Sexual Abuse of Males
The National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder says that
there is a bias in our culture against viewing the sexual assault of boys and
men as prevalent and abusive. Because of this bias, there is a belief that boys
and men do not experience abuse and do not suffer from the same negative impact
that girls and women do. However, research shows that at least 10% of boys and
men are sexually assaulted and that boys and men can suffer profoundly from the
experience. Because so few people have information about male sexual assault it
can be more
difficult for men to seek help.
Unfortunately, an abused male is treated as though he were a prostitute claiming to have been raped, as though that were impossible. That is compounded in healthcare by the rosy esteem with which medicine is regarded. There is little awareness of doctors and nurses as human beings with lusts and jealousies like all other people. We cannot find a single instance in which a complaint of
sexual abuse
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