Topic > The effects of rape culture on women's silence

In relation to rape, feminist criminologists argue that sexual violence is the result of a history of male control and female passivity, which makes it more acceptable for men to control sexuality of women (Ward, 1995). The idea of ​​rape culture comes from this feminist criminological perspective on male domination (Chasteen, 2001). It is the way society thinks about sexual violence and has the effect of normalizing or denying sexual violence when it occurs, or placing the blame for the crime on the victim, rather than the perpetrator (Duca, 2015). Attitudes, norms, beliefs, and historical inequalities are all part of rape culture (Ward, 1995), including everyday practices that may seem harmless. Fairy tales are an example of how certain attitudes towards women are reinforced. In Disney's The Little Mermaid, Ariel has no voice, which leads to women being silenced as they have been taught that their voices do not matter (Jordan, 2012). Meanwhile Ursula, the only woman who has a voice, is a liar, which shows how women are seen as deceitful when they speak out (Jordan, 2012). This shows that a man's truth is worth more than a woman's, and women are silenced (Jordan, 2004). Also, the idea