I wanted to write this morning because for a couple of days I've been rehashing an article I read on Friday night. It got me thinking about how things didn't just start to bother me then, but how they have bothered me for a really long time.
The article on in the Huff Post is about Rape Culture. Now I know what Rape Culture is, I can identify it in media and when you hear people having a conversation. But I've never found such an amazing way to simply explain it.
This article covers it extensively and presents it in an easy to understand way, so I hope it will reach as many people as possible. One thing that's seriously bothered me lately is when I'm on social media and I see someone has written
"*insert team name here* got raped in that last game!" - example.
It's made me uncomfortable on levels I can't even fathom to explain. I've almost sent a message to individuals to ask them whether they believe that is an appropriate use of the word or not. Young people I think have almost forgotten how serious that word needs to be used, and that yes there should be a stigma attached because it shouldn't be used lightly! Rape Culture has also taught me not to send a message to these individuals because of the back lash that might come of it.
Honestly it makes my stomach turn. When an incident happened at my high school it disgusted me to see how immediately every single person was so quick to blame the girl because she got too drunk. Yes these people that claim that Rape Culture as horrible. I felt like a lone voice in a crowd of hundreds saying, wait don't you see what you're all doing? Everyone says they would never blame the victim but I watched it happen and it made me want to scream, cry and shake them all because everyone seem so blinded. Rape Culture needs to end because it bothers me so deeply that I try so hard every single day to push it out of my brain.
How did this happen? How did this become a society norm?
Think on it, post in the comments below.
Love, Kate
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