--- title: "Best Rape-culture Sayings" description: "Browse 88 Rape-culture quotes by 55 authors. Discover the best Rape-culture sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/derrick-jensen-2824_civilization_i-m-reasonably-certain-salmon-swordfish_2649486.png" --- > [“I'm reasonably certain, salmon, swordfish, and hammerhead sharks do not find themselves paralyzed by spasms of self-blame for their plight - What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-jensen/i-m-reasonably-certain-salmon-swordfish-and-hammerhead-sharks-do-not/) [Derrick Jensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-jensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/derrick-jensen-2824_civilization_i-m-reasonably-certain-salmon-swordfish_2649486.png) > [“FORGET FERES DOCTRINE And the military has immunity! Yes! The feres doctrine! It states “the Government is not liable under the Federal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/forget-feres-doctrine-and-the-military-has-immunity-yes-the-feres/) [Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/diane-chamberlain-8652_abuse-of-authority_forget-feres-doctrine-and-the-military-h_1486747.png) > [“Police recording of false allegations of rape: "The data on the pro formas limit the extent to which one can assess the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-kelly/police-recording-of-false-allegations-of-rape-the-data-on-the-pro/) [Liz Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/liz-kelly-85005_false-allegations_police-recording-of-false-allegations-of_891187.jpg) > [“Let’s talk about rape for a moment. Rape is not what George Lucas did to your childhood. Rape is not what happens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rowland/let-s-talk-about-rape-for-a-moment-rape-is-not-what-george-lucas-did/) [Jeffrey Rowland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rowland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/jeffrey-rowland-61278_rape_let-s-talk-about-rape-for-a-moment-rape_1190134.jpg) > [“We went to my friend’s place to continue hanging out and I fell asleep on her couch. I was dreaming and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lunga-no-lia-izata/we-went-to-my-friend-s-place-to-continue-hanging-out-and-i-fell/) [Lunga Noélia Izata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lunga-no-lia-izata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/lunga-no-lia-izata-37980_abused-women_we-went-to-my-friend-s-place-to-continue_3071897.jpg) > [“- Rape is a unique crime, representing both a physical and psychological violation. More than with any other crime the victim can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-kelly/rape-is-a-unique-crime-representing-both-a-physical-and-psychological/) [Liz Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/liz-kelly-85005_crime_rape-is-a-unique-crime-representing-both_3029912.jpg) > [ “Finally, another large-scale study \[of false rape allegations\] was conducted in Australia, with the 850 rapes reported to the Victoria police between… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lisak/finally-another-large-scale-study-of-false-rape-allegations-was/) [David Lisak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lisak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/david-lisak-80297_education_finally-another-large-scale-study-of-fal_2975171.jpg) > [“Conviction rates in the military are pathetic, with most offenders going free AND THERE IS NO RECOURSE FOR APPEAL! The military believes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/conviction-rates-in-the-military-are-pathetic-with-most-offenders/) [Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/916/diane-chamberlain-8652_abuse-of-authority_conviction-rates-in-the-military-are-pat_1465058.jpg) ## Top authors on Rape-culture - [Sierra D. Waters 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rape-culture/sierra-d-waters/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-erin-merryn-33738.jpg) Erin Merryn 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rape-culture/erin-merryn/) - [Diane Chamberlain 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rape-culture/diane-chamberlain/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rape-culture/#itemlist", "name": "Rape-culture Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'm reasonably certain, salmon, swordfish, and hammerhead sharks do not find themselves paralyzed by spasms of self-blame for their plight - What could I do differently to placate these people? If only I were a better fish they would not hate me - but instead know precisely who is killing them. The same can be said for the indigenous. You can't get much clearer than Sitting Bull, who said, when forced to speak at a celebration of the completion of a railroad through what had been his people's land: \"I hate you. I hate you. I hate all the white people. You are thieves and liars. You have taken away our land and made us outcasts, so I hate you.\" It's important to note, by the way, that the white translator did not speak these words, but instead the \"friendly, courteous speech he had prepared.\" [Glaspell, Kate Eldridge. \"Incidents in the Life of a Pioneer.\" North Dakota Historical Quarterly, 1941, 187-88.]”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Derrick Jensen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-jensen/i-m-reasonably-certain-salmon-swordfish-and-hammerhead-sharks-do-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/derrick-jensen-2824_civilization_i-m-reasonably-certain-salmon-swordfish_2649486.