Meaning of rapism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A paraphilia in which a person is aroused by rape, i.e. forcing somebody into sexual acts against their will.
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2. A set of cultural values that make rape morally acceptable.
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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".”

“As boundary violators, all participate in the mythic paradigm of Rapism.”

“... in which abominations are normalized, ritualized, repeated, legitimized, sacralized. The state of atrocity is characterized by rapism, the fundamental ideology and practice of patriarchy.”

“These are questions about liberation. There is one more: can you liberate womyn from the enslavement of sexism, rapism...”

“I 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.”

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