Do we live in a Rape Culture?

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(05-09-2016, 11:39 PM)Benton Wrote: I'd agree with the 'situation that got out of hand' part, but not really the lowered inhibitions. I know it's a major part of this thread, but out of all the rapes I covered, I don't recall any being a 'too drunk' to consent. It happens, but to what extent I have no idea. I'm mainly referring to those physically assaulted who are too embarrassed/scared/desperate to testify against an attacker. And those may be a very small or a large percentage of cases. I really don't know as statistics on sexual assault are very hard to get accurate numbers. 

As I said, in my own experience, if you look at the numbers for my area, it's relatively small if you look at the number of convictions for sexual related assaults. But through my exposure to the courts and the medical side of it, I knowthere are a lot more who start the process, but don't end up going any further.

Oh you don't have to tell me about sexual assault or rapes or the way  the victim feels. I have spoken to Mary Lauterbach, listened to her speak, and seen the sorrow in her eyes. 


I just think that when people try to say "they don't cooperate" they may not do so because they did cooperate. 


As to the question posed in the OP: we do not live in a rape culture, we fight against it daily and anyone that thinks so is limited in their scope.