Do you think people will take the sexual abuse of boys more seriously if they find out the long-term effects?

Question by edith clarke: Do you think people will take the sexual abuse of boys more seriously if they find out the long-term effects?
The effects of sexual abuse of girls is often minimized or denied. Sexual abuse and the effects of sexual abuse of boys is also minimized, denied or even considered a “joke”. Here’s a recent research article, titled “Boys, Too, Suffer Long-term Consequences Of Childhood Sexual Abuse”, that also points out that it doesn’t matter what the gender of the abuser is, the long-term effects are equally serious for the victim:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050519082907.htm

Do you think people will take the sexual abuse of boys more seriously, if they find out the long-term effects boys suffer?

Best answer:

Answer by Shaun
Sadly no. Sexual abuse of boys–at least by women–is most often minimized. If a woman molests a boy–especially if he’s older–the boy is often taught to be grateful a woman would initiate him sexually, or to think of it as a major conquest, or that it was good for him. Obviously no one thinks the molestation of an 8-year-old of either gender is good, but people would universally decry the statutory rape of a 12-year-old girl, but if it’s a 12-year-old boy it might not be so negatively received.

Obviously this doesn’t hold true for everyone, and I’d stand to wager that most women in this forum would be appalled by the idea, but I do notice the older the victim is, the more likely it would be seen as acceptable if the victim is a boy (and the molester a woman) than if the gender roles were reversed.

I know this is a fairly pessimistic answer, but as long as our culture glorifies any sexual activity by a male (while looking down upon the same in females) and some people still hold the attitude men/males can’t get raped/must have wanted it, this mentality will continue.

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