The culture that supports rape is the same culture that supports racism - both are cultures of one group using force to maintain its standing above the other group.
The vast majority of forced sexual situations (which may or may not meet the legal definition of rape) are committed by someone the woman knows: 46% by someone she was in love with; 22% by someone she knew well; 19% by an aquaintance; and 9% by her spouse (only 4% by strangers). (Based on a 1994 report of Sex in America - one of the most representative sexuality surveys run in the US.) So rape-avoidance tactics are often of little use because I woman doesn't think she's in a situation to need them in most instances of rape.
The number of men who state that they would force a woman into sex if they knew they could get away with it is startling. (I can't find the statistical reference - problem of revising my Human Sexuality notes over the years - but I'm fairly confident that it is over 50% in one study.)
I could go on - but I'm sure you really don't want to read my lecture notes for the next chapter I cover in Human Sexuality.
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Date: 2005-12-04 03:41 pm (UTC)The culture that supports rape is the same culture that supports racism - both are cultures of one group using force to maintain its standing above the other group.
The vast majority of forced sexual situations (which may or may not meet the legal definition of rape) are committed by someone the woman knows: 46% by someone she was in love with; 22% by someone she knew well; 19% by an aquaintance; and 9% by her spouse (only 4% by strangers). (Based on a 1994 report of Sex in America - one of the most representative sexuality surveys run in the US.) So rape-avoidance tactics are often of little use because I woman doesn't think she's in a situation to need them in most instances of rape.
The number of men who state that they would force a woman into sex if they knew they could get away with it is startling. (I can't find the statistical reference - problem of revising my Human Sexuality notes over the years - but I'm fairly confident that it is over 50% in one study.)
I could go on - but I'm sure you really don't want to read my lecture notes for the next chapter I cover in Human Sexuality.