curlzy wrote: » http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/17/the-rape-of-men I found this article very interesting as I really had never considered this as a widespread problem for men. I'm not sure why but I thought I'd post this article and see what are your thoughts. Are you surprised? I haven't cut and paste the whole article as it's very long.
"In Africa no man is allowed to be vulnerable," says RLP's gender officer Salome Atim. "You have to be masculine, strong. You should never break down or cry. A man must be a leader and provide for the whole family. When he fails to reach that set standard, society perceives that there is something wrong." Often, she says, wives who discover their husbands have been raped decide to leave them. "They ask me: 'So now how am I going to live with him? As what? Is this still a husband? Is it a wife?' They ask, 'If he can be raped, who is protecting me?' There's one family I have been working closely with in which the husband has been raped twice. When his wife discovered this, she went home, packed her belongings, picked up their child and left. Of course that brought down this man's heart."
Mickeroo wrote: » Thats about men raping men. I thought you meant women raping men, which is never reported becaus the victims are usually so grateful afterwards.
Seanbeag1 wrote: » Under Irish law a woman can't rape a man.
steve06 wrote: » "A study of 6,000 concentration-camp inmates in Sarajevo found that 80% of men reported having been raped." And I bet the soldiers that did it still consider themselves heterosexual.
FatherLen wrote: » you find men being raped interesting????
WindSock wrote: » A man doesn't have to be gay to rape another man.
Mr. Denton wrote: » I'm raped almost every weekend. Woman buys you one drink and then thinks she can have her way with you. :mad:
etymon wrote: » yeah, have you never been to Coppers?
Killer Pigeon wrote: » Never trust a woman with a strap-on.
gimmick wrote: » Aww, bless. None of ye got any thianks for your hilarious inputs :rolleyes:
azezil wrote: » +1 Rape is not about sex, it's about voilence and imposing your dominance upon another.
southsiderosie wrote: » Jesus Christ, that's the most disturbing article I've read in a long, long time. Sickening.
curlzy wrote: » Ok, I must admit I had a secondary motive for posting the link. I was curious to see if posters would find any humour in male rape, they seem to always find humour in the rape of females. I'm happy to see that it's not sexism/misogyny that prompts them to make these jokes (as there's jokes on this thread too), it's just crappy taste in jokes . Also just want to say that's not an attack on the jokers, this is After Hours after all and poor taste in jokes is to be expected.
