There's No Rape Culture!

theskepticalidealist · 2013-10-26T03:49:27+00:00

While I generally dislike his videos, every video he has on gender issues is spot on!

t_j_k · 2013-10-26T17:09:13+00:00

I have to disagree here.

How many of you have heard somebody say, "Men can't get raped!" or something along those lines? I've witnessed it first hand.

When there's people who would call you lucky for being raped because the girl is attractive, who would call you a bitch for saying you got raped, or would even say it's impossible for you to be raped, then rape culture exists.

Victim denial happens to everybody. It's not just in rape, but if anybody here has or knows somebody who has been told "How could you have been raped?" then I think you would have to agree.

Ivan_Fackoff · 2013-10-26T10:48:41+00:00

"Rape culture" is feminist pivot point. Idiots are running out of oppression.

Nomenimion · 2013-10-26T08:50:21+00:00

There is no rape culture, but there is liar culture. Just ask John Ramsey.

thehumungus · 2013-10-26T07:44:25+00:00

That video is a bit rambly/ranty.

Anyway, there IS rape culture in the USA. The term was originally used to describe the strange things that happen in prison, and it's still an accurate descriptor there. In prison it's totally acceptable for someone to violently rape someone else, to say they did so publicly, and they are still welcomed into that society. So there is a culture there that expressly condones rape. Furthermore, a large part of society at large is mostly OK with this rape. If there's someone going to jail we don't like "I can't wait for Bubba to get a hold of him in the cell" etc etc, jokes where the punchline is "ha ha raped in prison" are generally socially acceptable.

The bad elements of "Frat" culture are also rape culture. Sure 99% of those guys would stop someone from having sex with a woman screaming "no", but there are also groups of dudes that don't really see anything wrong with getting someone totally shitfaced and having sex with them when they don't know where they are. That's a rape culture.

Now, you could probably go beyond that, but I think those are baselines that reasonable people should agree with. Now, rape culture is an idea that can also be taken off into left field, but as a baseline "rape culture doesn't exist" is as silly as "everything is rape culture".

Title	There's No Rape Culture!
Author	Reboh_Reborn
Upvotes	52
Comments	39
Date	October 26, 2013 1:41 AM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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