6'4" 250 lb. Man Rapes Three-year-old Daughter, Judge rules for HIS safety. No rape culture here!

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265. My understanding of the report I cited is that this statistic refers to pre-teens.

The data at the link includes a statistic that 28% of adults report being sexually victimized as teenagers. Since the two statistics are different I assume that the 20%/5-10% figure is dealing with a younger age group. I admit that my interpretation may be incorrect, and will review it for clarification later in the day.

Rape culture is not necessarily about "support" per se, it is more about inaction and fear. A very egregious example is the young man who actually saw Sandusky committing a rape; but it happens in lesser ways all the time.

I think a lot of the problem overlaps with some of the aspects of human nature that were revealed in the Milgram and Stanford Prison experiments...people absolve themselves of responsibility for suffering if there is some authority structure that makes abuse permissible. They may not "agree" with what goes on, but they allow themselves to believe that they are not the ones in control of the situation and are not responsible for its outcome.

It all goes back to who has power and authority. In a society that in many fundamental ways puts white, straight, able-bodied men in the position of authority, it is inevitable that women, minorities, the disabled, and yes, children, will be victimized. OF course there are differences in the specific routes by which children are victimized, as opposed to older teens or adults, but there is also considerable overlap.