In American society, there are so many cult-like obsessions. The culture of social justice is one of these, and unfortunately the most important. One aspect of social justice is rape culture, which was coined as a culture during second-wave feminism in the early 1970s and was, according to the Rape Encyclopedia, “often used by feminists to describe contemporary American culture in its Together". (1) Rape culture, however, by definition, is “a culture in which rape and other sexual violence (usually against women and gender diverse people) are common and in which prevailing attitudes, norms, practices and media condone , normalize, excuse, or encourage sexualized violence. Rape culture only applies to women as victims of sexual violence and not to people who experience sexual violence. Men, for example, are never considered victims. We are certainly not talking about men. Unless, of course, those men dress as women and are raped because they are mistaken for women. But see, it opens up another can of worms here, because it refers specifically to women and people who look like women. It seems a little ridiculous to me. I can't remember a time when rape was a parlor joke. In America? In the 21st century? Absolutely not. In all reality, rape culture is the perpetuated myth that all men have the potential to become rapists. This in turn makes every woman a victim of her own rapist's potential. In fact, it's... middle of paper... sensations of pain so that the whole thing is less physically painful. That doesn't mean he won't carry the emotional scars with him. The difference here, however, is that men do not have this type of protection. Their bodies do nothing to make the rape less physically severe. I am aware that physical penetration where a man straddles a woman is very different from physical penetration where a man is anally raped by another man or woman. Unfortunately, a raped man's arousal is often seen as a reaction that must mean he was enjoying the sexual assault. Once again, total bullshit. How many guys out there have ever gotten an erection from awkwardly rubbing their pants or woken up from a nocturnal emission? How do these differ from the automatic response to aggression? They don't.