Does rape culture exist? (POLL)

Not of rape, but of rape culture.
As I've already said, rape culture is made up of many different features and is constantly evolving.
And you've just added strength to my point - that is one of the features of rape culture - the belief that if it happens to a man, it is acceptable. I've never said that is acceptable and sexual assault on males is in fact one of the prominent features of today's rape culture because males are facing the same challenges women did back in 1975 - stigmatization, shame, and victim blame.

Rape isn't something that is made up of many different features, it is like saying we live in a murder culture because people punch each other, threaten violence and people say things like you should of just hit them back.

Rape as an act isn't made up of features - but rape as a concept is, and rape culture certainly is. If I was threatened with murder on a nearly daily basis I would most definitely say we live in a murder culture or at least, a violent one. As it is, I've never been threatened with murder nor have I been attacked.
For example, I am threatened with rape on a daily basis when gaming, by really young kids. If I was a man, they wouldn't use this threat. It's worrying that children of the age of 10 think rape is an acceptable threat to use against a woman.

So your argument is a bunch of kids are nasty online.
Do you believe these are credible threats or just kids online trying to act big? When they grow up people realise that stuff isn't accepted.

Latest statistics say there are 33,431 Incidents of rape (police recorded) and overall 99,609 incidents of sexual offences

Compared with 403,957 incidents of violent crime with injury and 480,909 incidents of violent crime without injury.

http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2015#violent-crime

If you're claiming my entire argument is a bunch of kids are nasty online then you're disregarding everything I have said prior?
Does it matter? It's not just kids, it's grown men too. When are they going to grow up? Or are rape threats to be taken lightly, because you know - it's only rape. If someone threatened to murder me online I would certainly say it would be a big deal regardless of age.
1) police recorded is a big factor - many, many rape victims, especially males, never report their assault to police.
2) your argument here is that violent crime (which encompasses a HUGE amount of offences) happens more (or is reported more) therefore, rape isn't a problem.

Who would think of a fetish situation when it clearly isn't mentioned? As someone who does political research using questionnaires with the public, I think the question is about as clear as it could be. There's no suggestion it's anything other than sex.
You seem to be in denial that any male would think non-consensual sex is okay. We know that rape does undeniably happen, so clearly there are people who do agree with that.

I have never said rape isn't a problem, go find somewhere I have said oh rape isn't a problem.

And other victims don't come forward? we can only judge on the available FACTUAL evidence

Are you saying that there is a majority or a sizeable minority who think it is ok? If you think that go actually talk to people.

Have you considered just muting the gobby kids on games who talk like that, I've been threatened online that is what I did.

If you're claiming my entire argument is a bunch of kids are nasty online then you're disregarding everything I have said prior?
Does it matter? It's not just kids, it's grown men too. When are they going to grow up? Or are rape threats to be taken lightly, because you know - it's only rape. If someone threatened to murder me online I would certainly say it would be a big deal regardless of age.
1) police recorded is a big factor - many, many rape victims, especially males, never report their assault to police.
2) your argument here is that violent crime (which encompasses a HUGE amount of offences) happens more (or is reported more) therefore, rape isn't a problem.

Well seeing I'm someone who's also had to collect and analyse sociological data via questionnaires myself, they very fact you would get people responding to the "if a woman says no to sex, is that rape?" in a manner of 'it depends on the situation' would prove it's not quite clear cut. Unless you know the exact manner this study was undertaken you cannot comment in the slightest on the reasoning for their answer.

I highly doubt those 23% literally think it's okay to rape a woman. However with the data provided you can in no way, shape or form suggest a reason for that answer. It's the basic difference between a quantitative and qualitative study that they teach at basic AS level.

At the moment you're making an unsupported statement which has no more relevance than me saying I disagree.

It's the main reason stat dropping without any relevant investigation into the reasons 'why' is highly discouraged.

Am I in denial that some men think it's okay? I don't think anyone bar someone who could be classed as mentally ill could think such a thing is okay. People however still do things they know to be wrong. However what I do get annoyed by is questionable statistics, collected in a bias manner without any form of cross examination being use to demonize an entire gender.

Absolutely yes
Not just in every day society but especially in the military (particularly the U.S military) where many military staff still think of rape as a tactic/strategy, and not a crime. The invasion of Iraq and the war crimes that occurred there not only show the elements of rape culture that are stagnant within society and military but also the colonial and imperialist undertones of it. Today there was an article about the fact that a Spanish judge asked a rape victim 'if she tried closing her legs'. I think that's pretty strong evidence of the rape culture in Europe and other places today.

