When people are good at feeling shame and become experts at practicing silence, one should know that they have started it early (Backman, 2016). Rape culture does not emerge in isolation; rather, it proliferates within communities that normalize aggression and masculinist hierarchies. This study interrogates the mechanisms of rape culture through the dual lenses of Cultural Spillover Theory (Baron & Straus, 1987), which posits that societal tolerance of violence legitimizes sexual aggression, and the Sociobiological Theory of Male Competitiveness (Wilson & Daly, 1985), which frames sexual coercion as an adaptive strategy in hyper-competitive environments. Focusing on Fredrik Backman’s Beartown (2016)—a novel that exposes the intersection of sports, tribalism, and gendered violence—this article advances a tripartite argument. First, it examines how collective social behaviors, particularly in insular communities, reinforce rape-myth acceptance. Second, it demonstrates a direct correlation between institutionalized violence (e.g., in sports) and the escalation of sexual aggression. Third, it analyzes how competitive male homo-sociality coerces women into complicity under the guise of communal solidarity. Ultimately, the article contends that Beartown subverts rape culture’s hegemonic scripts by centering a female protagonist who rejects victimhood, reclaims agency, and disrupts the community’s oppressive consensus. Through this literary case study, the paper underscores resistance as a counterforce to structural violence.