Our culture is built on a very strong foundation of institutionalized misogyny that, while covert, informs virtually every aspect of modern American life. The state of our legislation regarding rape and sexual abuse makes that very clear; varying insular groups of men have historically been the primary driving forces behind legislating what constitutes rape. Until very recently, women have been denied legal input in a conversation that statistically will profoundly affect 1 in 6 women in America.