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/derrick-jensen-2824_civilization_i-m-reasonably-certain-salmon-swordfish_2649486.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/derrick-jensen-2824_civilization_i-m-reasonably-certain-salmon-swordfish_2649486.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm reasonably certain, salmon, swordfish, and hammerhead sharks do not find themselves paralyzed by spasms…” — Derrick Jensen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“FORGET FERES DOCTRINE And the military has immunity! Yes! The feres doctrine! It states “the Government is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries to servicemen where injuries arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to service” (U.S. Supreme Court 1950). Federal law and our Supreme Court shield acts of rape and sexual brutality in the military as proven by its subsequent ruling on a 2001 case that denied a plaintiffs right to file a civil suit against her accusers. Yet when women report the crime, it is handled internally Commanders are given the discretion to resolve complaints. The report may not go beyond his office. Many times he's part of the problem or a sympathizer with the offender. This certainly was my case! Our Supreme Court ruled as recently as 2001 that rape is an injury incident to the course of activity in the service! THE HEINOUS CRIME OF RAPE IS ACCEPTABLE AND CONDONED BY OUR SUPREME COURT! WOMEN ARE FAIR GAME FOR RAPE AND HARRASSMENT, ACCORDING TO OUR SUPREME COURT! CONGRESS IS NO BETTER! NO LAWS ARE PASSED TO PROTECT US IN THE MILITARY AGAINST THE STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR THE FELONY OF RAPE!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diane Chamberlain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/forget-feres-doctrine-and-the-military-has-immunity-yes-the-feres/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/diane-chamberlain-8652_abuse-of-authority_forget-feres-doctrine-and-the-military-h_1486747.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/diane-chamberlain-8652_abuse-of-authority_forget-feres-doctrine-and-the-military-h_1486747.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/diane-chamberlain-8652_abuse-of-authority_forget-feres-doctrine-and-the-military-h_1486747.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“FORGET FERES DOCTRINE And the military has immunity! Yes! The feres doctrine! 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On this basis, and bearing in mind the data limitations, for the cases where there is information (n=144) the designation of false complaint could be said to be probable (primarily those where the account by the complainant is referred to) in 44 cases, possible (primarily where there is some evidential basis) in a further 33 cases, and uncertain (including where victim characteristics are used to impute that they are inherently less believable) in 77 cases. If the proportion of false complaints on the basis of the probable and possible cases are recalculated, rates of three per cent are obtained, both of all reported cases (n=67 of 2,643), and of those where the outcome is known (n=67 of 2,284). Even if all those designated false by the police were accepted (a figure of approximately ten per cent), this is still much lower than the rate perceived by police officers interviewed in this study. A question asked of all of them was how they assessed truth and falsity in allegations and within this, 50 per cent (n=31) further discussed the issue of false allegations.\" A gap or a chasm?: attrition in reported rape cases.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Liz Kelly" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-kelly/police-recording-of-false-allegations-of-rape-the-data-on-the-pro/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/liz-kelly-85005_false-allegations_police-recording-of-false-allegations-of_891187.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/liz-kelly-85005_false-allegations_police-recording-of-false-allegations-of_891187.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/liz-kelly-85005_false-allegations_police-recording-of-false-allegations-of_891187.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Police recording of false allegations of rape: \"The data on the pro formas limit the extent to which one can…” — Liz Kelly", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Let’s talk about rape for a moment. Rape is not what George Lucas did to your childhood. Rape is not what happens when a sports team beats another sports team by a wide margin. Rape is not what happens when your electric bill is higher this month than it was last month. Rape is when a person violates another person in the most despicable, degrading way imaginable and among the myriad of terrible things humans can do to one another, rape is among the worst. I think the casual misappropriation of the concept of rape extending all the way to its widespread comical usage is disgusting even by Internet standards. Off my chest.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeffrey Rowland" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rowland/let-s-talk-about-rape-for-a-moment-rape-is-not-what-george-lucas-did/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/jeffrey-rowland-61278_rape_let-s-talk-about-rape-for-a-moment-rape_1190134.