During today’s class discussion, I found that we hadn’t really discussed much about statutory rape. Statutory rape honestly makes my stomach cringe. However, like it was said in class, statutory rape is considerably heard of more than cases of rape within college campus. Although it is said to be that they are more than likely to face charges and a trial, after googling statutory rape, it was interesting to see that not as many articles popped up versus just googling rape.
It is hard to do a lot of research on statutory rape because it is against the law for media to report names of people under 18 without the consent of a parent, so I then began looking into stories about men being raped by women. The website thoughtcatalog.com has stories from 19 different men that shared their stories about being raped by women. Many of the stories that were reported said that they did not want to call the cops or fight against their assailant (all women) because they were afraid that they would get charged. Most of the women that were raping these men were either ex-girlfriends or babysitters or even family members that would commit these crimes. These crimes go untold for the majority unless the victim was young and told a superior who felt that it was wrong. Comparably to these stories of those who are women getting raped by men, the victims knew the perpetrator.
In an article by CNN’s Sarah LeTrent interviewed James Landrith and when he was raped when he was 19 years old. Now, Landrith is a marine who speaks out against rape, particularly men raped by women. Landrith states, “I want people to understand that it's not about how physically strong you are," he says. "We [men] are conditioned to believe that we cannot be victimized in such a way." And as though it seems like oh yeah right, sort of thing, it is true. We have grown up in a society that practices the habit that men cannot show emotion and they must be strong, regardless of what is happening. It also shows that these men cannot be raped. According to Jennifer Marsh, vice president for Victim Services at RAINN says, “Often, male survivors may be less likely to identify what happened to them as abuse or assault because of the general notion that men always want sex." This notion is more than likely to be true. It is a cultural norm for many that men think about sex all of the time. Elizabeth Donovan, a psychotherapist said, “Males have the added burden of facing a society that doesn't believe rape can happen to them ... at all.” With this new area of fact, this could be considered as another commonplace that is too frequently used. Men, just like woman, can be considered victims and are victims. It said in the article that 1 in 71 men are raped, however, it is believed that those numbers are under reported. There is a cultural norm that is practiced too much that men cannot be victims, yet they too are victimized.
http://thoughtcatalog.com/lorenzo-jensen-iii/2014/08/19-men-share-stories-of-being-raped-by-a-woman-nsfw/
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/09/living/chris-brown-female-on-male-rape/
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