The rape of men

[the_gabih]

Of all the secrets of war, there is one that is so well kept that it exists mostly as a rumour. It is usually denied by the perpetrator and his victim. Governments, aid agencies and human rights defenders at the UN barely acknowledge its possibility. Yet every now and then someone gathers the courage to tell of it. This is just what happened on an

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[advancedcookie]

I couldn't even get through this article... it was too horrifying.

[itsirtou]

That was a horrifying article...jesus.

Unless I'm totally missing something, though, this line: The man has been raped, the woman has been raped. Disclosure is easy for the woman. really, really bothered me. This article shows what a real problem male rape is; I don't know why they needed to throw in a line about how "easy" (???) it is for women to disclose their rapes.

[chasingtides]

It's easier. That is to say, in some cases, especially in, for example, an NGO catering to refugee women, it is less hard to disclose.

I don't think anything about rape is easy.

[itsirtou]

if they'd said it's easier, idk i might have less of a problem with it. it's the fact that whoever said that seemed to just throw all of the shitty things women go through when deciding to disclose a rape (like people not believing her, slut shaming, etc) out of the window with just "it's easy."

[mswyrr]

Throughout the article Storr chooses to minimize the suffering and death of women and aim his critique at the organizations that have been created by women. It seemed very typical of misogyny to blame women for not doing enough for men to combat the things other men do. It might be nice if instead he encouraged his male readers in the UK to get off their asses and care about rape of all people rather than go "YEAH, WHY AREN'T THOSE NGO BITCHES DOING MORE."

[romp]

If this makes more people aware that rape is a SOP in wars, then good. Clearly, people in many cultures aren't aware that this is possible although I don't know why--it's like atrocities can happen but not *that*. Shows how sexualized the idea of rape is, I guess.

People all around us still make jokes about rape in prison or consider it a fitting punishment. Torture is torture IMO.

[llivla]

international aid organisations are failing male victims

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This is so horrifying. Rape, no matter the gender, is terrifying, but genital mutilation in addition to rape makes me want to cry.

Like many victims, the wounds are such that he's supposed to restrict his diet to soft foods such as bananas, which are expensive, and Jean Paul can only afford maize and millet
I have the sudden urge to spend my nonexistent money on the purchase and shipping of a bazillion bananas.

[spiegel11th]

I couldn't read all of this. I got a few paragraphs in, and then I just had to skim.
I'm crying anyway.

This... all of this, just horrifies me beyond words.