Introduction
In December of 2014, there was an extremely controversial article published by the Rolling Stones magazine about a young woman who claimed to have been raped by multiple members of a fraternity. This article has since been proven to be false and has caused three separate lawsuits due to the names of the so-called rapists being used in the article. While false, this article renewed the discussion among political figures and media if America really did have a rape culture or not. Modern Feminists are adamant that rape culture is a major issue in the United States and proceeded to release statement after statement about where we see evidence for this. While the methods seem extreme and many are contradictory, there is a rape culture …show more content…
(18) That is a question that is unanswerable. This is just one example of the music industry perpetuating rape culture. We see Rape Culture in the world of advertisement as well. There are two different ads for the same item of clothing, a dress shirt for example. The image of the male model shows him fully clothed, wearing the shirt properly. It is buttoned up and he is wearing professional clothing with it. The image of the female model has her only wearing the shirt, looking seductively at the camera with her hair messy. She is kneeling on a chair in the kitchen. (20) This comparison shows that men and women are even advertised differently. Both ads are meant to appeal to men. The female ad, however, perpetuates the idea that women are only there for the gratification of men thus furthering Rape Culture as an issue in …show more content…
There are many prominent modern feminist spokespeople who have made this statement. One such is a blogger that goes under the guise of Feminist Fatale, legal name Annealise Weissburg. She said, “Every time a man sees a woman, he undresses her in his mind, and that is the first offense. It’s the precursor to rape; he is premeditating rape.” (Weissburg, A. 2012) This is not correct and where those who believe there is no rape culture have it right. There is absolutely no scientific evidence backing up this statement, though it is made over and over again by different feminists. It needs to be understood that not all men are rapists and not all men are predisposed to becoming so. While statistically men are more commonly the perpetrators of sexual violence, there are cases of women being the criminal and the man being the
In December of 2014, there was an extremely controversial article published by the Rolling Stones magazine about a young woman who claimed to have been raped by multiple members of a fraternity. This article has since been proven to be false and has caused three separate lawsuits due to the names of the so-called rapists being used in the article. While false, this article renewed the discussion among political figures and media if America really did have a rape culture or not. Modern Feminists are adamant that rape culture is a major issue in the United States and proceeded to release statement after statement about where we see evidence for this. While the methods seem extreme and many are contradictory, there is a rape culture …show more content…
(18) That is a question that is unanswerable. This is just one example of the music industry perpetuating rape culture. We see Rape Culture in the world of advertisement as well. There are two different ads for the same item of clothing, a dress shirt for example. The image of the male model shows him fully clothed, wearing the shirt properly. It is buttoned up and he is wearing professional clothing with it. The image of the female model has her only wearing the shirt, looking seductively at the camera with her hair messy. She is kneeling on a chair in the kitchen. (20) This comparison shows that men and women are even advertised differently. Both ads are meant to appeal to men. The female ad, however, perpetuates the idea that women are only there for the gratification of men thus furthering Rape Culture as an issue in …show more content…
There are many prominent modern feminist spokespeople who have made this statement. One such is a blogger that goes under the guise of Feminist Fatale, legal name Annealise Weissburg. She said, “Every time a man sees a woman, he undresses her in his mind, and that is the first offense. It’s the precursor to rape; he is premeditating rape.” (Weissburg, A. 2012) This is not correct and where those who believe there is no rape culture have it right. There is absolutely no scientific evidence backing up this statement, though it is made over and over again by different feminists. It needs to be understood that not all men are rapists and not all men are predisposed to becoming so. While statistically men are more commonly the perpetrators of sexual violence, there are cases of women being the criminal and the man being the