In American society, there are so many sectarian obsessions. The culture of social justice is one, and unfortunately the most important. One facet of social justice is rape culture, which was coined as a culture during second wave feminism in the early 1970s and was, according to the Rape Encyclopedia, "often used by feminists to describe contemporary American culture as a whole. (1) Rape culture, by definition, is "a culture in which rape and other sexual violence (usually against women and gender diverse people) is common and in which dominant attitudes, norms, practices, and media tolerate , normalize, excuse, or encourage sexualized violence. Rape culture only applies to women as victims of sexual violence and not to people who are victims of sexual violence. Apparently men can't be sexually assaulted. I'm certainly not talking about men. Unless, of course, these men dress as women and are raped because they are mistaken for women. But you see, there another can of worms opens, because it specifically concerns women and people who. look like women. This seems a bit ridiculous to me. I don't remember a time when rape was a parlor joke. In America? In the 21st century? In reality, rape culture is the perpetuated myth that all men have the potential to become rapists. This makes every woman a victim of her rapist's potential. In fact, it's o...... middle of paper ...... pain sensations to make the whole thing less physically painful. That doesn't mean she won't carry emotional scars. The difference here is that men do not benefit from this type of protection. Their bodies do nothing to make their rape less physically severe. I am aware that physical penetration in which a man is ridden by a woman is very different from physical penetration in which a man is raped by another man or by a woman anally. Unfortunately, a man's arousal to rape is often taken as a reaction that must mean he enjoyed being sexually assaulted. Once again, this is complete bullshit. How many men have ever gotten an erection from rubbing their pants awkwardly or woke up from a nocturnal emission? How do these things differ from the automatic response to aggression? They don't.