That’s a problem. I’m guessing the sheer number of male perpetrators outnumber the women rapists so overwhelmingly that there’s not a lot of push for legislative reform, but that doesn’t make it right
Yeah. Obviously people of any gender can commit rape, and though the statistics may be dominated by male perpetrators, that fact is enough to not make the legislation gender-specific.
Culture will not allow a man to report being raped - there is a large double standard in play. Nobody will believes you would refuse sex with any female who wants it - even fundamentalists Christians won’t believe you while calling the girl a slut. The police are less likely to take you seriously if you do try (and many do not take rape seriously). Even if the second is not true where you live, the first almost certainly is.
As such we don’t have good statistics. (We also have reason to believe women typically will not report being raped)
All true, every word! But see my comment, unless there was violence involved, or an STD, I’m not going to care. I’ve laughed it off as foolishness on my part, no emotional or physical harm.
But as you said, I’d hesitate to report. Who’s going to believe a man or care? OTOH, how many times is a man in a position where a woman overpowered him and violated him? I’d report that kinda situation, but it probably wouldn’t go anywhere unless I had strong evidence. And like man-on-woman rape, evidence is often slippery and hard to nail down.
Those are all very good points. On the plus side, societies as a whole are slowly but surely improving on every aspect of this. We still have a long ways to go, but looking at the laws and perceptions now vs 50 or even 20 years ago, we’ve made vast improvements
Eh, they already have a law on their books that carries the same penalties. @ricecake’s comment has the details.
We have the same thing in my country. Rape is the traditional penetration law and then Unlawful Sexual Connection got added to cover all the other kinds of rape.
That’s a problem. I’m guessing the sheer number of male perpetrators outnumber the women rapists so overwhelmingly that there’s not a lot of push for legislative reform, but that doesn’t make it right
Yeah. Obviously people of any gender can commit rape, and though the statistics may be dominated by male perpetrators, that fact is enough to not make the legislation gender-specific.
I completely agree
Culture will not allow a man to report being raped - there is a large double standard in play. Nobody will believes you would refuse sex with any female who wants it - even fundamentalists Christians won’t believe you while calling the girl a slut. The police are less likely to take you seriously if you do try (and many do not take rape seriously). Even if the second is not true where you live, the first almost certainly is.
As such we don’t have good statistics. (We also have reason to believe women typically will not report being raped)
I find it bizarre how frequently entertainment plays off sexual assault against men for comedy
All true, every word! But see my comment, unless there was violence involved, or an STD, I’m not going to care. I’ve laughed it off as foolishness on my part, no emotional or physical harm.
But as you said, I’d hesitate to report. Who’s going to believe a man or care? OTOH, how many times is a man in a position where a woman overpowered him and violated him? I’d report that kinda situation, but it probably wouldn’t go anywhere unless I had strong evidence. And like man-on-woman rape, evidence is often slippery and hard to nail down.
Those are all very good points. On the plus side, societies as a whole are slowly but surely improving on every aspect of this. We still have a long ways to go, but looking at the laws and perceptions now vs 50 or even 20 years ago, we’ve made vast improvements
Eh, they already have a law on their books that carries the same penalties. @ricecake’s comment has the details.
We have the same thing in my country. Rape is the traditional penetration law and then Unlawful Sexual Connection got added to cover all the other kinds of rape.
That makes sense, and I kind of expected as much. Thanks for the added context