To build on what Shane said, "rape culture" isn't about the actual rapists per se so much as the environment that fosters them. The supposedly well-meaning bystanders. They are whom you want to target, because they can make it so that a rapist is more likely to be tried, convicted, & punished appropriately, & less stress is likely to be put on the victim. In some senses this is a ridiculously slow process, but in others we've come a long way in just a few decades.
It is vanishingly unlikely that every injustice will be ended in your lifetime, so don't look for that. Focus your attentions so that you don't get burnt out.
back after some sleep, and i reread my post. i maintain what i stated, but i was having a bit of a rizzo moment, there.
which is why i propose the triple effect: boost victim help (legal, psychological, medical), break the taboo (awareness, shocking if need be), and boost awareness to the general population. where i am, it's either taboo (don't speak bout it, it don't exist) or negation (it only happens to other people) or worse, victim blaming (wouldn't have happened if you weren't a slut). all three are wrong, and my university declined having this kind of awareness club, yet thankfully has a sex-ed club that offers contraception and std checks. "sex is fun, rape doesn't exist"... fuckin' hippies...
so yeah, i'm trying to not burn out, but even so, i'd like to do something, not even something big, but no answers. i won't burn out, even if i do get bitter about it sometimes.
@PHH: i have sworn a vow of pacifism that is sorely tried enough as it is without you reminding me that post-natal abortion exists, but i appreciate the sentiment.
