Melania Trump says Sexual Assault victims shouldn't report unless they have evidence

[LadyForCamus]

RR, you don’t have to be out there screaming, “rape is awesome”, in order to perpetuate rape culture.  Just like there are plenty of people with erroneous views about African Americans who don’t think of themselves as racist, but who are inadvertently perpetuating racial stereotypes that harm black people.  Pushing the false narrative: “if she was REALLY assaulted she would have told some one right away”, contributes to the silence of future victims, and harms their credibility in the eyes of society.  It also sends potential perpetrators the message: “no one is going to believe her anyway.”  Yeah, these things collaboratively perpetuate rape culture.

I would agree, that people make too big of a deal out of the time (the same as you see here, all the time). However it is still a relevant factor.

But I also think that people make too big of a deal out of calling this a “rape culture” as well.

The time is not a relevant factor.  That’s my point.  And there is no such thing as “making too big a deal” out of rape culture.  Either the culture is actively working toward reducing the number of sexual assaults and the stigma of sexual assault, or it’s not.  Under the current administration, it’s not.