Rape culture is a situation that affects people’s attitude toward rape. In the rape culture, rape may be seen as the norm rather than a real crime and it is natural for men to be sexually aggressive, and rape culture also believes that being females is less valuable than being males (Kluesner, 2013). When I read Shannon Ridgway’s 25 Everyday Examples of Rape Culture, I am surprised to find that rape culture exists around us. When people know a girl is raped, they blame her sexy look and clothes or blame her for going out alone or drinking. With the rape culture beliefs, victims who are raped cannot be treated as fair as they deserve. In numerous situations, the rape is ignored. In the military, women who report rape or sexual assaults are ignored
…show more content…
Panayiota was raped by a coast-guardsman when she went hiking with him. When Panayiota reported the crime, the commander said she was a liar and ordered her and the rapist to work out their differences. The commander did not take the crime seriously and thought that Panayiota was making a fuss. When the investigator researched the issue, she kept blaming the victim for what happened and asked her what she wore on that day and why she went hiking with the rapist. The words of the investigator was typically victim-blaming. People who blame victims believe that smart and careful women can anticipate and then prevent the rape or sexual violence (Armstrong ). Asking women to pay attention to their behaviors and their clothes implies that it is women who should be responsible for rape prevention. Men are exempt from the crime. The example told us that men have more advantages and privileges than women in sexual violence. As I have mentioned above, being feminine is less valuable and men are more valuable. Therefore, people are more likely to forgive men’s mistakes and attribute to the mistake to women. The example also exemplifies institutional sexual violence. The military is like the sports teams or the fraternities. These institutions are gender-segregated and have a culture that looks down on women and femininity (Martin, 20). People in these institutions do not
Panayiota was raped by a coast-guardsman when she went hiking with him. When Panayiota reported the crime, the commander said she was a liar and ordered her and the rapist to work out their differences. The commander did not take the crime seriously and thought that Panayiota was making a fuss. When the investigator researched the issue, she kept blaming the victim for what happened and asked her what she wore on that day and why she went hiking with the rapist. The words of the investigator was typically victim-blaming. People who blame victims believe that smart and careful women can anticipate and then prevent the rape or sexual violence (Armstrong ). Asking women to pay attention to their behaviors and their clothes implies that it is women who should be responsible for rape prevention. Men are exempt from the crime. The example told us that men have more advantages and privileges than women in sexual violence. As I have mentioned above, being feminine is less valuable and men are more valuable. Therefore, people are more likely to forgive men’s mistakes and attribute to the mistake to women. The example also exemplifies institutional sexual violence. The military is like the sports teams or the fraternities. These institutions are gender-segregated and have a culture that looks down on women and femininity (Martin, 20). People in these institutions do not