rapism

English

Etymology

rape +‎ -ism

Noun

rapism (uncountable)

1. A paraphilia in which a person is aroused by rape, i.e. forcing somebody into sexual acts against their will.
2. A set of cultural values that make rape morally acceptable.
   • 1993, Marilyn Pearsall, Women and Values: Readings in Recent Feminist Philosophy:

     The ethos of Judeo-Christian culture is dominated by The Most Unholy Trinity: Rape, Genocide, and War. It is rapism which spawns racism. It is gynocide which spawns genocide, for sexism (rapism) is fundamental socialization to objectify "the other".

   • 1984 Fall, Harris Mirkin, “The Passive Female: the Theory of Patriarchy”, in American Studies, volume 25, number 2:

     As boundary violators, all participate in the mythic paradigm of Rapism.

   • 1998, Mary Daly, Quintessence-- Realizing the Archaic Future:

     ... in which abominations are normalized, ritualized, repeated, legitimized, sacralized. The state of atrocity is characterized by rapism, the fundamental ideology and practice of patriarchy.

   • 1993 Spring-Summer, Mykel Johnson, “Casting a New Circle”, in Women's Studies Quarterly, volume 21, numbers 1-2:

     These are questions about liberation. There is one more: can you liberate womyn from the enslavement of sexism, rapism...

   • 2014 Fall, Lisa Samuels, “Rapacity Culture and the Body”, in Chicago Review, volume 59, numbers 1-2:

     I imagine being part of a "we" that wants to change rapacity culture in order to change rape culture, to undo rapism as many cultures have sought to undo racism.

Synonyms

• (set of cultural values): rape culture

Anagrams

• Pamirs