rape culture
English
Etymology 1
From rape (“Brassica rapa plant”) + culture.
Noun
- (agriculture) The cultivation (growing or production) of rape.
- 1873, The Canada Farmer, page 216:
- It may be added, as a final recommendation of rape culture, that this plant is valuable for its yield of honey.
- 1899, GW Koiner, Report of the State Board of Agriculture of Virginia:
- The progress in rape culture in this country is one of the marvels of latter day husbandry.
- The Farmer's Magazine (page 280)
- In Flanders, where rape culture is practised upon the most extensive and economical scale, the stubble is ploughed twice […]
- 1873, The Canada Farmer, page 216:
Synonyms
- rapeseed culture
Translations
rape culture, cultivation of rape, rape cultivation
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Etymology 2
From rape (“non-consensual sex”) + culture.
Noun
rape culture (plural rape cultures)
- A culture, environment or society where rape (a form of sexual assault) is 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. [from 20th c.]
- 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:
- 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.
- 1996 April, A. Ayres Boswell with Joan Z. Spade, “Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture: Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women?”, in Gender & Society, volume 10, number 2, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 134:
- To prevent further incidences of rape on college campuses, we need to understand what it is about fraternities in particular and college life in general that may contribute to the maintenance of a rape culture on college campuses.
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- 2011, Lizzy Davies, The Guardian, 30 Sep 2011:
- Women's rights activists in Britain and the US have accused Facebook of promoting rape and "rape culture" after the social networking site refused to take down pages on which users made jokes and apparent confessions about sexual assault.
Translations
rape culture
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