Men are raped almost as often as women in the US

[Thumpalumpacus]

I had no idea.

[Nope]

Creed, out of curiosity, are you a mandated reporter? I am, and it sucks: the idea of telling a recent victim that, because they have just told me they want to kill themselves, I have to shut down the only neutral "support" they get while being poked and prodded by forensics, and they get 5150 status.

Sorry to go off topic.

Could you explain further? What do you mean that you have to shut down their only support and what is 5150 status?

[Dystopia]

Creed, I think prison and juvenile prison rape are different problems from other rapes (male rapes) because society considers those assaults as "expected", like a punishment for what you did, so the methods to prevent both should be different - People don't care about male rape because they think men can't be raped and if it happens they must be gay, and few care about prison rape because it's considered a normal part of the prison system.

I went to a prison in a university trip and it was nothing like prisons from american movies, inmates looked good and most of them were studying in the library to have a job after they get out of prison.

All I can say is kudos for sharing this info

[rexbeccarox]

Creed, out of curiosity, are you a mandated reporter? I am, and it sucks: the idea of telling a recent victim that, because they have just told me they want to kill themselves, I have to shut down the only neutral "support" they get while being poked and prodded by forensics, and they get 5150 status.

Sorry to go off topic.

Could you explain further? What do you mean that you have to shut down their only support and what is 5150 status?

Sorry. I'm an advocate for sexual assault victims- I'm on-call twice a month to be at a victim's side if a rape occurs. A mandated reporter is required to alert the authorities if anyone threatens elder abuse, child abuse, or self-harm. Often, when advocating for a rape victim, they'll say they just want to kill themselves. If that happens, I have to stop what I'm doing and notify the police officer on the case. "5150" is the California WIC code giving cops and clinicians carte blanche to take into custody anyone who they deem has a mental disorder and is a threat to themselves or others. If I don't report, I can get into a crap ton of legal trouble.

On another note: Creed is who inspired me to start doing this.

Sorry again to go off-topic, Creed.

[Nope]

Could you explain further? What do you mean that you have to shut down their only support and what is 5150 status?

Sorry. I'm an advocate for sexual assault victims- I'm on-call twice a month to be at a victim's side if a rape occurs. A mandated reporter is required to alert the authorities if anyone threatens elder abuse, child abuse, or self-harm. Often, when advocating for a rape victim, they'll say they just want to kill themselves. If that happens, I have to stop what I'm doing and notify the police officer on the case. "5150" is the California WIC code giving cops and clinicians carte blanche to take into custody anyone who they deem has a mental disorder and is a threat to themselves or others. If I don't report, I can get into a crap ton of legal trouble.

On another note: Creed is who inspired me to start doing this.

Sorry again to go off-topic, Creed.

So, they could report a rape and end up locked up?

[rexbeccarox]

Sorry. I'm an advocate for sexual assault victims- I'm on-call twice a month to be at a victim's side if a rape occurs. A mandated reporter is required to alert the authorities if anyone threatens elder abuse, child abuse, or self-harm. Often, when advocating for a rape victim, they'll say they just want to kill themselves. If that happens, I have to stop what I'm doing and notify the police officer on the case. "5150" is the California WIC code giving cops and clinicians carte blanche to take into custody anyone who they deem has a mental disorder and is a threat to themselves or others. If I don't report, I can get into a crap ton of legal trouble.

On another note: Creed is who inspired me to start doing this.

Sorry again to go off-topic, Creed.

So, they could report a rape and end up locked up?

I don't know what you mean by "they". If a rape victim tells me he or she wants to kill him or herself, I have to tell the authorities, and yes, the victim will more than likely end up in a hospital for observation.

[psychoslice]

Most guys don't report being raped, its just too embarrassing for them, I know because I was one in my early years.

[Nope]

So, they could report a rape and end up locked up?

I don't know what you mean by "they". If a rape victim tells me he or she wants to kill him or herself, I have to tell the authorities, and yes, the victim will more than likely end up in a hospital for observation.

Sorry about the way I worded my post. Yes, I meant the victim. In your experience does being hospitalized have any effect on the victim's willingness to press charges against his/her attacker?

Psychoslice, I am sorry for what happened to you

[rexbeccarox]

I don't know what you mean by "they". If a rape victim tells me he or she wants to kill him or herself, I have to tell the authorities, and yes, the victim will more than likely end up in a hospital for observation.

Sorry about the way I worded my post. Yes, I meant the victim. In your experience does being hospitalized have any effect on the victim's willingness to press charges against his/her attacker?

Psychoslice, I am sorry for what happened to you

Oh no: it's fine. I wasn't as clear as I should have been. Sometimes I get caught up in things and terms I know a ton about and figure out later that people aren't understanding me. Sorry about that.

I don't actually find out anything about the case beyond the small forensic exam room I'm called to. My job is to go in, make the victim as comfortable as possible, have a conversation with them about anything other than what they've just been through for as long as it takes for the exam and interview to conclude- sometimes two hours, sometimes six. Then, I say "goodbye" and never see or talk to the victim again. I could dig in to find out, but in my training, we had a ton of focus on self-care, and that's part of it- mostly because the outcome is depressing more often than not. I'm actually really looking forward to my commitment coming to an end because the whole thing is a gigantic mind fuck for me. I'll be using my training in some other volunteer capacity, and I'm glad I'm doing this, but I'll be glad when it's over.

Sorry again for the major thread derail, Creed. An interesting set of (reported) statistics from the Oceanside, CA PD section of my training:

-85% of sexual assaults involve alcohol and/ or drug use by the victim.
-97% of victims are female
-98% of suspects are male

Now, since it's only the actual reports we're going off of, the heavy concentration of Marines in the area makes me highly doubtful that WAY more men aren't being sexually assaulted but not reporting it- by both sexes. We did talk extensively about rape in the military.

One thing we didn't really discuss a lot in my training was the idea of "being made to penetrate". I'm going to email my trainer and request she add that to future classes. We really didn't hold back in, so I'm surprised we didn't go over it.

[Rev. Rye]

One question this new data raises: what percentage of these sexual assaults on men happen either as a child or in prison? And just for control, maybe add similar statistics for women.

It's a shame that the article doesn't dwell on these statistics; perhaps it might shed more light on male rape issues. How do the rape issues men have to do deal with compare to those women have to deal with?

Granted, this question is largely academic, and none of this changes how much of an eye-opener the article is. I had no idea the rabbit hole went this deep.