05-05-2016, 11:38 AM
(05-05-2016, 11:17 AM)PhilHos Wrote: So, then, there IS no actual rape culture because most men don't think this way.
I'd like to agree with you on this, but given when a conversation about this sort of thing comes up there is such a large number of people saying "well if she hadn't dressed that way, or if she hadn't been drinking around them, or if she..." I don't think that most men actively think this way, but it is the way we have been conditioned to think for these types of things for generations. It's why it's said it is a rape culture, because it is so engrained in our culture we are not doing it actively/consciously, but it comes up in our language regarding sexual assault more times than not.
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