White Men In Rape Culture

White men are using rape culture, which is “ a complex of beliefs that encourages male sexual aggression and supports violence against women.” In rape cultures women encounter sexual violence along a series of behaviors from economic power to rape to murder. It is important to remember that sexual violence is culturally constructed, meaning not all men have committed rape and when they did, it was not for the same reasons. Also, different cultures perceive women rape victims differently. White men did not commit rape to simply satisfy sexual urges, they committed rape to assert dominance over the victims and the kinsmen that were unable to protect them.9 This is evident during the Reconstruction, not all men committed rape but the ones that did, had their own reasons such as trying to disprove African American citizenship, and when it came to the rape victims, not everyone believed them or cared about them and they …show more content…
The men were ordered to cease organizing for Republicans or voting just in general. Black men were considered to be incapable of a political voice that is reasoned and legitimate.5 Since all women during this time could not vote, black women took it upon themselves to voice their political opinions by attending parades, wearing buttons supporting their political party, tagging along with their husbands to the polls, and telling them how to vote. White men did not like this, therefore, they used sexual coercion to stop black women’s political activism as it was influential of their husband’s politics and contradicted what the white men wanted. Basically, African American women were raped for their participation in political