Milo Yiannopoulos, a British journalist and technology editor for Breitbart News, sparked controversy in late 2015 when he arrived at Amber Rose’s annual SlutWalk with libertarian politician Lauren Southern with some contentious signs.

The signs in questions (“‘Rape culture’ and Harry Potter: Both Fantasy“ and “Regret is not Rape”) were torn to shreds after they were both ejected from the Slut Walk.

On The Sam Roberts’ Show, Yiannopoulos elaborated his stance on rape culture and how it is a myth created by the left wing.

“Rape culture, an environment in which rape is excused and victims aren’t believed, is certainly not what obtains in America today. Least of all on campus where this focus is generally placed. It’s simply not true”

Yiannopoulos goes on to name instances of campus rapes and calls them “hoaxes.” He also states that high profile campus rapes put future victims in danger of not being believed.

“I object to the lie about rape culture because it encourages narrative over facts journalism and the ultimate result of that is ordinary women aren’t believed,” Yiannopoulous said.

Yiannopoulous then accuses the women involved in high-profile campus rapes of lying and diverts the conversation to his hatred for feminists.

Colleges have invested disparate amounts of resources into sexual assault prevention and awareness and comments like Yiannopoulous’ discourage further action towards creating more policies. The Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (Campus SaVE) Act, was the legislative outcome of years of increased attention and activism but in lieu of Yiannopoulous’ statements and his supporters, we are unlikely to see more preventive measures being taken out.

Yiannopoulous is indirectly activating the suppression of such cases in order to protect women who are raped in the future. This is extremely dangerous as the suppression of such cases doesn’t bring light to the issue at hand or even assert that this is a serious issue plaguing the United States.

The Breitbart editor doesn’t mince his words but his proposed actions provide some insight into what the future of a pro-rape world will look like. Although his stance only concerns the United States, the proposal of such actions will have global implications.

Let’s hope that our future generation will never have to live in such a world.

Signing off,
Joanne