Do we live in a Rape Culture?

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(05-05-2016, 11:51 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: So here's why I think that they continue to lay blame on the male in those situations. Mean are perceived as being stronger, and therefore more capable of controlling the situation. They are also perceived as being able to handle intoxicating substances better, and so often aren't seen to be "as drunk" as the girl. It then also involves the perception that men are much more willing to lay pipe with anything that moves (or doesn't as the case may be).

Here is the problem with that thinking, it is actually patriarchal. Actual feminism, fighting for equality between the sexes, is against this line of thinking because it puts the male and female on different levels. Now, how do we fix this? The sad truth is that to look at it in a way of "they were both drunk" or "which one was more drunk" is difficult because you often have no reliable evidence in the situation to point to that. You do end up with these incidents being shoved aside (which happens already) and I have seen people receive no punishment for what very well may have been a rape because of it. It's difficult to handle these sorts of things, but there is no perfect solution.

No, there may not be a perfect solution, but it's not a good solution to automatically assume the guy is a rapist. That's actually DAMAGING to gender equality. So any supposed "feminist" or person in favor of quality should NOT be in favor of assuming the guy raped the drunk girl unless there's actual evidence to support the claim.