Right lol. As if the reason women unwillingly acquiesce to sex with men is because they're shy. And not because they may fear anger and violence if they say no.

Never mind that it is completely unrealistic to expect all women to be confident.

Cackling at this victim blaming in a thread about rape culture.

Yes, but I've also made dead baby jokes when I was 12. That doesn't mean I'm contributing to infant homicide.

No, I've never thought that. I think girls should definitely take precautions in sketchy areas, just like people should not wear expensive jewelry in a place where kidnapping for ransom is common. But at the end of the day, it's never her fault. Anyone who thinks that is twisted. But I don't really see anyone using this justification anymore.

I'm not assuming anything. The legal system will determine whose story is more probable, and even though that might not be the truth, that is what most likely occurred. If it so happens that Dr. Luke s innocent, then that will be dealt with. However, I think it is unlikely for a female to falsify a rape claim, and that statements such as "she's a liar" are the reasons that more women don't make their assaults known to authorities.

Using the word "rape" out of context does not normalise the practice itself, but more so lessens the gravity of the word. If somebody uses "rape" in a sentence like "Far out, the other team raped us", they probably do not understand or think that it is inappropriate at all. It is kind of like saying "Wow, that's gay". You are lessening the meaning of the word and using it in the wrong context, thereby diminishing its value.

I understand what you mean by the friend zone just being what happens when feelings are not reciprocated by one party, but it still comes from a place of entitlement. It practically blames the woman for not consenting.

That's what I think anyway.

I don't think you can classify that as rape though. It's inconsiderate or clueless of the guy, and I'm sure it has a mental toll on the girl whom deserves the utmost empathy. However, it should not be considered rape.

I agree with you on that. Most rape claims are legitimate, so to form an assumption on that side is really insensitive unless there is a ton of evidence pointing otherwise. I think most don't come forward with rape because sex is such a vulnerable subject. To have to testify and go through a grueling process regarding that subject often with your parents and peers involved can be humiliating.

I totally agree! It would be immensely difficult to have to go through that process. Society in general can make it easier on a woman by not immediately dismissing the legitimacy of her claims.

I'm not sure why these discussions are always hard to get.

Sex while intoxicated is not consensual.

Sex that is coerced is not consensual.

Sex with people who cannot give consent is not consensual.

Rape culture is telling women that they need to change how they dress because their clothes are telling men they want to have sex, even if the don't. Rape culture is telling male rape victims that they should have liked their female rapist because having sex is masculine and makes them men. Rape culture is shaming male rape victims into silence because their rapist was a man and they're afraid of being seen as gay. Rape culture is the idea that partners or spouses owe one another sex.

Rape culture is literal rapists, who admitted to raping people, being given no jail time because the judge didn't want them to "miss out on the experience of going to college".

Rape culture is the idea that the desire of sex in rapists is more valuable than the trauma experienced by rape victims, because they were women or because of toxic tropes of masculinity or heteronormativity in our culture.