Rape culture

Set of prejudices, practices, attitudes and discourses protected by patriarchal ideologies, beliefs and power structures that legitimize, normalize and promote asymmetrical gender relations and, in particular, violence and sexual abuse. One of the most common practices is to justify the rape of a woman by blaming her for the assault, saying that she inevitably provoked the man because of the way she was dressed, the time of day and where she was, and so on. The UN, which stresses the difficulty of eradicating this culture because of its pervasive and entrenched nature, believes that the first step is to identify it as such. Among the various measures it proposes to put an end to rape culture is promoting a culture of consent.