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In reply to the discussion: TWO Adult Female Teachers Prey On A 16 Year Old Boy=Rape [View all]Lancero
(3,280 posts)And the denial of such is a prime example of rape culture.
For the longest time, female victims were afraid of speaking out over what happened to them. More are willing to speak out, but society still looks down on them. For men, many are still afraid to speak out because society looks down on them - perhaps even moreso then it does women - on being of rape. And many deny that they can in fact be raped - You'll see it a lot in the topics, with all the claims of 'it's not rape, he liked it!'.
I say that society looks down more on them then women because societies view on female victims is slowing changing for the better, yet for male victims it's still the same. You can see it even on this site, with how many people here who are screaming out that the boy wasn't raped, or that what happened to him wasn't 'actual rape'. (Note, I'm not saying that we don't have people here who post the same about female victims, I've seen such posts, but the majority of those posts are quickly removed and the posters banned. This isn't true for male victims, which is my point.)
This is a old episode, but most of what's brought up is still valid today when it comes to male victims of rape.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0629717/