In short, he’s built his entire career on the foundation of what feminist academics call “rape culture”. Rape culture doesn’t so much actively encourage rape as passively condone it. I’ve broken down the various assumptions, stock phrases, and social expectations that, together, constitute rape culture. They will lie, lie, lie, and they will do worse than that.”Rape culture begets rape cultureThe most pernicious thing about rape culture is that it’s self-perpetuating. If we are to learn anything from Trump’s masterclass in rape culture it’s that none of us should keep quiet.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2016 13:45 UTC