Valenti states that violence against women is very common in American society. To support that idea, the lecture notes states that “1 out of 5 American women has been victim of attempted or completed raped.” Valenti argues that men are brought up with the idea that they have the power to access women’s body. In addition, they have been told that women will always be available for them. This may be the reason why violence against women is very common because they are being treated as an object. Violence against women clearly shows that women are very inferior to men. For instance, women who were raped should be consider as a victim, but instead of being treated as one, they are more likely to be blamed for what happened to them (Valenti
