CAROLINE KITCHENS: It’s Time to End ‘Rape Culture’ Hysteria.

Though rape is certainly a serious problem, there’s no evidence that it’s considered a cultural norm. Twenty-first century America does not have a rape culture; what we have is an out-of-control lobby leading the public and our educational and political leaders down the wrong path. Rape culture theory is doing little to help victims, but its power to poison the minds of young women and lead to hostile environments for innocent males is immense.

On college campuses, obsession with eliminating “rape culture” has led to censorship and hysteria. . . . a growing number of young men find themselves charged with rape, named publicly, and brought before campus judicial panels informed by rape culture theory. In such courts, due process is practically non-existent: Guilty because accused.

Earlier, from the same author: Statistics Don’t Back Up Claims About ‘Rape Culture.’

Meanwhile, the actual “rape culture” of American prisons continues on without much public protest.