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Why Do Feminists Promote Sexual Liberation If They Believe We Live In A Rape Culture?

The rhetoric of today, especially around women’s rights and female liberation, is both unapologetically obsessed with promoting sexual liberation through the colloquial “hookup” and simultaneously preoccupied with so-called rape culture, which we use as a catch-all term for the more serious topics of intimate partner violence, rape, and sexual assault.

By Gwen Farrell3 min read
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But it’s time that we realize that there is indeed an undeniable correlation between sexual liberation and rape culture, so why would we promote one if it might lead to the other?