A woman told a Wen-Do instructor:
In a northern Ontario town that I lived in, a young woman of 17 was raped. She had support and charged the man who raped her. It was a rural town, and everyone knew of the case. He was convicted of the rape. The judge gave the man a $700 fine as his punishment for the crime of rape. The community who supported her was outraged at the sentence and discussed what to do. A group of us decided to make up an ad campaign that ran on the radio, TV and newspaper. It was like a tourism ad, and said, “Men, come travel to this community for a visit. You can rape 17-year-old girls for only $700.” Three days after the ads started, the crown attorney launched an appeal of the sentence the man had received. He was sentenced to three years in jail.
