Rape in general is not, no. I think you could make a case for analyzing men-on-women rape as a specific cultural phenomenon, but it's wrong that it was considered the only kind for so long. I would say that various kinds of rape are still very much used to enforce the kyriarchy in different ways -- prison rape of both men and women is tolerated for that reason, for instance, and fraternity/sports-team rape rituals as well. And you certainly still get misogynists arguing that rape within marriage is a meaningless concept and the laws about marital exceptions ought to be brought back.

I suppose the basic value I'm defending here is bodily autonomy (hence sexual and reproductive choice, among other things), and while men and boys frequently have it taken from them as well, they aren't seen as lacking it by default.
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