Anyone know a man who suffered the wrath of rape, breast cancer, or spousal abuse--FIRST HAND?

Question:

The victims of the aforementioned circumstances are usually--but not always--women. Men who suffer from such incidents rarely make the news.

Answers:
Male rapes constitute about five to 10 percent of all rapes.

* Most perpetrators self-identify as heterosexual.

* Most offenders are white.

* Most offenders are in their early to mid-20s.

* Most offenders rape out of anger or to overpower, humiliate and
degrade their victims rather than out of lust or passion or
sexual desire.

* Most victims are usually in their late teens to late 20s at the
time of assault.

* African Americans are over represented as victims in proportion
to their level in the population of the community studied.

* When documented at all, gay men were raped at rates higher then
heterosexual men.

* Weapons are frequently used in male rape and at a much higher
rate than that of women.

* Multiple assailants are more common in the rape of men than of
women.

* Anal penetration of the victim was the most common form of
assault Oral penetration was the second most common.

* Stigma and shame are common responses from male rape victims.
This is followed by guilt.

* Like women, rape trauma syndrome immediately following a male
rape is common.

* The most common psychiatric diagnosis is post traumatic stress
disorder.

* Contemplation of suicide is fairly common among male rape
survivors, especially among those men who feel that they
cannot reach out for the support that they so desperately
need.

* The studies draw conflicting conclusions as to the degree of
stranger versus acquaintance rape, likely as a result of the
different population samples used.

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