I hate this term. I cannot take those who use the term seriously.

I'm outta the loop, enlightenment me please....

what is 'rape culture'

Maybe if you lived in one of several African countries or parts of the middle east you might think differently about the term.

Well I've never heard or seen it used outside of a North American context. Generally speaking, culture is something good and meaningful. People have simply attached the word "culture" to 'rape' because they can't think of something better to say and it's a term that flows well. In fact, it's attached to other things just to make people feel like they're part of something cool. I digress. How is thinking it's okay to do or say whatever you want sexually to someone culture???

What?

What? What?

You said:




You must be trying to mindfreak me out here.... I don't know what you're talking about? I've lived in North America all my life and have never heard of that term you say is used so freely in North America.


So again >>>>>

On second thought...

Well, then. Perhaps you should read some articles or Facebook statuses. That's where I've seen the term.

Outdated radical feminist terminology from the 70's used to
accuse a culture. It's a misnomer.

Rape is a crime not a culture.

YES. Rape is a crime, not a culture. When people can demonstrate that they understand that, I will see intelligence in their words.

Rape is a severe crime and if the accused if proven guilty should be shot then and there .i dont care what the law says or does and do not judge a book by its cover . a person can be judged by his/her actions and not words as the person doesnt just speak but has the capability to implement his/her words into actions

Do you really think people do not understand the difference between what is actually happening in the case of rape and what is being portrayed in the case of "so called" rape culture...Media imagery is not the cause of rape and stopping it will not end or even lessen the number of offenses...

cul•ture
[kuhl-cher] noun, verb, cul•tured, cul•tur•ing.
1. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
2. that which is excellent in the arts, manners, etc.
3. a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period: Greek culture.
4. development or improvement of the mind by education or training.
5. the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: the youth culture; the drug culture.

I had a friend who was the victim of a car-jacking. She was brutally beaten, raped and solemnized, then left in a ditch on the side of the road to die.

Arguing about the validity of the phrase “rape culture” seems like an ostrich approach to what is truly a world-wide issue. Almost 20% women in Darfur have been victims of this; but that is just the cases that are reported. You see, in their culture, a woman must have 4 witnesses to charge a man (or men in a lot of cases) otherwise she herself may be charged with a crime such as adultery, or unlawful pregnancy, should she become pregnant as a result.

The same story goes for the women in the Congo. Rape has become a way of life for them as well.

Do some reading, I can assure you that you will have a better understanding of the rape culture that does exist in our world.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2005/sudan03.pdf

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/12/48-women-raped-hour-congo

hmmmmmmmmmmm I've lived in the US all of my life (except a few years in the Philippines) and I've never heard this term either. My 21 y/o son, 22 y/o niece and 19 y/o nephew had never heard of this either.

Maybe it's a Canadian slang?

Uhhhhhhh.

Where are you from honey?

I was born and raised in north America and have never heard that term.

So far you just posted two angry threads against whites and all of north America based on Facebook and Family Guy.....

Seems like you are in a bad mood.

Hope your day gets better darling.

Go tell that to women in Africa where rapes occur on a daily basis and its tolerated.

Oh and lets not forget Islamic women who are raped by their husband and it is accepted culturally.

It's it is bad in parts of Africa and in some Islamic countries...
but not so much in the US.

We just need a clean world free from people with those kinds of thoughts intentions and doings. we need a world where women are treated with a lot of respect and that they are free to do anything they wish. we need a new age of enlightenment if we want women and society to progress together

I have lived in Canada for 40 years and never heard the term or expression "rape culture".

In Toronto there is a subway stop called "Pape". Just that. It's shown on the yellow walls of the station fifty feet apart, in large black block letters. Sometimes a kid draws a leg to the first P of PAPE.

Then they watch the faces of the uninitiated travellers who run into the station aboard the arriving trains.

If graffitiism is a culture, then this is a subculture of graffitiism, the Pape culture.