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The Myths of Male Rape

"But why has male sexual assault been so often marginalized in many societies?   According to a provocative new literature review recently published in Psychology of Men and Masculinity,  the problem may stem from various “myths” surrounding male rape.    The review authors, Jessica A. Turchik of Stanford Medical School and Katie M. Edwards of Ohio University,  focus on a series of common rape myths that often prevent male victim from reporting their assault and can even make police officers refuse to take their complaint seriously.   The myths include:

• Men cannot be raped
• “Real” men can defend themselves against rape
• Only gay men are victims and/or perpetrators of rape
• Men are not affected by rape (or not as much as women)
• A woman cannot sexually assault a man
• Male rape only happens in prisons
• Sexual assault by someone of the same sex causes homosexuality
• Homosexual and bisexual men deserve to be sexually assaulted because they are immoral and deviant
• If a victim physically responds to a sexual assault, he must have wanted it."

----- When Men Are Raped, by Romeo Vitelli, Psychology Today, Media Spotlight, 7 October 2012

And thus begins a new series on this blog.  Hetero and homo male rape (inside and outside the prison system) is extensively covered in academic literature. Often, the authors bemoan the lack of reliable statistics while alluding to the embarrassment and reluctance of male victims to come forward.


The Big Picture

So, the Big Picture looks like this: the rape of women is (slowly) being reported more sensitively with Crisis Centres and the criminal justice system coming around.  At least that might be the case in some Western countries.  Perhaps Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America have a long way to go on that score.

But when it comes to male rape, with the exception of high profile reporting of the sexual abuse of under age males, Male Rape is still subject to the myths listed above and might often be met with derision and disbelief.  As per the quoted article:

"Whatever the cause, persistent attitudes about male rape are found in large segments of the general population and can have devastating consequences for men who have been victimized.  Not only are victims far less likely to report the crime but those victims courageous enough to come forward can face a horrendous lack of support from the criminal justice system and even from those agencies that provide assistance for female victims of sexual assault."   

Looking at that list of "myths" one word comes to mind:  Denial.

 
The Gay "Community"

And denial is a feature in which "the gay community" absolutely excels.  How often has Lamestream Gay Media or gay establishments (whether in the West or East) squarely faced the issue of gay male rape?  The truth is gay male rape holds an intense fascination - particularly in a sub- culture that encourages predatory (think really aggressive cruising), anonymous and promiscuous sex.  That's why there's so much gay porn fantasy about it.

What Lamestream Gay Media and Faggotry cannot confront is the multiple collision of Myth, Denial, Hedonism, Anonymous Sex and Drugs. These factors conspire to create the facilitative paradigm within which gay male rape blurs the distinction between fact and fantasy.  

The entire gay sexual ethos is a numbers game based on instant availability, usage and instant disposability.  The notion that there could be a real person in there being physically and emotionally scarred, is a technical distraction.  That's when usage and disposability become exploitation.

If the whispered conversations and anecdotal evidence suggest that gay male rape is more widespread than the average fag will admit, would it be an overstatement to say that gay male rape is regarded as par for the course or in some wierd way, a rite of passage?  Is that why some fags show distinct signs of emotional shutdown as their standard operating procedure?

In gay S&M culture, the use of "safe words" to indicate that play has gone too far is encouraged - and in some gay S&M clubs, play is actively watched by independent monitors whose decision is final.  But in generic Faggotry, there are no such "safe words".  So when does meth-crazed group sex in the Dark Room of a sauna turn to gay gang rape?

And by whose chemically impaired definition........?? 

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