In today’s society, sexual violence is  a crime that occurs far too often. Many times sexual violence also comes with attitudes that attempt to discredit it. Such attitudes are known as rape myths. The author states that rape myths are defined as “attitudes and beliefs that are generally false but are widely and persistently held, serve to deny/justify male aggression against women.”

It was shocking for me to hear that there are actually people who believe that a woman can’t claim she was raped if she does not have bruises . Mindset and attitudes such as these call for social changes. Contrary to what the author states I would like to believe that rape myth acceptances have declined amongst college students. All around the media are movements advocating for women’s rights and safety such as #metoo. Throughout the campus I’ll hear about clubs or protest that advocate for the well being of a woman so it seems to me that ideologies such as rape myths wouldn’t be accepted in atmospheres such as Hunter’s