Sexual violence is one of the most discussed topics in terms of how to prevent it, how to combat it, how to psychologically help victims, how to most severely punish those who commit it, etc.

But not when it is carried out on men, especially when it is carried out in men's prisons.

Talk about sexual violence against men in prisons tends to trivialize the phenomenon. There are no scandalous trials of those who commit sexual violence against men in prisons, and no well-known programs to help victims. This is the problem that everyone knows exists, but which no one discusses as a problem.

And it's not only because of it's happening in prisons. It's at least partly because of it's happening against men. Because when it's reported that a trans woman sexually assaulted a cis woman in prison, there's an immediate social reaction. This is perceived as something that must be prevented. What happens when a cis man sexually assaults a cis man in prison? Do journalists report on it? Do they have discussions about how to prevent it? Nothing of the sort. It's not the sexual assault that's outrageous, it's the fact that it's happening against cis women.

I even doubt that victims and perpetrators of sexual violence against them are isolated from each other in men's prisons. That is, cis women are considered those who have the right not to communicate with men at all, and cis men are considered those who have to accept that life is unfair and that's it.

There is probably some general neglect of intra-group human rights violations. Perhaps violence against men is often overlooked because it is often intra-group. However, while things like internalized misogyny are sometimes talked about, nothing is heard about internalized misandry, as if it does not exist.