Although there are many problems in the world, such as poverty, starvation, cancer and the abundance of carbon emissions on the planet, there are one that has been on my mind for quite a long time. a while: rape culture. This number is very popular in the world of bloggers and social networking site tumblr. This is slowly progressing towards an important problem that the public recognizes. Examining the historical, social, political, cultural and economic perspectives of the issue will result in controversy over rape culture. Rape culture is an issue that has gained momentum thanks to the feminist movement over the past two decades. Rape itself has been around since the dawn of time and its definition has changed over the years. In the United States, before 1993, a woman could not accuse her husband of rape. The definition of rape varies by state, and each state has its own set of rape laws. According to Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), rape culture "is a term coined by feminists in the United States in the 1970s. It was designed to show the way society blamed victims of rape." sexual assault and normalized male sexual violence. »1 Rape culture existed in the 1970s and still exists today. The biggest problem with rape culture is that there is a shared decision about whether it exists. or does not exist. Every girl (or woman, to be politically correct) experiences rape culture without knowing that it is in fact rape culture. Tumblr user Vonmoire describes rape culture as: "[Living] my life with the ever-burning anxiety that someone is going to put their hands on me, regardless of my feelings about it, and that I won't I won't be able to stop them. I live knowing that statistically, one in three women have experienced...... middle of paper ...... this problem is still in its infancy and it has gained momentum thanks to things like the SlutWalk that started in Toronto. The SlutWalk is a march where men and women come together to protest rape culture.4 SlutWalks take place in Dallas, Chicago, Sacramento, Boston, Detroit, and many other major cities across the United States and Canada. Rape culture will come back into existence when someone is asked for the last time what they were wearing, how much they were drinking, or if they somehow provoked the assault. Women against violence against women| Rape crisis center. WAVAW. Internet. April 6, 20142. Vonmoire (RD). “When I was seventeen and getting ready to leave.” Tumblr. Internet. April 5, 2014.3. “Myths and facts about rape. » The Student Health Center. West Virginia University. Internet. April 5, 2014.4. Dallas Slut Walk. "About." Facebook. Internet. April 5 2014.