In today’s perverted media, women and men alike are being shamed, disgraced, and blamed for indefensible crimes committed by the worst type of criminal: a rapist. Rape culture in America must end because the objectification of women, the hypersexuality of men, and the acceptance of victim-blaming should not be social norms. Even through our commendable social progress, we are still seeing the blatant objectification and degradation of women. It is 2017 and young girls and boys are still seeing men treat women like they are simply objects of their sexual desire. Robin Tran, who is of the male gender, speaks up on the issue, stating “when we’re taught that an entire gender exists purely to satisfy others’ needs, it dehumanizes millions of people”
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The Nation, a current events magazine, explains this topic further: “rape culture exists because we don’t believe it does. From tacit acceptance of misogyny in everything from casual conversation with our peers to the media we consume, we accept the degradation of women and posit uncontrollable hypersexuaity of men as the norm” (Nation). As seen in the quote above, we are conditioned to find this issue okay. Some may argue that “boys will be boys”, or “she asked for it”, but how do these excuses justify rape? Independent online newspaper attempts to do just that, stating “it is possibly one of the strongest drives in man (and animals) and it can bring out the best and the worst in people” (Independent). Has the concept of self-control suddenly been lost? Of course, sexual drive is understandable because both genders experience it, but when one wrongfully acts upon that drive is when it becomes unacceptable. The normalization of hypersexuality has therefore normalized victim-blaming, possibly the largest issue in considering sexual-harassment cases in …show more content…
The Office for National Statistics (ONS), after asking people if rape was the victim's fault, found that “more than one third of interviewees insisted sex attack victims bore partial responsibility if they had been “flirting heavily beforehand”” (Barrett). We are sitting on years and years of social progression and advancement, yet we insist on taking two steps back every time we move in the right direction. This, as stated before, plays an important role in court cases involving sexual assault. For example, Canadian Judge Robin Camp asked the victim of a sexual assault case why she couldn’t “just keep [her] knees together” (Chappell). His comment contributes to the obvious fact that misogyny in victim-blaming still exists and needs to
The Nation, a current events magazine, explains this topic further: “rape culture exists because we don’t believe it does. From tacit acceptance of misogyny in everything from casual conversation with our peers to the media we consume, we accept the degradation of women and posit uncontrollable hypersexuaity of men as the norm” (Nation). As seen in the quote above, we are conditioned to find this issue okay. Some may argue that “boys will be boys”, or “she asked for it”, but how do these excuses justify rape? Independent online newspaper attempts to do just that, stating “it is possibly one of the strongest drives in man (and animals) and it can bring out the best and the worst in people” (Independent). Has the concept of self-control suddenly been lost? Of course, sexual drive is understandable because both genders experience it, but when one wrongfully acts upon that drive is when it becomes unacceptable. The normalization of hypersexuality has therefore normalized victim-blaming, possibly the largest issue in considering sexual-harassment cases in …show more content…
The Office for National Statistics (ONS), after asking people if rape was the victim's fault, found that “more than one third of interviewees insisted sex attack victims bore partial responsibility if they had been “flirting heavily beforehand”” (Barrett). We are sitting on years and years of social progression and advancement, yet we insist on taking two steps back every time we move in the right direction. This, as stated before, plays an important role in court cases involving sexual assault. For example, Canadian Judge Robin Camp asked the victim of a sexual assault case why she couldn’t “just keep [her] knees together” (Chappell). His comment contributes to the obvious fact that misogyny in victim-blaming still exists and needs to