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The Cornerstone's Ideas About Rape Culture

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The Cornerstone presenters pointed out many important ideas about rape culture and healthy relationships. The presenters explained that rape culture is, that in the situation of rape, the victim is blamed and normalizes the sexual violence of the perpetrator, or normalizes the harmful behavior by trivializing its impact. We as a class interacted in an activity that allowed us to rank certain situations from being the least harmful to the most harmful. To no surprise, stranger rape and date rape were considered to be the most harmful. We were informed about consent and if you do not give your partner consent before a sexual activity it is considered rape. Furthermore, a person is entitled to the ability to change their mind and their partner …show more content…

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