Anti Rape Culture Societal Normality

Over the past year or two, the Anti-Rape Culture Movement has gained massive popularity all over the world. This movement has drawn the question, “has rape culture become a societal normality?” front and center as reporters and social movement leaders alike go head to head over this argument. Rape culture has been called both a global problem and a fad in society. A huge movement has risen up in an effort to expose rapists and sex crime supporters, but a large amount of people don’t believe that sex crimes are as big of a problem as they are. While different parts of society believe that rape culture isn’t real, it has become more and more apparent in society over the last decade as more people are willing to speak up about it. Sex crimes …show more content…
Society has made huge strides towards a brighter future, but there is still work to be done. Men’s Rights Activists and people that claim that rape culture isn’t real, like Caroline Kitchens, are continuously fighting tooth and nail to end the various social justice movements that are so apparent in society now. There are still people all over the world that don’t understand the severity of sexual crimes, or believe that they aren’t happening as often as they actually are. Despite various statistics, such as: every 98 seconds an American is sexually assaulted, every 8 minutes a child is sexually assaulted, 6 out of 1000 sexual offenders or rapists end up in jail, 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted during their lifetime, and 1 in 6 men are sexually abused during their lifetime, people all over don’t believe that sexual assault is serious. These ideas of disbelief are the basis of rape culture, or the tolerance of rape and other sex crimes in society. Despite so much negativity and “bad luck” surrounding rape and sex crimes, the future holds justice for rape survivors. More people are arguing and protesting and speaking out about problems in society like rape culture and are trying to solve these