Your acceptance of an issue though is not a determining factor in whether it exists or not. My experiences as a male in the military very much validate the existence of rape culture to me. They do not prove it for you. I get that. But that begs the question...

Why is the onus on us to prove rape culture to you? …

"I'm a transwoman."

Just because you're oblivious to something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. That just means you're not paying attention.

So you're a woman that was falsely accused of sexual assault? Ok....moving on.

Don't believe that rape is a normalized aspect of mdern american culture? The hacker that outed the Steubenville rapists is doing more time, under the code of law, than the rapists. So hacking a Facebook account is more of a crime than rape. Enjoy.

Woman's intuition.

The conviction rate for rapists is 3%.

That's all the proof we need.

Gosh, why wont people just agree with you when you invalidate their experiences? If they don't let you oppress them, then it's like their oppressing you right? Logic, man.

As a teacher I'm very saddened by this. I know first hand how girls struggle with the sexually hostile, invasive behavior so often excused by schools because boys will be boys, cover up and other rape culture narratives that end in victim blaming and rampant sexual harassment in schools. It's just heartbreaking to…

Gee, thanks for letting the women know ! I guess they were wrong about this the whole time.

I've handled that #2 statement like this:

We have been out of a "recession" for at least 2 years.

Two things:

True story: a couple months ago an old roommate of mine sent out a mass email asking for donations to his brother's defense fund. His brother had been arrested for "allegedly" having sex with one of his students, but his family didn't think he was guilty. So I look it up and the guy actually confessed to sleeping with…

As a Christian (although that in no way makes me an expert on anything), I want to state that I feel it is actually very important that the headline and article mentions the school being a Christian school. No, it isn't an unfair attempt to single out Christians as all being hypocritical but it is pointing out this…

This was in London in the 90s. Different city, different rules. Back then we stood tall, walked proud and fronted like we lived in Brixton, when we actually lived in Tooting Bec.

The instant a customer lays a finger on an employee in anger like that, all bets are off. Someone did that to me ONCE when I was working in the Apple Store and my managers (who didn't even like me all that much) went apeshit on him. It's just not acceptable.

Me: "Hello sir. I gather that there's been a problem with your order. Can I help?"

This isn't so much a story as a constant occurrence: people who don't know what "ready" means. Inevitably, the dialogue goes something like this.

"Oh, I'm not charging you for the Veggie Sub, I'm charging you for the lettuce, tomato, and cheese sub. It's just the same price as the Veggie Sub, our lowest priced sandwich. What kind of spread did you say you wanted?"
"Holy Moly, the Chef forgot to cook the smoked salmon, let me send that back and have him blacken…