- 20 Apr 2020 23:51
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What is present in the notion of 'rape culture' that could not be described by 'structural sexism'?
I know that Godstud's quote was pretty verbose (and hence not really a useful as a definition), but I'm not seeing anything in there that could not be boiled down to such a term.
You've made this up, culture implies structure and I would say that that is the reason the word was used by whoever coined the phrase.
Pants-of-dog wrote:So again, I would argue that structural sexism and rape culture are two different, though related, things.
What is present in the notion of 'rape culture' that could not be described by 'structural sexism'?
I know that Godstud's quote was pretty verbose (and hence not really a useful as a definition), but I'm not seeing anything in there that could not be boiled down to such a term.
And there are examples of rape culture existing in groups that have no rigid structures.
You've made this up, culture implies structure and I would say that that is the reason the word was used by whoever coined the phrase.