shewolfnm wrote:unfortunately we HAVE to say that because, if you really pay attention to the rape laws, they really are geared to men and male aggression. Not women. Which also blows my mind. Women rape too. But the laws seem to only want to talk about rape that is possible by men as if men are the only danger to society.
It is almost sexist..
I can only surmise what you might possibly mean by this, or what laws where you are might look like to justify your saying this.
Here sexual assault is sexual assault no matter who does what to whom with what.
That male culture might cause males to be even more reluctant to come forward than women and kids are (presumably for fear of looking "weak" and un-masculine...which is a surmise supported by what the male sexual assault victims I have worked with have said....but males would know better than I on this point ) is not really an issue that sexual assault laws, as such, can address.
Given the number of sexual assualts that occur in prisons, the other big factor preventing men from reporting sexual assault is the prison culture of retribution via severe beatings, being especially targeted for sexual assault, or murder, for reporting anything to the authorities.
Anyhoo, most males get sexually assaulted by other males.
And I apologise for further de-railing this nice thread.
