- Oct 31, 2000
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In reference to this thread that got locked in OT: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=1667305
I was trying to find an article I read by Fred Pelka, a straight guy who got raped by another man, to post in that thread, but I couldn't It was basically about how he got raped at gunpoint, and the disparity between how men are treated when they report a rape. The cops degraded him, called him a pussy, and woman, and made the insinuation that he was gay.
For women - the notion of the possibility of getting raped is never far from their mind, they constantly think about their safety (as any woman this - not a day goes by when they don't think about the possibilities). So in that way - if a woman is raped, it's a confirmation of her reality. "To be a woman is to be rapable" in our culture, that was a point of Pelka's essay.
For a man - part of the priviledge he/they are afforded is that they never have to worry about their safety. From that perspective - rape is a tear in the fabric of a man's reality. Is this why so many people have issue with talking about male rape?
I was trying to find an article I read by Fred Pelka, a straight guy who got raped by another man, to post in that thread, but I couldn't It was basically about how he got raped at gunpoint, and the disparity between how men are treated when they report a rape. The cops degraded him, called him a pussy, and woman, and made the insinuation that he was gay.
For women - the notion of the possibility of getting raped is never far from their mind, they constantly think about their safety (as any woman this - not a day goes by when they don't think about the possibilities). So in that way - if a woman is raped, it's a confirmation of her reality. "To be a woman is to be rapable" in our culture, that was a point of Pelka's essay.
For a man - part of the priviledge he/they are afforded is that they never have to worry about their safety. From that perspective - rape is a tear in the fabric of a man's reality. Is this why so many people have issue with talking about male rape?