In 1987, a radical feminist called all sexual contact "degrading to women" and "rape."

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415. The problem is when you call shit rape culture that isn't.

I tell my kids to lock the doors to the cars. NO ONE says this is a theft culture.
I tell my kids to stay out of high crime areas. NO ONE says this is crime culture.
I tell my kids to avoid people who are drug users. NO ONE says this a drug culture.

BUT, if I tell my daughter to avoid certain high risk situations - THIS is rape culture.

That bothers me. I tell my kids NO ONE has a right to steal from them, beat them up, attack them, rape them, etc. However, I also let them know that the world is full of pieces of shit and we need to be vigilint in protecting ourselves. My telling my kids to be safe in no way communicates that they deserve something bad that happens to them. Rather, it simply communicates the unacceptable, dark side of humanity and the laws of statistics and probabilities.

And yet, I have been called a rape apologist for this view on this very website.