Rape Culture: A Senseless Society

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Rape culture is yet another product of a senseless society. It indoctrinates women into believing that rather than teaching men simply to avoid such a brutal act of aggression, women are taught to avoid being raped all together. As if it were to be willingly brought upon themselves in any way. Such an obscured perspective is strengthened by the flawed reality that the victims of rape are typically blamed rather than the rapist himself. Very few individuals have a thorough understanding of the subject in question, and as a result of this, the majority choose to remain silent simply out of ignorance. The ubiquity of rape culture inadvertently affects the vast majority of individuals in modern-day society. Additional protection — such as AR Wear

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