[Serious] PSA: Rape Apologetics

[Mermaid]

I neither think women are property or defend rape and I believe both those mis characterizations are exactly the type of straw meaning that leads to further communication problems and mischaracterization of atheists as a whole

US-centrically, the very core of our culture lies with the multi religion foundation that a woman is meant to serve men and have their babies. Women are culturally meant to be ornamental (don't get fat!), cover up (Temptress! You could get raped!) and to shut up and sit quietly with our hands folded and not make waves (Shrew!). We can't sleep around (whore!!!), can't get abortions (murderer!!!) and the Catholic church jury is still out on birth control, even now (Sluts!). We are lesser-than as a result and still make less money than men. We couldn't even get credit or birth control pills without our husbands' approval until like 40 years ago. Rapists are almost never punished, and the highest court in the nation contains one man who badly sexually harassed his employee (Hill was waved off as irrational and crazy) , and another had a very credible sexual assault accusation (Ford also waved off as irrational and crazy). 

This cultural shit is all based on religious principles. 

So yeah, this is not a mischaracterization.