in a possibly risky situation.
“We need to prevent adult sexual assault offending and victimisation by encouraging people to change their attitude around sexual consent and alcohol consumption,” says Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Ben Quinn.
“We can achieve this by education on consent. Those who are drinking are in a more vulnerable position and should not be taken advantage of. We need to respect each other and remember that intoxicated person could quite easily be your sister, brother, friend or loved one. This initiative sends a clear message that sexual assault and abuse won’t be tolerated.”
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Sorry but what a lame campaign. If you are drunk, the blackened poster reads “guess the Yes”.
How about looking at the problem of endemic national alcoholism and binge drinking that triggers this type of violence?
Campaigning against violence is ineffective when done to drunk people in the place that sells the drug that makes someone drunk/violent .
Campaigning needs to be done to sober people in schools, high schools, homes and universities.
By the time binge drinker and alcoholics are drunk in bars, this campaign is psychologically ineffective and could even prompt the opposite of what they intend.