Most don't realize we live in a rape culture, many aren't even aware what a rape culture is for that matter. In a rape culture ads, videos, images, music or other form of media are used as a way to promote sex eventually normalizing violence against women and sexual acts to the point people start to believe that rape is inevitable. People in this culture may use slang words, phrases, or jokes to diminish the act of rape and rape victims. The majority of the population in a rape culture eventually start to believe rape and sexual assault is a normal act of humanity, and there is nothing anyone can do to prevent it.
Examples of Rape Culture
Blaming the victim (“She asked for it!”)
Believing forms of clothing can express she wanted to have sex
Normalizing sexual assault ("Boys are aggressive by nature")
Sexually explicit jokes
Tolerance of sexual harassment
Accuse victims of false rape claims
Publicly scrutinizing a victim’s dress, mental state, motives, and history
Come themes of gendered violence in movies and television
Describing men to be dominant and sexually aggressive by nature
Describing woman as submissive and sexually passive
The terms and slang we use to define sex (pounded her, railed her, screwed her, banged her)
Pressure men to have multiple partners or be a "player"
Assuming only promiscuous women get raped
Assuming that men don’t get raped
If a male does get rapped label him as "weak" or "gay"
Refusing to take rape accusations seriously
Making the victim feel like the bad guy by labeling her a "slut"
Teaching women to avoid getting raped instead of teaching men not to rape
(Marshal University )
References:
Force: upsetting rape culture . (n.d.). Retrieved from http://upsettingrapeculture.com/rapeculture.html
