We do believe that the existence of rape pornography contributes to a conducive context for violence against women through eroticising men's violence and women's non-consent.
The existence of rape and other forms of sexual violence don't invalidate the experiences of those who are discriminated against in the workplace or harassed in the street; nobody tells the police to stop investigating fraud until they've solved every murder.
All men benefit from the existence of rape because women are made to feel dependent on men for protection from rapists.
The existence of rape culture.
Most women and girls limit their behavior because of the existence of rape.
It's difficult to believe that anyone would deny the existence of rape culture after this story hit the national stage.
And if you think that someone like Turner can't be a rapist, then you need to revise your theory – rather than positing the existence of rape without rapists, as his friend did, incoherently.
Perhaps I hold a more favorable view of humanity than Mr. Douthart, as I believe that the existence of rape is not something we must accept, but rather, that it is a treatable symptom of an ill society.
