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Rape culture means that women who survive SA often have to go through a hellish psychosocial process wherein they must convince cops, judges, juries, friends and family that they were not “asking for it.”
This is not me talking, this is something that has been expressed to me by multiple individuals. That they would rather undergo horrific mutilation by an animal than even risk dealing with that process. It's not hyperbole.
I don't want to invalidate any woman's experience here. but It applies to all genders,SA done against men is often played for jokes, downplayed, or even treated as "lucky" (see this video.) Again, i'm not trying to invalidate anones experience, i just wanted to point out that this hellish thing can hapen to all genders. English isnt my first language, so pelase do tell if i missed something or wrongly undersanded it.
absolutely correct :)
i've also seen cases where women perpetrate male against male rape, due to personal vendetta, which is actually just fucked up beyond belief.