Man Sexually Assaulted By Four Women

[Cybran]

http://www.policymic.com/articles/33...goes-both-ways

"Other men will say for example, 'Oh, he’s so lucky,' like that was actually a positive thing when it wasn't," said Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres coordinator Nicole Pietsch. "I think that that just feeds into the myth that sexual violence is something the victim wants."

Rape culture persists across the gender spectrum and presents in the same manner. Victim-blaming runs rampant, as it did in the Steubenville case. But take a look at a few Twitter posts, and you may see something a little different arises when the victim is male (trigger warning):

We haven't had a good gender discussion in a while, so I think this should provide food for thought.



What is your take on the issue? Is the guy a victim or just lucky? Do you believe in "rape culture" or do you think it's an overused meme?

Please, try to stay on topic and avoid worn out subjects like "circumcision", "gold diggers", "crying misoginy/misandry", etc.

[kw405]

Of course he was a victim. Rape doesn't only go one way.

[obdigore]

I 'believe in' rape culture just like I 'believe in' the star that our planet orbits.

Meanwhile, this guy got sexually assaulted, and the women who did it should be prosecuted just like any other criminal. I'm honestly not sure what there is to discuss? Do you really think men can't be raped?

[Deleted]

Definitely a victim, why is this even up for debate?

[Notchris]

He's a victim. That fact that it even needs to have a discussion speaks volumes about people though.

If this was reversed you'd have people gnashing at the bit. Since it's a man, everyone thinks it's funny. Disgusting.

[Xanjori]

The tweets are pretty disgusting really. At least the guy did eventually come forward, even if it took two weeks to be able to do so, however I doubt the attention and twitter crap that came from it will encourage future victims.

[MerinPally]

The second tweet you've shown is just another one of those people who have made it their life goal to have 5000 facebook friends and 10000 subscribers on facebook, plus god knows how many twitter followers, and they post shit like "like dis pic if u liek dogs <3" or "like in 5 seconds if u luv ur mum xxx" and that sort of crap. They won't amount to anything anyway so why people read them boggles the mind. There's loads of people like that, some show sympathy and some play to the "I'm a LAD, LADS ON TOUR" philosophy.

[GrieverXIII]

Definitely a victim, why is this even up for debate?

Males can't really ever be victims in that kind of cases according to society.

[Sorshen]

In before feminists swoop in like "well he's a man - he must've enjoyed it!"
Society double standards.
If four men would've raped one woman, the outrage would reach unimaginable levels.

[Deleted]

Reminds me of a story I read about a Russian woman who overpowered a man who attempted to burgle her home. She kept him chained to a radiator, forced viagra down his throat and raped him repeatedly over the course of many days until he finally was released and ended up in hospital.

Make no mistake, with modern drugs rape and sexual assault on men is possible and needs to be taken seriously.

[obdigore]

In before feminists swoop in "well he's a man - he must've enjoyed it!"
Society double standards.
If four men would've raped one woman, the outrage would reach unimaginable levels.

Where are these fake feminists that you have to construct so that you have someone to rage against?

[Kerath]

Of course the guy is a victim. Either gender can be a victim of rape.
And the disgusting twitter responses are pretty obvious examples of rape culture. What else would you call it when people think it's perfectly OK to belittle a victim of a serious assault, not only that, but implying that the victim was 'lucky' to be assaulted? Vile behaviour.

[Deleted]

This is why I hate Twitter, it's abused by idiots.

[Sorshen]

Reminds me of a story I read about a Russian woman who overpowered a man who attempted to burgle her home. She kept him chained to a radiator, forced viagra down his throat and raped him repeatedly over the course of many days until he finally was released and ended up in hospital.

Make no mistake, with modern drugs rape on men is possible.

They were both arrested afterwards, fucked up story.

Where are these fake feminists that you have to construct so that you have someone to rage against?

Oh, trust me, we have this kind on these forums. Just let the thread go on for a few more pages.

[Lomppa]

yeah sure i could be forced to fuck someone against my will if one of the other girls had a gun, but if they just assaulted me on the streets with only their hands as weapons, i really doubt that 4 girls would rape me, and it would not really turn me on either, so unless it turns out that i have some strange fetish or rapefantasy i think they would have problems getting pleasure from it.

[Cybran]

Definitely a victim, why is this even up for debate?

It might be obvious for you, me and a lot of other people, but a huge chuck of society think it's a joke.

I 'believe in' rape culture just like I 'believe in' the star that our planet orbits.

I am not convinced there is a "rape culture" in society. The only instances where rape is seen as funny/justified is in prison or when it's female on male.

[Taros]

He's a victim. That fact that it even needs to have a discussion speaks volumes about people though.

If this was reversed you'd have people gnashing at the bit. Since it's a man, everyone thinks it's funny. Disgusting.

Pretty much my exact thoughts.

[obdigore]

Oh, trust me, we have this kind on these forums. Just let the thread go on for a few more pages.

mmhmm. Name some people you expect to come in and say it. I'll wait.

[mitbrandir]

any unwilling sex is rape. If he didn't want any with these women, then he's the victem naturally. I personally don't see how it's suddenly "funny" when a man gets raped, while its "sad" when a woman gets raped. After all, women and men are equal in atleast the western civilization?

[obdigore]

I am not convinced there is a "rape culture" in society. The only instances where rape is seen as funny/justified is in prison or when it's female on male.

But the great thing about society is that you, personally, don't need to be convinced for it to be an actual thing.