Man Allegedly Raped in Belfast

Temaz

Jesus I feel bad for the guy, maybe this will bring to light that male to male rape actually happens.

Police are investigating the alleged rape of a 23-year-old man in Belfast city centre early this morning.

The incident happened in the Donegall Street/York Street area, close to the Belfast campus of the University of Ulster, just before 2am.

The attacker is described as 5ft 9in, with black hair. He was wearing a blue jumper and blue jeans and was carrying a navy shoulder bag.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-raped-in-belfast-street-558683.html

Rabidlamb

Clenches butt-cheeks.

CardBordWindow

Squeal like a pig!

Martyn1989

I've never seen them put the word raped in apostrophies in a headline before. Dosnt seem appropriate.

Davidth88

I had a male friend who was raped at a large station in London.

It happens. It's a shame it isn't highlighted more

Adamisconfused

Not sure I see any humour in the subject seeing as the poor sod is probably lying in a hospital bed right now in great distress.

hondasam

Poor guy hope he will be ok, can't imagine how terrible this must be Rape is probably the worst thing that can happen to male or female.

Sauve

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Squeal like a pig!

That's not funny.
It's attitudes like yours that have the incidences of reporting male rape as low as they are.
Would you make the same type of joke if it had been a girl that was raped?

Sleepy

Why the hell is the word rape in commas?

breakingnews.ie a fan of making light of rape? Or just guilty of the casual misandry that's become all too common these days?

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Maybe it was a chick with a really really really really big clit.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Clenches butt-cheeks.

Jester252 wrote: »

bites the pillow

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Squeal like a pig!

Children, children, children.... Stop for a moment and think, do you really think those comments are funny or make you seem like the brightest to people around here?.

Show some respect, if not for yourselfs then at least for the victims of sexual assault.

speedboatchase

Wow AH... shall I make a separate topic about the rape of a woman so some of you guys can get your jollies there too?

token101

Sauve wrote: »

That's not funny.
It's attitudes like yours that have the incidences of reporting male rape as low as they are.
Would you make the same type of joke if it had been a girl that was raped?

You posted in After Hours, what were you expecting? Tea and sympathy? Some cream for that sand in your vagina?

Temaz

Sauve wrote: »

That's not funny.
It's attitudes like yours that have the incidences of reporting male rape as low as they are.
Would you make the same type of joke if it had been a girl that was raped?

Agreed. It happens more than people think and these attitudes are why people keep quiet.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Sauve wrote: »

That's not funny.
It's attitudes like yours that have the incidences of reporting male rape as low as they are.
Would you make the same type of joke if it had been a girl that was raped?

Ah it's an iconic line from a hillbilly film where man rape happens. So yeah, it is funny.

Rape itself in reality is of course not funny, but the reference to a couple of American hillbillies in the depths of a forest bum raping another guy.....is that shocking, that it makes you giggle.

However, real rape is not funny.....or accusations of.

christmas2012

that is sick,hope they catch whoever did it..

arybvtcw0eolkf

token101 wrote: »

You posted in After Hours, what were you expecting? Tea and sympathy? Some cream for that sand in your vagina?

If this was a thread about the clearical abuse of children it wouldn't receive, or accept idiocy.. So at what age do we start to run short of sympathy for the victims?.

Gummy Panda

Martyn1989 wrote: »

I've never seen them put the word raped in apostrophies in a headline before. Dosnt seem appropriate.

Sleepy wrote: »

Why the hell is the word rape in commas?

breakingnews.ie a fan of making light of rape? Or just guilty of the casual misandry that's become all too common these days?

Only reason I can think of is that its alleged rape at the moment

28064212

Sleepy wrote: »

Why the hell is the word rape in commas?

breakingnews.ie a fan of making light of rape? Or just guilty of the casual misandry that's become all too common these days?

Because it's an allegation, no-one's been found guilty yet

token101

Celeste Purring Hairpiece wrote: »

If this was a thread about the clearical abuse of children it wouldn't receive, or accept idiocy.. So at what age do we start to run short of sympathy for the victims?.

What has sympathy got to do with it? I feel sorry for all sorts of people. That doesn't mean people don't joke about the situation. Jokes aren't real. If it offends, don't listen/watch or block the person.

hondasam

token101 wrote: »

You posted in After Hours, what were you expecting? Tea and sympathy? Some cream for that sand in your vagina?

There are certain subjects we don't make fun of and rape is top of that list imo.

christmas2012

In the sunday world there was a case of an irish man who was convicted for many rapes,let out on bail,only to attempt a rape on a homless male..

token101

hondasam wrote: »

There are certain subjects we don't make fun of and rape is top of that list imo.

There's the key part.

ejmaztec

Some people know where to draw the line in AH, and some don't, it's a learning process.

pickarooney

That's neither a legally or grammatically sound case for the use of quotes.

Sauve

token101 wrote: »

You posted in After Hours, what were you expecting? Tea and sympathy? Some cream for that sand in your vagina?

I'm well aware of where I posted, and I know that as daft and jokey this place is that the majority of posters know where the line is.

And less of the personal insults please.

hondasam

token101 wrote: »

There's the key part.

Fair enough but honestly it's not funny, I could never even consider laughing at rape. We are all entitled to our opinion.

Sleepy

28064212 wrote: »

Because it's an allegation, no-one's been found guilty yet

As pickarooney pointed out, that's why the word alleged is used, not why the word is surrounded in quotes.

Maybe it's just that breakingnews.ie's reporters have no understanding of English grammar, it'd hardly be surprising given the journalistic standards in this country.

Micky Dolenz

token101 wrote: »

There's the key part.

Mod

Rape jokes are on our list too.

