My (male) friend was recently raped and nearly everyone he knew either said it was his fault or he wasn’t actually raped. I can’t convince him that not all people think like this. Please reblog if you know that men can be raped just like women.
On Friday, we were studying A Midsummer Night’s Dream and somehow the subject of rape came up and my lecturer took the time to let everyone know that rape isn’t exclusive to women. I swear, my lecturer is a saint.
Hallelujah. Praise The Lord. Amen.
My (male) friend was recently raped and nearly everyone he knew either said it was his fault or he wasn’t actually raped. I can’t convince him that not all people think like this. Please reblog if you know that men can be raped just like women.
On Friday, we were studying A Midsummer Night’s Dream and somehow the subject of rape came up and my lecturer took the time to let everyone know that rape isn’t exclusive to women. I swear, my lecturer is a saint.
Hallelujah. Praise The Lord. Amen.
My (male) friend was recently raped and nearly everyone he knew either said it was his fault or he wasn’t actually raped. I can’t convince him that not all people think like this. Please reblog if you know that men can be raped just like women.
Here’s to your friend buddy. May he find peace.
My (male) friend was recently raped and nearly everyone he knew either said it was his fault or he wasn’t actually raped. I can’t convince him that not all people think like this. Please reblog if you know that men can be raped just like women.
Here’s to your friend buddy. May he find peace.
Women Raping Men: A Survivor Tells His Story To HuffPost Live (VIDEO)
Former U.S. Marine James Landrith joined HuffPost Live to tell his story of being raped by a pregnant woman decades ago. As host Mike Sacks points out, female sexual predators are often depicted as objects of teenage fantasy in popular culture, but this ignores the fact that men can be victims of rape by women.
Earlier this year, the United States government updated its official definition of rape to include any gender of the victim and perpetrator.
Landrith told his story of being raped by a pregnant woman while on active duty as a U.S. Marine about twenty years ago.
As he tells HuffPost Live, the woman drugged him and forcibly had sex with him telling him that he “better not be forceful” or he would hurt her unborn child. Landrith still doesn’t remember much of what happened during the experience.
By posting this article, I hope it can help start conversations about male rape victims and encourage others to speak up. The more we get people talking, the more likely we are to find ways to help one another heal and recover…
I would like to think that we, as a society, are in the process of making HUGE strides in changing how we see rape and the people who have been affected by it. But I know that in order to do that to the absolute fullest extent, we need to listen to the men just as much as we listen to the women. We do. I know that some of you may bristle at that idea, but I ask you: why is a man’s story suddenly less valid than a woman’s? Why must their experiences be denounced, and other’s championed based solely on their sex? That is WRONG. Didn’t we just spend all of the 2012 Election saying that rape is rape, and that it can happen to ANYONE?
That being said, I do sincerely believe that it is in EVERYONE’S best interest to realize that this CAN happen, and that it DOES happen — that ANYONE can be a victim, and that ANYONE can be a predator.
If we’re going to put an end to rape culture, then it would almost assuredly behoove ALL of us to examine how it manifests — however, wherever, and with whoever it may.
Just had to put that out there.
Women Raping Men: A Survivor Tells His Story To HuffPost Live (VIDEO)
Former U.S. Marine James Landrith joined HuffPost Live to tell his story of being raped by a pregnant woman decades ago. As host Mike Sacks points out, female sexual predators are often depicted as objects of teenage fantasy in popular culture, but this ignores the fact that men can be victims of rape by women.
Earlier this year, the United States government updated its official definition of rape to include any gender of the victim and perpetrator.
Landrith told his story of being raped by a pregnant woman while on active duty as a U.S. Marine about twenty years ago.
As he tells HuffPost Live, the woman drugged him and forcibly had sex with him telling him that he “better not be forceful” or he would hurt her unborn child. Landrith still doesn’t remember much of what happened during the experience.
By posting this article, I hope it can help start conversations about male rape victims and encourage others to speak up. The more we get people talking, the more likely we are to find ways to help one another heal and recover…
I would like to think that we, as a society, are in the process of making HUGE strides in changing how we see rape and the people who have been affected by it. But I know that in order to do that to the absolute fullest extent, we need to listen to the men just as much as we listen to the women. We do. I know that some of you may bristle at that idea, but I ask you: why is a man’s story suddenly less valid than a woman’s? Why must their experiences be denounced, and other’s championed based solely on their sex? That is WRONG. Didn’t we just spend all of the 2012 Election saying that rape is rape, and that it can happen to ANYONE?
That being said, I do sincerely believe that it is in EVERYONE’S best interest to realize that this CAN happen, and that it DOES happen — that ANYONE can be a victim, and that ANYONE can be a predator.
If we’re going to put an end to rape culture, then it would almost assuredly behoove ALL of us to examine how it manifests — however, wherever, and with whoever it may.
Just had to put that out there.
(2) male survivors and he will get a little despondent. Most of the time, he continues on like nothing happened. I am much more open with him about my assault than he is with me about his. I don’t pressure him to talk about it, but part of me wishes he would. The more I talked, the less ashamed of something that was -not- my fault I became. I hope he can reach a fully healed point in his life, if he hasn’t already.
It pisses me off that stuff like this happens…
(2) male survivors and he will get a little despondent. Most of the time, he continues on like nothing happened. I am much more open with him about my assault than he is with me about his. I don’t pressure him to talk about it, but part of me wishes he would. The more I talked, the less ashamed of something that was -not- my fault I became. I hope he can reach a fully healed point in his life, if he hasn’t already.
It pisses me off that stuff like this happens…
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