Despite this inundation of rape imagery, where we are immersed in a rape culture-one that is overly permissive toward all manner of sexual violence-not enough victims of gang rape speak out about the toll the experience exacts. The right stories are not being told, or we're not writing enough about the topic of rape in the right ways. Perhaps we too casually use the term rape culture to address the very specific problems that rise from a culture mired in sexual violence. Should we, instead, focus on rapist culture because decades of addressing rape culture has accomplished so little?
Roxane Gay emphasizes the pervasive issue of rape culture, which often desensitizes society to sexual violence while victims remain silent about their traumatic experiences, particularly those of gang rape. She argues that there is a deficit in the narratives surrounding these events, suggesting that the existing conversations may not adequately capture the severity and implications of sexual violence.
Gay raises an important question about the terminology we use, contemplating whether focusing...
