End Rape Culture

Makaylla Liggett 1994 (Sandpoint, ID)



Rape culture is never ending
You should blame the rapist instead you blame the victim
It’s usually the people you know and trust but you ain’t havin it
That just makes you just as bad as them

The excuses go from “you shouldn’t dress like that.”
“What do you expect from a slut?”
“It wasn’t even that bad.”
“You liked it so just shut the f*ck up!”

So instead of supporting, you just throw shame
Rape culture is a never ending cycle
The victim is always the one to blame
Defending rapists, you might as well just take that title

But no you won’t, because you didn’t do anything like that
On behalf of victims everywhere. “Do you think we asked for it?”
Don’t be so upset when the victims fight back
As for your sexist opinion I don’t really give a shit

When you say you shouldn’t have dressed like that
Would you use that excuse when it comes to a child?
A child so innocent, so clueless, and has no knowledge of that
So eat your own words and “shut the f*ck up” and other excuses you revile.
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Written on February 24, 2022

Submitted by makaylla_l on February 24, 2022

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAX BXXX CDCD BAXA BXBX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,038
Words 201
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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