RE: Melania Trump says Sexual Assault victims shouldn't report unless they have evidence
October 11, 2018 at 9:51 pm
(October 11, 2018 at 9:39 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(October 11, 2018 at 9:06 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: The president of the United States is contributing to a rape culture right now, by mocking alleged victims in front of large audiences, and perpetuating false narratives about the length of time victims take to come forward.
Do you really interpret that as promoting rape? I think you would be hard pressed to find too many people who condone and support rape. Even probably many rapist know it’s wrong, and I don’t think promote a “rape culture”
It seems though like anymore anyone that doesn’t agree with lynching someone without evidence, is said to be promoting a rape culture. It’s an abuse of language.
However the racist comment below is fine, because of who it’s towards.
Rape culture doesn't mean culture that makes rape legal (although it definitely can be that, it's not exclusively that). It's a society that normalise and excuse sexual violence for example by blamming victims or the infamous "boys will be boys" axiom. It can also be used to describe societies whose culture and attitude toward sex makes people vulnerable to sexual crimes for example by presenting double standards about sexuality (men being heavily rewarded for having sex by their peers, women being punished for the same thing), providing no formal and comprehensive sexual education leading to some people having vastly different level of knowledge and sensibilisation toward questions of relationship and sexuality, etc. Of course, some culture have a heavier rape culture than others. Also the victims of rape culture aren't only women.
