Male sexual abuse: A Historical and Cross Cultural View

Running Head : MALE SEXUAL ABUSE

Male Sexual Abuse : Historical and Cross-Cultural View

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In today 's world , with different stratifications for each and everyone there will always be someone having the greater power over the other Misuse of the said power often leads to the weaker one being manipulated and coerced by the stronger one into doing things the former would not want to do . This often leads to abuse of the weaker group

Abuse

comes in different forms . It may be physical , verbal , emotional and sexual among different other forms . It also has been said that one form of abuse often leads to another . The focus of this is on sexual abuse particularly for males

In a world where patriarchy is prevalent , male sexual abuse seems to be preposterous if not impossible . Males had always been seen as the stronger one , the one in power . Females had always been the underdog the one who is abused . This is the reason why a male victim sounds or seems absurd . Especially when the issue at hand is sexual abuse . A good example will be on rape which is usually associated with sexual abuse Reported cases on rape always had female victims . Even the law against rape did not recognize for the longest time that there might be male rape victims . For most people , male are the perpetrators and females are the victims...