People should be taught not to rape rather than not to be raped. Often times, people will often deny that they have raped someone, using the excuse that, “they wanted it,” or, “they asked for it.” The dictionary definition of rape is, “unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.” Along with this, people will confuse feminism with misandry, the hatred of men, but that’s not what it is at all. The Merriam-Webster definition of feminism is, “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes.” You can often hear people denying that rape culture exists,
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But take Miley Cyrus, who has posted a topless picture on social media of herself. Reading the comments on this picture, about half of the comments are those slut shaming her (which is a term meaning to degrade a woman for her level of sexual activity, another thing common in modern times), and roughly the other half were people sexually harassing her and making disrespectful remarks. On top of this, there are women who also comment negatively, as if women who are confident with themselves and their bodies are a disgrace to other women. Other women calling each other sluts and whores, insulting each other and putting down for how other women portray and use their bodies. If this was in person rather than on social media, it is very likely that she would have been cat-called or whistled at by someone, if not multiple people (commonly men), groped, harassed, publicly called out and humiliated, etc.
Rape culture is something that exists, and should be stopped. I do believe that both women and men are not only affected by this, and held to double standards in society that have an impact on rape culture. There is an elephant in the room of society that men have a certain dominance over women; that women, “belong in the kitchen”, and men, “have control”, which is the sole root of sexism from decades and centuries ago. Rape culture is solid proof that women and men are not only unequal, but there is a long way to go to achieve equality. I believe this starts with wanting to end rape culture and
But take Miley Cyrus, who has posted a topless picture on social media of herself. Reading the comments on this picture, about half of the comments are those slut shaming her (which is a term meaning to degrade a woman for her level of sexual activity, another thing common in modern times), and roughly the other half were people sexually harassing her and making disrespectful remarks. On top of this, there are women who also comment negatively, as if women who are confident with themselves and their bodies are a disgrace to other women. Other women calling each other sluts and whores, insulting each other and putting down for how other women portray and use their bodies. If this was in person rather than on social media, it is very likely that she would have been cat-called or whistled at by someone, if not multiple people (commonly men), groped, harassed, publicly called out and humiliated, etc.
Rape culture is something that exists, and should be stopped. I do believe that both women and men are not only affected by this, and held to double standards in society that have an impact on rape culture. There is an elephant in the room of society that men have a certain dominance over women; that women, “belong in the kitchen”, and men, “have control”, which is the sole root of sexism from decades and centuries ago. Rape culture is solid proof that women and men are not only unequal, but there is a long way to go to achieve equality. I believe this starts with wanting to end rape culture and