http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/what-sort-of-public-discourse-will-reduce-rape-and-sexual-assault/373501/
The description of "rape culture" that sums up its insidiousness better than any I've ever seen was published several years ago at the Washington City Paper by Amanda Hess.
"Rape culture does not just encourage men to proceed after she says 'no,'" she wrote. "Rape culture does not simply teach men that a lack of physical resistance is an invitation. Rape culture does not only tell men to assert ownership over whichever female body they desire. Rape culture also tells women not to claim ownership over their own bodies. Rape culture also informs women that they should not desire sex. Rape culture also tells women that saying yes makes them bad women."
Both rape and rape accusations are products of the roles assigned by rape culture.
In the traditional seduction scenario, a woman is expected to not desire to have sex, and to only submit after the man has successfully coerced her into submission.
When the preferred model for consensual sex looks a hell of a lot like rape, an array of fucked-up scenarios are inevitable: the woman never wanted to fuck the guy, refuses to submit, and is raped; the woman submits to the man's coercion in order to avoid other negative consequences (like being raped); the woman had desired the sex all along, but must defend her femininity by saying that she had been coerced into sex. Thankfully, a good deal of modern men and women reject these antiquated ideas, but they're far from being banished from the sexual landscape.
between the lines this appears to take all responsibility of a heinous criminal act off the perpetrator and lays it all on the victim, that was the same theme as during 2012 the aspirin between the knees, women able to shut it down, the way they dress no one on the republican bench spoke out they took forever to reinstate violence against women act, they pass laws that give the perpetrator rights if a baby is produced he gets visitation.
most of you know I've expressed my opinion that republicans promote this culture and stack the laws in their favor, war against women to mild all out rabid assault on the female gender age 1 second till death for women. faux defenders of the fetus and deadbeat politicians after delivery.
claiming women make false rape accusations back in the day that was okay many Black men were hung for those false allegations and many White men were never brought to justice, now the history they ignored is back with the lurid vengeance it always has had, law still ignores it unless it's interracial. not as easy to blame the defenseless Black guy, so they amend the laws and the rhetoric to it being the victims fault and puts the burden of proof on them.
