(June 20, 2012 at 9:24 pm)Epimethean Wrote: Face it: It's an unconventional topic, stereotypes noted.
From what I understand that's the whole reason it was brought up. I haven't been raped, yet if Hovik, Annik and Tiberius hadn't posted I would've made much the same posts myself. The OP draws attention to the invisibility of the issue, it doesn't seek to exaggerate the frequency of its occurrence. A crime such as assassination, or an accident like a shark attack may only represent a small amount of the deaths per year, but they're still recognised nonetheless. Nobody is saying breast cancer doesn't exist by acknowledging the handful of shark attacks that occur per year. The point, as I see it, is to not allow male rape to simply by laughed off or ignored. I certainly don't want to diminish female rape; in fact, I want the attitude society has toward it (one of antipathy) to be maintained. I just want male rape to be recognised the same way.
