QUICK FACTS ON MALE SEXUAL ABUSE
- Both adult males and boys are victims of sexual assault and rape
- 48% of males were raped by strangers, compared to 28% of females raped by strangers(Criminal Victimisation, 1999. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2000)
- A rapists’ primary motive is to hurt, humiliate, destroy. cause pain, insecurity and hopelessness in the victim
- Sexual abusers can be acquaintances, friends, partners and even parents
- Being sexually assaulted is NEVER your fault
- Adolescents are more often targets for male sexual abuse
- The biggest reason for not reporting a male sexual assault – The fear of being seen as a homosexual
- Men are the large majority of abusers in male sexual abuse
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