![A diagram of nested circles with labels: the innermost ring is labelled CORE SEX OFFENDERS, the next ring is labelled FACILITATORS, the outermost ring is labelled BYSTANDERS. Outside the rings are labels identifying the following cultural attitudes: SEXISM, DENIGRATION OF WOMEN, HYPER-MASCULINITY, CALLOUS SEXUAL ATTITUDES.](http://web.archive.org./web/20161012073746im_/https://hoydenabouttown.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/rape_culture_bystander_lisak.png?w=345&h=210&crop=1)
Grabbing somebody is Assault, and sexual touch makes it Sexual Assault. Stop minimising this. #rapeculture101
These Trump surrogates’ blank stares when “grabbing women by the pussy” is accurately described to them as sexual assault are just particularly high-profile examples of how most of the world refuses to recognise sexual assault for what it is.