First year students people would be shocked to see the word Fag on a campus poster given the smiley view book. Gena Hatcher added that something might still be found offensive even with an inline sponsorship. People can make fun jokes about themselves and for themselves but it may not be belief shared by everyone on campus and therefore shouldn t appear on posters that are suggested to be representative of campus sentiment. Such a poster suggests that you should know if you wear something like black pants what might happen to you. The sign normalizes what TAP might be for people.
Signs can perpetuate generalizations.
On the daily jolt forum the maker of the sign make the point that if people can t distinguish between a satire and a real SoCo event really says something. When cultural elements are put out into the mainstream in terms of normalizes the views throwing signs like this out there more of a personal thrill. The Sexual Harassment educators next handed out rules about title nine, what can be done on campus and what people s rights are. Title nine is essentially a law about equality for the sexes. You can t assume sexual harassment doesn t occur even if no one comes forward if people notice certain suspicious things going on.