Meanings
- uncountableA paraphilia in which a person is aroused by rape, i.e. forcing somebody into sexual acts against their will.
- uncountableA set of cultural values that make rape morally acceptable.
As boundary violators, all participate in the mythic paradigm of Rapism.
1984 Fall, Harris Mirkin, “The Passive Female: the Theory of Patriarchy”, in American Studies, volume 25, number 24 more examples
The ethos of Judeo-Christian culture is dominated by The Most Unholy Trinity: Rape, Genocide, and War. It is rapism which spawns racism. It is gynocide which spawns genocide, for sexism (rapism) is fundamental socialization to objectify "the other".
1993, Marilyn Pearsall, Women and Values: Readings in Recent Feminist Philosophy... in which abominations are normalized, ritualized, repeated, legitimized, sacralized. The state of atrocity is characterized by rapism, the fundamental ideology and practice of patriarchy.
1998, Mary Daly, Quintessence-- Realizing the Archaic FutureThese are questions about liberation. There is one more: can you liberate womyn from the enslavement of sexism, rapism...
1993 Spring-Summer, Mykel Johnson, “Casting a New Circle”, in Women's Studies Quarterly, volume 21, numbers 1-2I imagine being part of a "we" that wants to change rapacity culture in order to change rape culture, to undo rapism as many cultures have sought to undo racism.
2014 Fall, Lisa Samuels, “Rapacity Culture and the Body”, in Chicago Review, volume 59, numbers 1-2Synonyms: rape culture
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nounA set of cultural values that make rape morally acceptable.
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