"Vier Mythen über männliche Opfer sexueller Gewalt"

After almost 25 years of silence, Anderson now talks about it a lot as executive director of MaleSurvivor, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing, healing and eliminating all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men.

(...) In fact, according to some estimates, around 17% of boys will be sexually assaulted during their childhood or adolescence.

Over a lifespan, about 22% of men will experience sexual violence, according to the Centers for Disease Control. And now, new research conducted by the National Crime Victimization Survey suggests that 38% of rape and sexual violence incidents were against men.

By most standards, this would qualify as a problem of epidemic proportions — so why is barely anyone talking about it?

Der vollständige Artikel wurde am 24. Dezember auf Everyday Feminism veröffentlicht – ein bemerkenswerter Ausreißer aus dem Mainstream-Feminismus, der sonst auch auf dieser Website vertreten wird. Einen ähnlichen Ausreißer gab es auf derselben Seite vor über zwei Jahren: 7 Formen ernsthafter Misshandlung, die wir nicht ernst nehmen.