Rape Culture
Rape culture in an environment where rape and sexual violence are prevalent, normalized, and excused in media and pop culture. Rape culture leads to the objectification of women’s bodies, the glamorization of sexual violence, and a lack of concern for women’s safety. Rape culture can be found in the following examples:
o Victim blaming o Trivializing sexual assault o Inflating false rape report statistics o Tolerance of any form of sexual harassment o Assuming rape only happens to promiscuous women o Teaching women to avoid getting raped instead of teaching men not to rape. (http://www.marshall.edu/wcenter/sexual-assault/rape-culture/) |