Hey there,
the post you found is absolutely disgusting. First and foremost, I find it sick that there's even a question such as "male or female rape -- which is more serious, which hurts the victim (more)?". As if this was a damn competition! Both are horrific and both deserve to be treated as serious crimes that can severely harm the victims!
Now on to the arguments of the post...
I've had a similar discussion with a family member.
I told her about the news about prison rape, and the numbers, and that it has been going on for decades before somebody even bothered to look into it.
You know what she said? "But they don't count". Yes, that's what she said. Sick. So in prison you are supposed to lose all your human rights that protect you from becoming victim of a crime.
About male victims of female perpetrated rape: it is being marginalized and hidden to the extreme. There is a double standard at work, and those who could change something about the situation say "if he got an erection he must have enjoyed it" and that he got lucky. This reflects in the criminal sentencing, where female perpetrators of rape get minimal prison sentences, if any at all.
It also reflects in the definition of rape, which, because why not, excludes the majority of male victims of female perpetrated rape:
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“The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.”
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Yes, like with so many things affecting males, if the genders were reversed, society would be up in arms, outraged by this unfairness.
But sshhht...when it affects us...silence.
Have a look at
this study .
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Sexual coercion is a pervasive problem but rarely examined in men. This study examined sexual coercion
and psychosocial correlates among 284 diverse adolescent and emerging adult males in high school and
college. Over 4 in 10 participants (43%) experienced sexual coercion: more specifically, the participants
reported: verbal coercion (31%, n 86), seduction coercion (26%, n 73), physical coercion (18% n
52), and substance coercion (7%, n 19).
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It also proves that 1 in 5 males in high school / college have been raped at least once in their lifetime, 95% of them by female perpetrators. It goes on to say that said victims did not suffer the same self-esteem issues female victims suffer, but that they showed the same self-destructive behavior female victims of rape show, such as drinking and drug abuse.
Marginalizing these men's issues and hiding them drives forward the agenda to make it look like men = evil perpetrator, female = damsel, victim.
Men act, females are acted upon.
A good video explaining the system in place that must be changed if we want equal treatment for all victims/perpetrators of crimes such as rape and domestic violence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7e_rs-rf9I
And here somebody who will probably disagree with the post the
OP copied and pasted here for discussion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikd0ZYQoDko
This is not a gendered issue, it's a human issue. Wake up, society!
Best regards,
R.
Men's Human Rights Activist