article_snippet: Sarah Silverman is coming under fire for a list of ten 'rape prevention tips' that Sarah Silverman shared on Twitter, because they offer tongue-in-cheek advice to men.
article_snippet: The post, which has been retweeted nearly 5,000 times, includes points such as 'don't put drugs in women's drinks' and 'when you see a woman walking by a woman, leave a woman alone'.
article_snippet: a woman posted a graphic of the tips, writing: 'These are great - send to all the men in ur life.'
article_snippet: A tongue-in-cheek list of rape prevention tips that are aimed at the attacker have gone viral on Twitter .
article_snippet: Sarah Silverman tweeted A tongue-in-cheek list of rape prevention tips that are aimed at the attacker with a post advising people to 'send it to all the men in ur life' Although the Ten Rape Prevention Tips have been shared and favourited thousands of times, the comedian faced a backlash on social media, with men calling them 'degrading' and 'sexist'.
article_snippet: The sarcastic set of rules, which focus on the perpetrator of the crime rather than the victim, also include 'if you are in an elevator and a woman gets in, don't rape Sarah Silverman', as well as 'when you encounter a woman who is asleep, the safest course of action is not to rape Sarah Silverman'.
article_snippet: And the final one reads: 'Don't forget, honesty is the best policy.
article_snippet: The set of tips was first shared in a blog on Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence back in 2011.
article_snippet: The post was uploaded by Leigh Hofheimer who said a co-worker had produced the set of rules.
article_snippet: Leigh Hofheimer who said a co-worker had produced the set of rules wrote: 'I couldn’t decide if I should laugh or be horrified by the reality that violence prevention tips are always aimed at what the targeted person should do (judgment strongly implied) to protect themselves.'
highlights_snippet: Sarah Silverman tweeted an image of the ten rape prevention tips .
  