Zerlina Friedman's Rape Culture Is Real

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Rape Culture Is Real

“Simply put, feminists want equality for everyone and that begins with physical safety.”
The text “Rape Culture is real” by Zerlina Maxwell begins with this statement, which is not any different from any other feminist. It is the same story every time. According to the feminists, they are the only one who wants to make the world a better place.
It is like one of those Facebook pages “Like if you are against rape” – just because you do not like the page you do not automatically become a rapist. Nevertheless, women has a desire to speak up and state the obvious.
Rape is illegal by law and it is unjustifiable – people know that, but is it only men to blame? Rape is generally presented as something that only (or almost always) happens to women. Why? There are …show more content…

Kitchens says, that she cannot see the tolerance for rape and states that rape is a horrific crime and rapists are despised. Furthermore, she says that there is no evidence that rape is considered a cultural norm.
Jaclyn Friedman, the author of Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape, backs up Zerlina Maxwell and adds: “What we really despise is the idea of rapists: a terrifying monster lurking in the bushes, waiting to pounce on an innocent girl as she walks by”.
Friedman says: “But actual rapists, men who are usually know to (and often loved by) their victims? Men who are sometimes our sports heroes, political leaders, buddies, boyfriends and father? Evidence suggests we don’t despise them nearly as much as we should.”
In Denmark the laws against rape were ambiguous. The range of penalty were different and much lower if the raped victim knew the rapist or if the victim was unconscious. This ambiguity in the laws against rape was only changed after 15.000 persons in a petition from Amnesty

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