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Just raising some awareness

This is a single-panel social commentary meme that uses an existing press conference photograph. On the left, a male official sits at the table with barely any microphones, labeled 'Society teaching men how to deal with sexual assault'. On the right, a female official is completely surrounded by dozens of media microphones, labeled 'Society teaching women how to deal with sexual assault'. The visual contrast critiques the common societal pattern of placing almost all responsibility for preventing sexual assault on women who could be victims, while devoting very little attention to teaching men not to commit sexual assault.
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Meme comparing how much attention society gives to teaching men versus women about addressing sexual assault

Overview

This is a single-panel social commentary meme that uses an existing press conference photograph. On the left, a male official sits at the table with barely any microphones, labeled 'Society teaching men how to deal with sexual assault'. On the right, a female official is completely surrounded by dozens of media microphones, labeled 'Society teaching women how to deal with sexual assault'. The visual contrast critiques the common societal pattern of placing almost all responsibility for preventing sexual assault on women who could be victims, while devoting very little attention to teaching men not to commit sexual assault.

Origin notes

The base photograph is a real 2014 press conference featuring Natalia Poklonskaya, where she received far more media attention (and had many more microphones) than the man seated next to her. This meme was created by adding text labels using the Mematic mobile meme editor, and was posted to Reddit with the title 'Just raising some awareness' as a piece of social commentary.

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