Lady Gaga Shuts Down Piers Morgan’s Faulty Assumptions About PTSD And Rape

In one tweet, Morgan responds directly to a Twitter user who said he was  “ignoring the fact Gaga has PTSD because she was raped.”

His messages are a glaring example of rape culture, an environment that discourages women from coming forward with stories of sexual abuse for fear they will not be taken seriously. The numbers help tell that tragic story. For every 1,000 incidents of rape, only 344 are reported to police, and of the rapes that are reported, the majority of perpetrators will never go to jail or prison, according to RAINN. Still, people like Morgan continue to suggest that not reporting rape may be a sign of dishonesty.

In response to Morgan’s apparent ignorance, Gaga decided to take a page from Michelle Obama’s playbook and offer to talk to him about why some women don’t report rape.