Many of our followers have raised concern about a rape joke made on a recent episode of @loveislandsa and we feel we should address it. We have tried to make contact with the Love Island SA team via Instagram before this post, but they have not responded and our comment is not visible on their posts by any other accounts.To add some context to the clip, the woman on the right, named Millie (@millieterblanche), was talking to another islander named Tania. They spoke about Tania’s current relationship with islander Ross and how he would prefer to save himself for marriage. They laughed and Millie is seen to say “rape him” as a response. The episode now has been edited so that this clip is not included anymore, after twitter users called Millie and Love Island SA out for the rape joke and for including it in the episode.This post does not intend to incite bullying and hate towards Millie or Love Island SA, but no matter if you're male or female, rape jokes are not funny and they contribute to rape culture. Joking about rape and sexual assault assists in normalising these offences. A rape joke is a far cry from an actual incident of sexual assault, but think of the rape jokes as the foundation of the pyramid of rape culture. If you take away the foundation — if you create a situation where rape jokes are unacceptable, instead of a situation where victims feel forced to bite their tongues and bear it — then everything else will be a little bit less likely to take root and flourish.We call on Love Island SA and Camille Terreblance to apologise for this.#RapeIsRape #KeepTheEnergy #notogenderbasedviolence | Keep The Energy