rapism

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noun A paraphilia in which the patient is aroused by rape, i.e. forcing somebody into sexual acts against his or her will.

rape +‎ -ism

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(And it's true that we don't usually talk about violinism or physicism, or rapism for that matter.)

The gaping silence 2010
It made me think of a great conversation I'd had about this subject a few years ago, about women and the struggles around the male gaze, men's sexual objectification of young women as a political act, and young women living in a society permeated by rapism, and containing terrorists and other men, known as rapists.

feminist blogs 2010
The movie has some okay stuff in it only don't look at this because it could get you in trouble for being a rapist, and we all have to fight teeth and nails against rapism.

InstaPunk 2009
Society also needs to do more to combat reverse rapism, that gravest of injustices in which rape survivors cringe a little around people who give them flashbacks, causing an innocent male to feel uncomfortable.

Sadly, No! 2008
Society also needs to do more to combat reverse rapism, that gravest of injustices in which rape survivors cringe a little around people who give them flashbacks, causing an innocent male to feel uncomfortable.

Sadly, No! 2008
Society also needs to do more to combat reverse rapism, that gravest of injustices in which rape survivors cringe a little around people who give them flashbacks, causing an innocent male to feel uncomfortable.

Sadly, No! 2008