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In reply to the discussion: There's a lot of pushback when you point out and challenge examples of rape culture... [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)to what extent is "rape culture" as described here the result of a variety of factors including a) sexual dimorphism, b) the legacy of seven million years of primate evolution on human behaviour generally, c) a culture that celebrates masculine aggression and dominance and feminine docility and subservience, d) the fact that society in developed countries has advanced beyond our aforementioned primate evolution--humans did not evolve to live in cities, in settle places, in nuclear families, without the threat of violence, and so on; all of these things are the fruits of five thousand years of what we call civilisation and of the development of forms of society and government that have been afforded by relative plenty, peace and leisure. Why do some humans act like animals one step removed from bestial savagery? Because humans are animals, is why. It would be great if it could change. I'd like to see it change, personally. To some degree, it has, but there's a lot more behind this sort of behaviour, unfortunately, than mere socialisation and cultural attitudes.