Here's a bullet-point list of examples of rape culture.
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Blaming the victim ("She asked for it!")
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Trivializing sexual assault ("Boys will be boys!")
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Sexually explicit jokes
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Tolerance of sexual harassment
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Inflating false rape report statistics
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Publicly scrutinizing a victim's dress, mental state, motives, and history
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Gratuitous gendered violence in movies and television
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Defining "manhood" as dominant and sexually aggressive
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Defining "womanhood" as submissive and sexually passive
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Pressure on men to "score"
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Pressure on women to not appear "cold"
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Assuming only promiscuous women get raped
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Assuming that men don't get raped or that only "weak" men get raped
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Refusing to take rape accusations seriously
- Teaching women to avoid getting raped instead of teaching men not to rape
This list was taken from Zaron Burnett's piece titled: A Gentleman's Guide to Rape Culture it is a must read article written from the male perspective.