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/jeffrey-rowland-61278_rape_let-s-talk-about-rape-for-a-moment-rape_1190134.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/jeffrey-rowland-61278_rape_let-s-talk-about-rape-for-a-moment-rape_1190134.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let’s talk about rape for a moment. Rape is not what George Lucas did to your childhood. 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At least, alcohol does not change character.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lunga Noélia Izata" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lunga-no-lia-izata/we-went-to-my-friend-s-place-to-continue-hanging-out-and-i-fell/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/lunga-no-lia-izata-37980_abused-women_we-went-to-my-friend-s-place-to-continue_3071897.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/lunga-no-lia-izata-37980_abused-women_we-went-to-my-friend-s-place-to-continue_3071897.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/lunga-no-lia-izata-37980_abused-women_we-went-to-my-friend-s-place-to-continue_3071897.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We went to my friend’s place to continue hanging out and I fell asleep on her couch. 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London: Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Liz Kelly" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-kelly/rape-is-a-unique-crime-representing-both-a-physical-and-psychological/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/liz-kelly-85005_crime_rape-is-a-unique-crime-representing-both_3029912.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/liz-kelly-85005_crime_rape-is-a-unique-crime-representing-both_3029912.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/liz-kelly-85005_crime_rape-is-a-unique-crime-representing-both_3029912.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“- Rape is a unique crime, representing both a physical and psychological violation. 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The Voice, 3(1), 1-11.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Lisak" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lisak/finally-another-large-scale-study-of-false-rape-allegations-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/david-lisak-80297_education_finally-another-large-scale-study-of-fal_2975171.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/david-lisak-80297_education_finally-another-large-scale-study-of-fal_2975171.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/david-lisak-80297_education_finally-another-large-scale-study-of-fal_2975171.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Finally, another large-scale study [of false rape allegations] was conducted in Australia, with the 850…” — David Lisak", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Conviction rates in the military are pathetic, with most offenders going free AND THERE IS NO RECOURSE FOR APPEAL! The military believes the Emperor has his clothes on, even when they are down around his ankles and he is coming in the woman's window with a knife! Military juries give low sentences or clear offender's altogether. Women can be heard to say “it's not just me” over and over. Men may get an Article 15, which is just a slap on the wrist, and doesn't even follow them in their career. This is hardly a deterrent. The perpetrator frequently stays in place to continue to intimidate their female victims, who are then treated like mental cases, who need to be discharged. Women find the tables turned, letters in their files, trumped up Women find the tables turned, letters in their files, trumped up charges; isolation and transfer are common, as are court ordered psychiatric referrals that label the women as lying or incompatible with military service because they are “Borderline Personality Disorders” or mentally unbalanced. I attended many of these women, after they were discharged, or were wives of abusers, from xxx Air Force Base, when I was a psychotherapist working in the private sector. That was always their diagnosis, yet retesting tended to show something different after stabilization, like PTSD.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diane Chamberlain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/conviction-rates-in-the-military-are-pathetic-with-most-offenders/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/916/diane-chamberlain-8652_abuse-of-authority_conviction-rates-in-the-military-are-pat_1465058.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/916/diane-chamberlain-8652_abuse-of-authority_conviction-rates-in-the-military-are-pat_1465058.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/916/diane-chamberlain-8652_abuse-of-authority_conviction-rates-in-the-military-are-pat_1465058.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Conviction rates in the military are pathetic, with most offenders going free AND THERE IS NO RECOURSE FOR…” — Diane Chamberlain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rape-culture/page/3/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rape-culture/page/3/", "name": "Rape-culture Quotes · Page 3", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rape-culture/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/derrick-jensen-2824_civilization_i-m-reasonably-certain-salmon-swordfish_2649486.png" }, "description": "Browse 88 Rape-culture quotes by 55 authors. 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