samedi 19 avril 2014

Rape Culture : Because it's women's fault

Hey lovelies ! Today I wanted to share something really important that's still exists today. Rape, but more precisely rape culture, because to be honest, rape will always exist. Rape culture shouldn't.

What is rape culture ? The term started in the 70's by United States feminists. It was to show the way that society blamed the victims and were normalizing the male sexual violence.

We see rape culture everyday. In tv shows, book, in front of your eyes ... You'll say "I know what rape is, I never saw that kind of things." It's because we were born seing those things.

I'll give you examples. 

  1. There's a university in Canada where the students had a chant that goes like this for there orientation week : “Y is for your sister. O is for oh-so-tight. U is for underage. N is for no consent. G is for grab that ass.” Seriously ???
  2. Do you know the song Blurred Lines ? Yes this is rape culture.
  3. Did you ever saw some rape related memes ? No !? Just Google it
And the list goes on don't worry. 

What we can do to end rape culture :
  • Identify what is rape culture. If you're contributing to rape culture put a stop at it.
  • Explain what is rape culture to others (like I'm doing right now) share this post, or whatever post you find interesting. 
  • Participate to a rape culture march (to end it of course)
  • No that rape culture exists and it will continue existing if we deny it.
I found something really touching on tumblr today. It takes less than 5 minutes to read. Give it a look.













So that's what I wanted to talk about today. If you have personal stories or if you want to add something, make sure to use the comment section.

Peace and love, Sara

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