rape cultures
rape cultures is the plural of rape culture.
Meaning of rape culture
Noun (1)
rape culture (countable and uncountable, plural rape cultures)
- A culture, environment or society where rape or other forms of sexual assault are common, and in which social attitudes or practices work to trivialize sexual violence, make rape seem normal, or shift responsibility from rapists to rape victims.
- By exposing the facts of our rapes, the numbers of them, the events surrounding them, and the men who commit them, we begin to break down the myths that support the rape culture.1977 Spring, Suzanne Lacy, “"Three Weeks in May": Speaking Out on Rape, a Political Art Piece”, in Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, volume 2, number 1, →JSTOR, page 67
Noun (2)
rape culture (uncountable)
- The cultivation (growing or production) of rape.
- In Flanders, where rape culture is practised upon the most extensive and economical scale, the stubble is ploughed twice […]1801, The Farmer's Magazine, page 280
- Synonyms:
- rapeseed culture
Questions about rape cultures
- What is rape cultures the plural of?
- Rape cultures is the plural of rape culture.
Words near rape cultures in the dictionary
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