Imagine walking down the street late at night, and suddenly being pulled into a ditch and being sexually assaulted. Or telling your husband no when he makes sexual advances, and being ignored. Or drinking a bit too much the night before and waking up in a bed with all your clothes gone. People will tell you “you shouldn’t have drank too much”, or “your husband can’t rape you”, or even “your provocative outfit was asking for it”. Society will use every excuse to turn the blame on the victim. These excuses are the symptoms of rape culture. Rape culture is a setting where rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality. Society must acknowledge the existence rape culture in order to stop customs that glorifies
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One of the most praised American hip hop groups N.W.A success stemmed from the basis of rape culture, Sikivu Hutchinson argues in her article “Straight Outta Rape Culture”. In the most famous 1988 song “Straight Outta Compton”, they murmur the story of neighborhood girl raped and murdered (“So what about the bitch that got shot, fuck her, you think I give a damn about a bitch, I’m not a sucker), flaunting their testosterone fueled anger while belittling the female to obscene names. The music industry built upon condemning lyrics such as these, creating an environment insensitive to the negative image they created for women (Hutchinson). Those who insist on the existence of rape culture believe the practice of faulting the victim will persevere if society continues to encourage a culture that normalizes …show more content…
But people fail to realize the environment rape culture creates for women. Although rape culture can create a uncomfortable setting for men, more than one in four women worried about their safety when they were home alone at night (Brzozowski). Because of the setting of rape culture, a woman cannot feel free simply because of her gender. Everyone should have the right and freedom to walk peacefully at night without having to worry about getting
One of the most praised American hip hop groups N.W.A success stemmed from the basis of rape culture, Sikivu Hutchinson argues in her article “Straight Outta Rape Culture”. In the most famous 1988 song “Straight Outta Compton”, they murmur the story of neighborhood girl raped and murdered (“So what about the bitch that got shot, fuck her, you think I give a damn about a bitch, I’m not a sucker), flaunting their testosterone fueled anger while belittling the female to obscene names. The music industry built upon condemning lyrics such as these, creating an environment insensitive to the negative image they created for women (Hutchinson). Those who insist on the existence of rape culture believe the practice of faulting the victim will persevere if society continues to encourage a culture that normalizes …show more content…
But people fail to realize the environment rape culture creates for women. Although rape culture can create a uncomfortable setting for men, more than one in four women worried about their safety when they were home alone at night (Brzozowski). Because of the setting of rape culture, a woman cannot feel free simply because of her gender. Everyone should have the right and freedom to walk peacefully at night without having to worry about getting