Cultural rape

back of my mind for quite some time: rape culture. This issue is vastly popular in the world of bloggers and social networking site, tumblr. It’s slowly progressing into an important issue that the public is acknowledging. Reviewing the issue’s historical, social, political, cultural and economic perspectives will entail rape culture’s controversy. Rape culture is an issue that has gained moment through the feminist movement within the last couple of decades. Rape itself has been around since the beginning

Corrective rape is a common practice in South Africa where heterosexual men force sexual intercourse on a homosexual female with the supposed intention of convincing her to become heterosexual. Whilst corrective rape has been reported in countries throughout Asia and Africa over the decades, its prevalence in South Africa is what led to the coining of the term in the early 2000s, in the aftermath of the violent deaths of prominent South African lesbians like Eudy Simelane and Zoliswa Nkonyana. Given

of life such as relationships with friends and family. Society plays a huge role in how women’s identities have been altered. Culture and perception also influence women’s identities with the use of gender norms, specifically rape culture, as well as the normalization of rape.

The feminist art movement that emerged in the 1970s aimed to change the established narrative in art and give women a more prominent voice. The overall goal of this movement was to revolutionize the nature of art in a way that would transform society. Art produced during this era focused on experience and meaning over form and style. Thus, feminist artists wanted to include more representation of the female experience, as it was so severely left out of art, and recognize it as different but equally

Society’s cultural beliefs dictate a woman’s actions. She should not go out alone, stay late at the office, or wear what she wants. She must always be confined by societal limitations. Sadly, these social roles also affect how the criminal sentences of rape defendants are enforced. The criminal justice system fails to provide fairness. The court varies the criminal sentences of an individual based off male privilege because it is just “boys being boys”. The lack of accountability fosters rape culture

this day eighty-four accusers’ claiming sexual harassment and/or rape by him for decades. Weinstein scandal brought light to an issue that woman all around the world have been suffering yet still is often overlooked (Woody Allen) or even excused (Trump), Harvey is an exception but since he still had been on trial all might change. By understanding rape dynamics, rape perspectives, rape culture and patriarchy is possible to see that rape is all about power and control, not about ‘uncontrollable lust’

realized that the woman was not in her right state of mind. This is just another real-life experience and example of Rape Culture. Rape culture has had an impact on everyone in today's society. While it is sometimes noticed and most times unnoticed, it is a big social issue that needs to be stopped. To begin, the question often asked about this topic is a simple one; what is rape culture? As Joshua Rothman states in his article, The Meaning of Culture, “It goes without saying that ‘culture’ is a

and gender, including male victims and homosexual couples. When rape is committed, authorities do what’s possible in order to seek justice. However, when the authoritative ones are those whom commit the crime, it is nearly impossible to seek justice. In the military forces, rape is the main issue among the soldiers and the authority figures. Although men are victimized in several cases, women constantly suffer from unjustified rape. Participating in sexual assaults are led due to external theories

Taking Down Rape Culture No matter where one goes there will always be rape that both men and women suffer from. Sometimes how the media and others portray rape make it seem like it’s not that big of a deal. We all, at times, blame the victim, so then we can feel more in control of our lives by saying “Rape will never happen to me because I would never do this or I would never do that.” With men, people usually say, “Wow, did you see what she looks like? He should be happy they had sex.” What I propose

Many victims fail to speak up and report their assaults if they know the person, if the person is of important status, or if they are a person of authority and influence, because they are afraid of the repercussions. In the novel, The Kite Runner, rape is a greatly discussed and significant topic. Young boys in Afghanistan are being assaulted by local bullies from important families, and victims of all ages are being harassed and violated by the Taliban