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The social scientists Anastasia Powell and Nicola Henry in 2014 defined rape culture as a constellation of widespread attitudes, practices and myths ‘in which sexual violence is tolerated, accepted, eroticised, minimised and trivialised. In a rape culture, violence against women is eroticised in literary, cinematic and media representations; victims are routinely disbelieved or blamed for their own victimisation; and perpetrators are rarely held accountable or their behaviours are seen as excusable or understandable.’
The hypocrisies of rape culture have medieval roots – Carissa Harris | Aeon Essays 2021
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Rape culture is a culture in which sexual violence is treated as the norm and victims are blamed for their own assaults. It's not just about sexual violence itself, but about cultural norms and institutions that protect rapists, promote impunity, shame victims, and demand that women make unreasonable sacrifices to avoid sexual assault.
Rape culture isn’t a myth. It’s real, and it’s dangerous. Amanda Taub 2014
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If you can teach your sons, nephews, and all the other boys and men in your life to do better, that will go a long way to ending rape culture.
Did anyone notice at the time we grew up in rape culture? Infamous-Mountain-81 2025
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