To be sure, sexual assault and sexual harassment are real issues that need to be dealt with. But to say that there is a "rape culture" anywhere really is just kind of ludicrous.
I suppose I should explain myself. I'm coming at this from the point of view that we are poor, miserable sinners that are all damned to hell eternally for our wretchedness and rebellion against God. Nothing we do is good. Even the good we do is tainted with selfish motives, making it not good. We are, in fact, evil.
Just compare yourself with the second table of the Ten Commandments. Do you always obey the authorities over you? Do you ever cause or wish to cause physical harm to another person? Do you ever have or wish to have sexual relations with another person that is not your spouse? Have you ever taken anything without permission, even with the intent to return it eventually? Have you ever told a lie, even a little white lie? Are you content with all of your possessions, or do you get jealous of the things other people have?
I know that for me, the answer for all of these is yes. And if you examine yourself closely, your answer will also be yes. These are practically universal beliefs about right and wrong. As it is written, "No one is righteous. No, not one." (Romans 3:10). We cannot keep these rules. We are evil.
And that's just it. Rape is one manifestation of this evil. A rapist commits adultery and harms his neighbor at the same time. So I prefer to think of it as it actually is - a sin culture. And the only way out of it is Jesus and the cross.
"But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it - the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus." Romans 3:21-26