Joking about sexual assault isn't funny.

getz

i thought it was only alleged rape? i bet there is more to this than meets the eye,lets look at the evidence,walking down the road with a shoulder bag at two in the morning in belfast,just what did he expect...a pat on the back

speedboatchase

Many comics tell jokes about rape but they're always broad one-liners not related to a specific incident.

When you hear of an actual case of male rape that allegedly only recently occurred, why would your natural instinct be to make fun of the victim? You wouldn't dare if it were a female victim.

speedboatchase

getz wrote: »

i thought it was only alleged rape? i bet there is more to this than meets the eye,lets look at the evidence,walking down the road with a shoulder bag at two in the morning in belfast,just what did he expect...a pat on the back

Ah, the old "they were asking for it..." rape argument has arrived now too. Lovely stuff.

token101

hondasam wrote: »

Fair enough but honestly it's not funny, I could never even consider laughing at rape. We are all entitled to our opinion.

It's black humour. It's not laughing at someone being raped, it's laughing at the shock value of the joke. People don't have to like it, they can ignore it. I don't like certain jokes either, but I don't feel it's my right to impose my sensibilities upon others or lecture them like children.

token101

speedboatchase wrote: »

Many comics tell jokes about rape but they're always broad one-liners not related to a specific incident.

When you hear of an actual case of male rape that allegedly only recently occurred, why would your natural instinct be to make fun of the victim? You wouldn't dare if it were a female victim.

Where did anyone make fun of this specific guy?

speedboatchase

token101 wrote: »

Where did anyone make fun of this specific guy?

When the fourth poster used the line "Squeal like a pig!" they very clearly made light of the incident and his alleged plight.

hondasam

token101 wrote: »

It's black humour. It's not laughing at someone being raped, it's laughing at the shock value of the joke. People don't have to like it, they can ignore it. I don't like certain jokes either, but I don't feel it's my right to impose my sensibilities upon others or lecture them like children.

Maybe it's the compassionate side of me but all I can feel is sorry for the guy.
I'm not having a go at you ok.

Rabidlamb

Celeste Purring Hairpiece wrote: »

Children, children, children.... Stop for a moment and think, do you really think those comments are funny or make you seem like the brightest to people around here?.

Show some respect, if not for yourselfs then at least for the victims of sexual assault.

Don't fall off your lofty perch Mrs. Lovejoy, hyper sensitive much ?.
Thread was posted in After Hours, fair game within reason.
I understand if you don't appreciate my knee jerk humour but I'd rather you kept if to yourself.

token101

speedboatchase wrote: »

When the fourth poster used the line "Squeal like a pig!" they very clearly made light of the incident and his alleged plight.

Or maybe they were just quoting a line from a somewhat related scene from a movie?

speedboatchase

token101 wrote: »

Or maybe they were just quoting a line from a somewhat related scene from a movie?

Apropos of nothing or to make light of the incident?

Sauve

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Don't fall off your lofty perch Mrs. Lovejoy, hyper sensitive much ?.
Thread was posted in After Hours, fair game within reason.
I understand if you don't appreciate my knee jerk humour but I'd rather you kept if to yourself.

How about you keep your over-the-top 'humour' to yourself, then we're all even?

eviltwin

I think this guy is really brave in coming forward and I wish him all the best in the future and hopefully whoever did it will be caught.

hondasam

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Thread was posted in After Hours, fair game within reason.

Majority of people in AH would not consider this subject fair game.

28064212

pickarooney wrote: »

That's neither a legally or grammatically sound case for the use of quotes.

It is actually. The standard use of the term rape is for the crime. Quotes can be used to indicate a different usage of the word

token101

hondasam wrote: »

Maybe it's the compassionate side of me but all I can feel is sorry for the guy.
I'm not having a go at you ok.

I didn't say you were having a go. It's just a point I was making. You can feel sorry for someone and still make jokes. 90% of jokes are about someone else's misfortune.

boardzz

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Clenches butt-cheeks.

Jester252 wrote: »

bites the pillow

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Squeal like a pig!

benwavner wrote: »

Maybe it was a chick with a really really really really big clit.

You lot are a disgrace if you can joke about something like this. Sad really that the happiness in your lives are dictated by how many 'thanks' you receive on an internet forum.

hondasam

token101 wrote: »

I didn't say you were having a go. It's just a point I was making. You can feel sorry for someone and still make jokes. 90% of jokes are about someone else's misfortune.

You can make jokes about most things but not this. I'm as well able as the next person to make a joke but I draw the line at this subject.

token101

speedboatchase wrote: »

Apropos of nothing or to make light of the incident?

To make light of male rape I'd imagine. People do it everyday and no one says a word, when someone goes to prison for instance. Or is that somehow more acceptable humour because those people 'deserve' it?

KeithM89_old

Enough about the jokes ffs.

getz

that's awful poor guy

getz wrote: »

i thought it was only alleged rape? i bet there is more to this than meets the eye,lets look at the evidence,walking down the road with a shoulder bag at two in the morning in belfast,just what did he expect...a pat on the back

the attacker was wearing the bag, learn to read

fasttalkerchat

This happened a few years ago too. The week after people were making jokes in a pub in the same town. "Where's Jimmy tonight? Don't know, hope he's not getting bummed."

Its all quite tasteless but they were laughing at the embarrassment side and not the physical side of rape.

Giselle

getz wrote: »

i thought it was only alleged rape? i bet there is more to this than meets the eye,lets look at the evidence,walking down the road with a shoulder bag at two in the morning in belfast,just what did he expect...a pat on the back

Is this the male version of ''what did she expect when her dress was so short she was obviously up for it?''

Equal opportunities victim blaming. Thats real progress alright.:(