This is what sociological explanations of rape are about. Men who live in cultures where they treat women as equals and use less aggression towards them are less likely to be rapists. Sociological theories argue that men learn to rape and that their values ​​and beliefs favor rape. Feminist ideas rooted by this theory argue that our American culture has positive values ​​about rape and that is why rape is more common. Men are dominant over women, men are considered inferior to women, and women occupy a marginal status in our patriarchal culture. This culture, from a feminist perspective, promotes rape through its ideas about women being secondary to men. Our cultural values ​​do not necessarily encourage rape; they only provide the raw material some men need to justify inferior behavior and exploitative attitudes