Why male victim of crimes (e.g, sexual assault, rape, child abuse and other criminal activities) are often overlooked in the legal system?

abcohen916 · 2025-04-10T06:42:33+00:00

A lot of people have old-fashioned ideas about these atrocities when it comes to men.

wumbo-inator · 2025-04-10T07:52:33+00:00

All societies have gender roles applied to men that include:

-their sexuality not being valuable

-always wanting sex, therefore men are free to use how you want because they must like it

-general empathy gap for men, meaning you can just treat them terribly in general

So traditional gender roles work against men heavily in that regard

The feminist movement has also worked tirelessly to trivialize, obfuscate, and downplay sexual violence against men in a variety of ways. One way they’ve done this is through corrupting academic research in the area. Mary P. Koss, who produced the “1 in 4” statistic about women and sexual assault, has said she does not consider men that are forced into sex by women as victims of rape. That is just one example, but feminists have framed the entire dialogue surrounding sexual violence as one that leaves men out.

Another way feminists ensure that sexual violence against men continues and is unaddressed is by literally gendering the laws surrounding sexual violence to specific exclude men and only protect women. This has been done in multiple countries, but is perhaps most blatant in India.

In this comment I have mentioned gender roles and feminism. The right wing and conservative forces in society push these gender roles most strongly. The left wing and progressive forces push the feminist problems most strongly. Ultimately, men are left abandoned by any mainstream political/social forces and so sexual violence against men is basically open season.

As a quick note, just because feminism is on the left of politics, that does not mean they oppose gender roles. Rather, they try to titrate, pick and choose, and select gender roles in ways that maximize the benefit for women at maximal expense of men, and minimize the benefit for men in an effort to minimize the expense for women. You will see feminists are often strong supporters of these gender roles when they see there’s an opportunity to do this, and the misandrist tactics they employ rely on the very gender roles they claim to oppose.

PeachBling · 2025-04-10T09:03:04+00:00

Because many ppl believe only women are a victim of those crimes. If it happens to a man he must provoked the other person somehow

2025-04-12T19:52:39+00:00

Because gender stereotypes and social expectations men are often expected to be stronger and independent leading to a perception that they cannot be victims of abuse or other crimes, lack of awareness and resources many support services and initiatives are designed predominantly for female victims, leaving male survivors without tailored help, under reporting due to shame and fear man may be less likely to come forward due to shame, embarrassment, or fear ridicule, leading to under representation and statistics and legal considerations.

Overlord0123 · 2025-04-10T16:50:57+00:00

Because as long as men are physically stronger than women (which is 96.69% of the time) and has a leg between their legs, they wil always be considered potential rapists ever since birth or puberty and the law + society will make sure to make many boys and even believe that sadly.

They (feminists or unfortunate neutral women) will think I get affected by Andrew Tate but until 2 months ago I had no idea who he is and what did he do.

Temporary_Way9036 · 2025-05-11T10:06:30+00:00

No one really cares about men's feelings... Its extremely sad but its the cold hard truth... Thats why the suicide rate is higher with males than females world wide

Title	Why male victim of crimes (e.g, sexual assault, rape, child abuse and other criminal activities) are often overlooked in the legal system?
Author	Yhwachwastaken404
Upvotes	91
Comments	8
Date	April 10, 2025 3:24 AM UTC (1 year ago)
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