Rape culture is wrong, and as a woman who is sympathetic to all victims of sexual assault I am in disbelief that rape is normalized today. Rape culture is portrayed through song lyrics, TV shows, people making jokes about rape, and people who have outdated opinions on rape being “avoidable”. In the song “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke, he glamorizes rape and justifies sexual assault if the the line between being flirtatious and being consensual are “blurred” or not made clear. Rape culture puts a blame on sexual assault victims, making the victim think it is their fault, and it encourages aggression and sexual violence. Although it is true that rape culture in today’s pop culture is frowned upon, music expressing rape culture can educate people, …show more content…
Many sexual assault victims blame themselves to begin with. Other people also have their own opinions that blame the victim like “she was asking for it…” or “if she wasn’t drunk…” or “if her skirt wasn’t so short…” to justify it. Robin Thicke is saying rape is okay. If a sexual assault victim hears a song that is glamorizing rape, making rape sound justifiable because women give “mixed signals”, and millions of people buy the song or listen to the song, the victim is going to think that all of the people who bought the song agree with it, that rape is okay. In “Blurred Lines” Robin Thicke says “the way you grab me...must wanna get nasty” implying that if a woman grabs or touches a man it is his right to “get nasty” or force sex onto her. “Must” meaning that he is assuming she wants to get nasty, which implies that he wouldn’t need consent. “Not many women can refuse this pimpin’” could be explained as women in the past found it difficult to refuse sex with him, so you must find it difficult as well. Women in the past may have wanted to have sex with him, he doesn’t see why you wouldn’t and doesn’t feel the need to ask for your