He's saying we're much more likely to live in a culture of violence and murder than rape culture based merely on the proportions of claimed actions undertaken.

Questioning validity of feminist claims concerning rape does not equal stating rape is not a problem and to be quite honest it's a very obvious diversionary tactic.

The whole idea of a 'rape culture' does not fit into any realistic or current definition of culture. The only way it does is if you then try and change the definition of culture.

If there are 99,000 incidents of sexual assault then yes of course there must be a minority of people who think it is okay - and that's not including the people who continue to construct a society where bodies are gendered and owned.
Of course I mute abusive players - but muting them doesn't get rid of their views or mean they don't continue to believe that its acceptable. The fact that they are saying those things in the first place is the issue, not how I deal with that fact.
Or of course.. it is my fault for not immediately muting people on games.. unfortunately you can't mute people in the street or in nightclubs or in the safety of your own home who threaten your sexual safety either.

Of course there is a minority I said sizeable minority, there is a minority of people who deny the holocaust does that mean we have a culture of holocaust deniers.

People are entitled to their views, do you want thought crime laws as well?

You have said they are kids have you never said anything that you now realise was wrong?
When they grow up the majority will realise that they are wrong.

There will always be scumbags who will break the law that is a fact that does not mean that the behaviour is accepted when people come across it

If there are 99,000 incidents of sexual assault then yes of course there must be a minority of people who think it is okay - and that's not including the people who continue to construct a society where bodies are gendered and owned.
Of course I mute abusive players - but muting them doesn't get rid of their views or mean they don't continue to believe that its acceptable. The fact that they are saying those things in the first place is the issue, not how I deal with that fact.
Or of course.. it is my fault for not immediately muting people on games.. unfortunately you can't mute people in the street or in nightclubs or in the safety of your own home who threaten your sexual safety either.

So you don't see the hypocrisy here?

You don't understand why such people say such things in the first place. It's offences/threats aimed at an individual with the gender been used to personalise the offence. Not them offending them because of their gender.

Women tend to be offended with charged sexual language, mostly because violence against women by men is seen as worse in many respects worse than rape. By comparison they will tell other men they will have sex with their parents/siblings/relatives, beat them up, kill them etc. Due to homophobia a man will generally not say they will rape another man unless they want to actively play on that individuals own homophobic fears.

People know online abuse is a serious issue, but once again it's hardly a gendered issue. There's also a suggestion of 'open door syndrome', aka women are used to being treated politely (thus opening doors etc) and in person offences in general are much rarer and usually instead aimed at men (even then most abuse is women on women). Online, the consensus is, despite your real life gender and even if the abuser knows your gender, social rules online are genderless. Aka your gender will not decide per se if you receive abuse online or not, more as the actual content. Day to day, men receive similar levels of abuse online, if not slightly more, In real life however men receive drastically higher levels of physical and verbal abuse than women, even if you include rapes/sexual assaults etc.

Also are you also suggesting physical safety is less than a issue than sexual safety?

It's been suggested in studies numerous times stereotypical rapes is often about dominance and control. Just in the same manner assaults between two males or two females is about dominance and control. If you start viewing stereotypical rape as mostly a violent act before sexual then realistically a rape threats are no different in reality to a threat of physical violence.

Then you have the really basic fact online humour is extremely more dark than in real life. Rape and child abuse is about as dark as you can go seeing murder is allowed in mainstream comedy thus it's popularity online.

Men actually receive more abuse online and women are more likely to abuse women online.
http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/online-harassment/

Quite honestly I think we do have a culture of violence, especially within the media and entertainment industries..
but irregardless, by claiming you have to change the definition of culture to discuss rape culture is rather odd. Does that mean there isn't rape culture in Eastern countries like the others were saying?
Should a theory such as 'new wars' be disregarded because in order to understand it, the definition of war must change?

Yet when my housemate was showing people pictures of nudes sent to him, not one guy in a house of six said anything against it. That's a majority to me.
A majority that accepts the fact that other men think of women as own-able, even if they don't agree with it themselves.

Assaulting people isn't a view! It's a crime. As is threatening people. I have never threatened anyone, no. I've never threatened to commit violence/crime on anyone. And I also said not all of them are kids.
Yet when my housemate was showing people pictures of nudes sent to him, not one guy in a house of six said anything against it. That's a majority to me.
A majority that accepts the fact that other men think of women as own-able, even if they don't agree with it themselves.