productive work vs. college prank... hmmm... don;t really need me as an arbiter of which is which. You think your bake sale got a lot of discussion nationwide on internet forums?
Ah, there's the rub, isn't it. How many rapes has "awareness" ever prevented?
How many rapes has “awareness” ever prevented?
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by the same token, how many sold cupcakes or mowed lawns have prevented rape?
both activities raised money. why is your method productive and the other not, when they both got to the same end?
You could argue that millions, maybe billions of rapes have been prevented by “awareness” through the years.
Stopping rape is as much about changing the mindset of people who commit is as it is about arming people.