dev_chieftain: (farron)
dev_chieftain ([personal profile] dev_chieftain) wrote2012-06-01 03:09 pm

This one is good enough, important enough, to get its own entry.

Rape culture is pervasive insistence that false reports are common, although they are less common (1.6%) than false reports of auto theft (2.6%). Rape culture is pervasive claims that women make rape accusations willy-nilly, when 61% of rapes remain unreported.

I can't tell you how many times the people who are supposedly my friends have countered my concerns about rape with the insinuation that a woman who reports a rape was probably lying about it.

Also pretty relevant to my personal experiences:

'Rape culture is a ruling that says women cannot withdraw consent once sex commences.'

It's tough to put your foot down about this without having already been raped. I can't even imagine trying to do so if you have.