Response to Class discussion on Feminism 2/3/15

I read something very interesting recently. It said rape is everyone's issue, regardless of gender...
This was something that really spoke out to me for many reasons. For one, many people portray rape and the culture that surrounds it to be only a women's problem. The majority of the time, a women will fall victim to rape and sexual assault. You did not hear very often about men who are sexually assaulted. However, this kind of thing does indeed happen. 
In regards to feminism, this type of thinking is more broad and open-minded than the norm of the Western culture. People who tend to have feminist ideals, also tend to have more liberal ideals as well. We unfortunately live in a rape culture society that promotes sex. This also affects how our society as a whole thinks about rape. There are many examples of how this rape culture is expressed in our society. One example would be the same "Blurred Lines", which expresses the blurred lines between consent with explicit language such as "I know you want it". Also, claiming that a girl was wearing too much makeup, or not enough clothing was pretty much a girls own way for "asking for it". All of these elements of society revolve around rape culture, and especially the way a women is treated through this society.
There has been a recent scandal about a boy from Stanford, who was caught mid-rape on campus. This was one of the most alarmingly sick and twisted stories I have heard of. The boy, was a Freshman on the Stanford swim team who was caught raping an unconscious girl on campus. He was charged with five counts of rape, and was asked to leave the school permanently. What is so sickening about this case, is that the boy claims he was not assaulting his victim with the intent to rape her. However, he had already committed rape and was caught red-handed. I think this just goes to show how we live in a rape culture, yet no one wants to call it rape. There are so many different levels of rape, yet even rapists only refer to themselves as people who have sexually assaulted others. I think, that this is something very interesting that no one really understands…. Why not just call a rapist a rapist? Because many do not want the title. However, they are the ones committing the crimes, nonetheless.