Frank wrote on Oct 4
th, 2022 at 1:40pm:
...Women living as men pose no conceivable threat to men. They cannot beat us in a race, a fight, at football, rugby, swimming or rowing, or prey on, attack or physically coerce us. We can simply sigh, brush them aside & walk away. Not so for women with men living as women.
If you really believe that women—or women who identify as men—can
not rape a heterosexual male, then you're misinformed.
Approximately
3% of American men have experienced an attempted or
completed rape in their lifetime.
One out of every 10 rape victims are
male in the US.
And worse, 21% of LGBTQI college students have been sexually assaulted,
compared to 18% of non-LGBTQI females, and 4% of non-LGBTQI males.
—US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics,
—US National Institute of Justice & Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Quote:Social ideals about gender may especially contribute to non-recognition of men as victims. For instance, while social constructs of femininity—as physically weak and sexually vulnerable—fit overall perceptions of sexual victims, social expectations of what it is to be a man in our society—as strong, tough, self-sufficient, and impenetrable—counter images of victimisation in general and sexual victimisation in particular. With “real” men expected to avoid behaviours associated with femininity, men who are overpowered by others may be judged to have failed in their masculine duty to stick up for themselves. (Reference: Weiss, 2010)